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Permalink Reply by JS on February 6, 2011 at 1:12pm

1) Restart

2) Wait 1/2 hours min, 3 hours max with the spinning wheel

3) If nothing, reinstall OS X

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Permalink Reply by Planet_Patrick on February 6, 2011 at 4:36pm

whay that long?? il try it, no reason not to

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Permalink Reply by Gibson on February 6, 2011 at 8:38pm

lol that is ridiculously long for installation of an OS

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Permalink Reply by JS on February 7, 2011 at 8:04am

It's not the installation. Obviously something went wrong. OS X usually tries to do a silent self-repair, which does take a long time (I've had a machine "boot" for 2 hours with the spinning wheel, but then afterwards it was nice and quick... and best of all, the thing did eventually start working again - even though I thought it couldn't get past the boot screen).

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Permalink Reply by Planet_Patrick on February 9, 2011 at 5:07pm

i waited 4 hours then gave up, reinstalled os x and used mgration tool wit boot camp, way faster =)

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Permalink Reply by DTM on February 7, 2011 at 5:02am

WTF? Yaayy Apple, nice goin! pfftt

However, I will admit my NEW work Mac with 10.6.6 (Core i3 3.06GHz, 4 GB RAM) is at least some better then my old G5, at least it's not so damn sluggish. 10.6.6 still looks drab and gray like all the other OS-X's...depressing. Ugh.

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Permalink Reply by JS on February 7, 2011 at 8:10am

I kind of prefer the gray interface. It helps me concentrate on the task I'm at. For example, my mind is not drawn away from my schoolwork, writing, etc., but I am rather concentrated on what I need to do, not what my OS looks like. 

 

But I do agree, the interface *is* rather outdated. I, personally, would welcome a major UI change. But nothing colorful, a nice grayish design is most relaxing for me.

 

BUT the Apple Pro Apps (Final Cut Studio, Logic Studio at least) colour scheme – light gray is very, very depressing, and rather ugly. I strongly prefer After Effects' interface default colour scheme. 

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Permalink Reply by DTM on February 7, 2011 at 4:18pm

That's my point, Win 7 has unlimited combinations (of course you know this) and plain old gray is one of them, if you want it. So there is basically something for everyone. : )

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Permalink Reply by JS on February 7, 2011 at 8:11am

What I suggest is NEVER use a time machine backup, and ALWAYS to a clean install. This helps eliminate all sorts of headaches and issues.

 

You can always copy your important information over manually. 

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Permalink Reply by Dean on February 9, 2011 at 11:06am

Curious... did the machine ever reboot after waiting?  Did you get impatient and just went from scratch?  What was the outcome?

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Permalink Reply by Planet_Patrick on February 9, 2011 at 5:18pm

rsinstallin and using mirgration tool is the way to restore, the other way is way too slow :P

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