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danmorgan

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Jan 7, 2011
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Hi guys, Im a big fan of this site, normally I can find what I'm looking for but in this case I haven't yet found someone with exactly the same issue.

Im running mac 10.5.something on a modbook (essentially just a macbook bottom with wacom screen instead of keyboard) and I underwent a big update which seemed to load fine, but upon requested restart I was unable to do anything with the finder and several start up applications failed.

Every time I restart I get to the desktop and I see my icons, I can select them but I can't open anything or even move anything. The dock application usually unexpectedly fails, as well gmail notifier and a weather application. It doesn't say anything about finder failing but it is completely unresponsive. I can't even boot from my osx CD.

I tried resetting the pram and safe mode, to no avail. I actually bought one of those SATA - USB cables so I could access my data and turn in a project, so now that cable is the only access I have to the problem. Are there some files I can delete or replace somewhere that will fix the problem, atleast enough to rerun the update or run disk utility or something?

Thankyou for your time.
daniel
 
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