SBOD on black screen

DreamingFox · Apr 28, 2008

OK, so I've got a spinning beachball of death on a black screen (froze up while exiting iPhoto remotely).

How do I isolate and force quit the program that's frozen?

cwa107 · Apr 28, 2008

DreamingFox said:
OK, so I've got a spinning beachball of death on a black screen (froze up while exiting iPhoto remotely).

How do I isolate and force quit the program that's frozen?

Try Command-Option-Esc to bring up the Force Quit dialog and then Force Quit the offending app or apps.

DreamingFox · Apr 28, 2008

cmd/opt/esc does not respond - even the SBOD is gone now - just a black screen and unresponsive keyboard & remote. The unit is hot, as if it's working hard.

ogacon · Apr 28, 2008

Hold the power button, restart.

cwa107 · Apr 28, 2008

DreamingFox said:
cmd/opt/esc does not respond - even the SBOD is gone now - just a black screen and unresponsive keyboard & remote. The unit is hot, as if it's working hard.

Sounds like a bad lock-up. I would hard power it down at this point (press and hold the power button until it turns off). After that run a Verify on the hard disk.

DreamingFox · Apr 28, 2008

OK. She's cooled down. How do I run a verify on the hard disk?

cwa107 · Apr 28, 2008

DreamingFox said:
OK. She's cooled down. How do I run a verify on the hard disk?

Disk Utility (Applications => Utilities):

DreamingFox · Apr 28, 2008

Found it - verified OK. Thanks for your help.