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“Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”—Richard P. Feynman On Jun 6, 2014, at 10:34 AM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like the article detailing how to build a bootable image but the damn site > started up autoplaying other videos. How the hell do I stop them? It’s still > babbling away while I’m writing this mail. I can close the window of Safari > byt then I can’t read the article. I hate auto play. I can’t find any > controls to stop the playback. This just sucks! > > On Jun 6, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> Yes, I’m saying that you should totally wipe the HD. That is, after >> starting up from the thumb drive, go to Disk Utility and re-partition your >> drive to one partition named Macintosh HD. Any subsequent partitions should >> be done later on the live drive. This will ensure that the Recovery >> Partition is created properly. Not sure where the other individual got >> there info but this is sound practice. If you used DiskMaker X to create >> your bootable Mavericks Installer, on the thumb drive or the built-in >> “Create Install Media” utility of the Mavericks Installer, then a proper >> Recovery Partition will be automatically created. If you used the Disk >> Utility method, then the Recovery Partition must have already existed in >> order to create a proper installation. The problem in your case is that you >> need to do a total re-format, so, using the existing Recovery Partition is >> not of any benefit. Refer to >> >> http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html >> >> for info on these limitations. In addition, if you didn’t perform a >> complete wipe during your last clean install, these errors may have carried >> over thus any disk structure issues would have persisted. >> >> Hope this makes sense. >> >> Later… >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks. I’m in the beta partition now, copying a few files over to my >>> external hard drive. The problem is here too: Finder just hung for about >>> thirty seconds, while my Mac’s HD made the sound I’ve come to dread. Still, >>> it’s working, thankfully; my main partition won’t even boot. >>> >>> As to wiping, I’m still not sure what to do. I mean, I know how to format >>> the drive from the OS X on my thumb drive and then install, the question >>> is, what do I do with my partitions? I have two, one Macintosh HD and one >>> OS X Beta Partition. When I did a clean install back in March, I had only >>> the Macintosh HD partition and so didn’t need to worry. I reformatted that >>> partition, but didn’t actually erase it, as people I asked told me that >>> completely erasing the Macintosh HD partition could turn out badly. Are you >>> saying that I should format the entire drive, wiping out both partitions? >>> If I do that, won’t it affect the installation of the OS, or will the >>> installer partition as necessary? >>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:43 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> For expediency purposes, I wouldn’t worry about re-mapping partitions >>>> etc., you’re just going to wipe the drive and re-partition anyway. >>>> Regarding grabbing those files, if you startup from your thumb drive, then >>>> go under it’s Apple menu to Startup Disk, you should be able to select the >>>> 10.9.3 beta partition as your startup disk. if things are OK in that area >>>> of the HD. Once you’ve started with that version of the OS, you could >>>> quickly get the files you want and place them onto whatever media you >>>> want. You could then go ahead and do the total wipe/re-partition and >>>> re-install from your 10.9.3 thumb drive. It’s best to do it from there >>>> since it needs to be done from a external source in order to completely >>>> reformat the drive. >>>> >>>> If you’re unable to startup from your beta partition, then the drive is in >>>> fairly rough shape and you’d either need to use Terminal commands to grab >>>> those files or just give up on them. >>>> >>>> HTH. >>>> >>>> Later… >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks guys. I have a thumb drive with Mavericsk that I’ve used before, >>>>> and that I keep around now that we have a couple Macs in the house. I’ll >>>>> use that. Before I do though, is there any way to copy off any other >>>>> files I’d like to keep, ones I could recover but that it’d be easier just >>>>> to have if I can get them? I could probably boot into that beta partition >>>>> and copy, but I don’t know if I’ll have the permissions to do that. I’ll >>>>> also need a way to erase the beta partition, if that is indeed the >>>>> problem. I only tested one OS, the 10.9.3 beta a month ago, but I suppose >>>>> it could have caused the problem. Anyway, can I erase that from Disk >>>>> Utility on the recovery HD, and if so, how would I do that and merge its >>>>> space back to Macintosh HD? >>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:11 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I agree with Chris that it could very likely be a software thing. So, >>>>>> since you have a Time Machine backup that is fairly up-to-date and you >>>>>> say that you have your important files backed up, I’d go for the >>>>>> reformat and reinstall option. If you don’t have an external HD or the >>>>>> cables that I mentioned earlier, there is a neat little utility within >>>>>> the Mavericks Installer that allows you to build a bootable Mavericks >>>>>> installer on a flash drive that is at least 8 GB in size. If you wish >>>>>> to go that way, I can share instructions with you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Later… >>>>>> >>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:00 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> You mentioned a 50GB partition for OSX betas. So were you running beta >>>>>>> OSes on this box? If so, it's at least plausible that the beta OSX had >>>>>>> some kind of bug which mangled data structures on the drive and, since >>>>>>> it had access to your non-beta partition, it could have mangled your >>>>>>> regular OSX boot drive as well. In other words, this could still have >>>>>>> been a software issue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> CB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 6/5/14, 9:17 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>> So, here's the status of my Mac Mini's hard drive. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * Two repairs from the Recovery HD resulted in an error telling me to >>>>>>>> format ad re-install. >>>>>>>> * I did just that at the end of March, and given that two repairs >>>>>>>> couldn't fix whatever errors have accumulated after three months, it >>>>>>>> seems like the drive itself is having problems. >>>>>>>> * The SMART status of the drive is "verified", not "failing", which >>>>>>>> seems odd given the previous points. >>>>>>>> * The drive is partitioned into two: 450gb for OS X, and 50gb for OS X >>>>>>>> betas. I don't yet know if the beta partition works, but both share a >>>>>>>> drive so I'm not optimistic. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any ideas? I looked at replacing the drive, but the iFixIt >>>>>>>> instructions are scary and require special tools. The Mini is not >>>>>>>> under Apple Care protection, and my nearest Genius bar is almost three >>>>>>>> hours away. Am I just doomed, or is there a check/repair/miracle >>>>>>>> program I could run? 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