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MacFixIt reader Andrew writes (I have a Core Duo 17' iMac. 'Successive restarts have proven to be much slower than the previous Mac OS X incarnation.'Īs noted over the weekend, users are also experiencing kernel panics during startup after installing Mac OS X 10.4.8. While the first boot after applying an incremental Mac OS X update can be noticeably longer, slower subsequent boot times are abnormal. Meanwhile, some users are reporting much slower than normal startups. This might be a useful troubleshooting technique to add to your library: booting in verbose mode to see what the boot process is up to.' When I saw the message again, I disconnected my external USB drive, and the boot finished correctly. After that I got a couple more messages that I couldn't copy, and the MacBook Pro rebooted. After rebooting, I saw the messages 'kextd: Couldn't set up diskarb sessions' followed by 'diskarb isn't ready yet, we'll try again soon' repeat several times. 'I just updated to 10.4.8 on my 17' MacBook Pro. MacFixIt reader Mario Camou offers a case example: In these cases, simply temporarily disconnecting the offending device can allow the process to proceed, and you can troubleshoot the device on a driver/kernel extension level later. This time all worked as expected.'Īs we've discussed several times, problematic USB devices (which function properly in one iteration of Mac OS X but not the next) are some of the most commonly implicated culprits in startup issues after applying a Mac OS X update. Once booted in safe mode, I ran Disc Utility to repair permissions and restarted. It still took a bit longer than usual, but at least I could hear disc activity, so I figured it hadn't stalled. I shut down with the power switch and rebooted into safe mode, which worked. 'This time, on the PowerBook when I restarted after applying the update I got as far as the blue screen with the spinning pinwheel, which rotated for 10-15 minutes but seemed stalled. When updating, I use the suggested procedure to repair permissions using Disc Utility, apply the update, restart, and repair permissions again. Earlier I had updated my Digital Audio G4 desktop with no problem.

'I updated from Mac OS X 10.4.7 on my Titanium PowerBook 400 using the 10.4.8 delta updater. The reason Safe Mode often works to fix instances where startup indefinitely stalls is that in addition to disabling extensions, booting in Safe Mode clears certain caches and performs other maintenance routines that can eliminate problems occurring during startup. In some cases, as in MacFixIt reader Richard Wolfeiler's, simply booting in Safe Mode once, then restarting normally can resolve the problem(s). Startup problems - simply booting in safe mode, disconnecting USB devices once may resolve Users continue to note issues where startup fails or indefinitely stalls after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.8.

When i open adobe reader i get a spinning beach ball