Behold II Smartphone with Android
February 27, 2008 12:37 PM PST
Mac OS X 10.5.2 Special Report: Override automatic disk shutdown mechanism
MacFixIt reader Jim Muha points out an interesting change in Mac OS X 10.5.2 with regard to Disk repair:
"The computer will now shut down if an automatic disk repair does not succeed during startup."
We haven't seen this mechanism in action yet, so we don't know if there is a warning regaring the impending shutdown. The override consists of booting into Single User Mode (hold Command and S during startup), manually run fsck (without the -p option).
Index:
- Release Notes an update procedure recommendations
- Determining whether problems are caused by Mac OS X 10.5.2 or Leopard Graphics update
- Downgrading to Mac OS X 10.5.1
- "ACL found but not expected" in Disk Utility
- Active Directory issues
- Adobe application slowness, fixes
- Advice at work
- AirPort slowness, disconnects and more
- Applications fail to launch
- Clicks from speakers
- Finder not starting
- Freezes when using DVD Player
- iCal calendars disappearing
- iPhone syncing problems
- Mail.app issues
- Microsoft Office applications slow to launch
- Missing display resolutions
- Poor Performance: Slow startups; general sluggishness
- Override automatic disk shutdown mechanism
- Parallels problems
- Repair Disk/Permissions to the rescue, again
- Screen savers not asking for passwords
- Slow LAN transfers
- Startup stalls or fails
- System utilities (Cocktail, LCC) must be updated
- Misc. third-party application, device problems (Bluetooth, etc.)
- Time Machine not work properly
- Trackpad, mice, keyboard not working -- reset SMC
- Undocumented fixes
- Wake-from-sleep issues (inadvertent restarts, more)
