Re: I think my Mac is possessed - can anyone offer an explanation?

On 26/12/2005 10:22 PM, in article
0001HW.BFD6720200008690F0284550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Margolotta"
<naggingdoubt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is the second time this has happened to me tonight (the first was the
> first time I attempted to install CS2 updates) this time it was because I
> inserted a CD.
>
> The screen dims and a black box appears in the middle with the following
> message: -
>
> Please power off your Mac by holding down the power button or hit the restart
> key.
>
> (I may have paraphrased that a little, but that's the essence of it)
>
> The only thing I can then do is cycle the power as the mouse and keyboard are
> disabled.
>
> I have to then cycle it a couple of times because the first time it just
> hangs at the grey logo screen and the fans are going full blast.
>
> The other thing that happened is that half my colour profiles vanished
> (though they appear to be back now).
>
> I'm more than a little upset and worried about this.
>
> Can anyone HELP!!
>
> Cheers
>
> Sarah
> (who cannot recall doing anything out of the ordinary).
>
It's a crash.
You may be able to check the logs to find out what happened.
In the first instance, assure the integrity of your disk(s) by running disk
utility, and if you have installed stuff then repair disk permissions. Then
try re-running the updater from within e.g. Bridge.

I have recently moved my CS2 bundle to a new machine which meant
re-downloading all the updates and updates to the updater etc. It went
though without a hitch - mind you, the sacrificed chicken and phase of the
moon could have had something to do with it.

Mike

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