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Black screen of death and error message!
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<blockquote data-quote="jucliu" data-source="post: 488476" data-attributes="member: 38348"><p>My brand spanking new Macbook Pro has died and I don't know how to fix it! I was trying to get my music off my ipod onto my</p><p>MBP. I got directions off the internet to go to</p><p>Applications, Terminal and then copy and paste a line of code that</p><p>shows hidden folders.</p><p>defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder</p><p>That worked but then I saw all these other folders in my MBP Hard drive. So i</p><p>stupidly tried to Trash them and start again. Then it started asking</p><p>me permission and when i put in my password it was invalid. Then it</p><p>started freezing up and no applications would open. So i just</p><p>restarted the computer and got the black screen and a message</p><p>something like /etc/passwd:No such file or directory</p><p>and then some numbers and a message like I0Bluetooth HCI something something. I tried to reinstall the applications but when I did there was still programs that I had installed separately (like Final Cut) on the hard drive. (So maybe it didn't reinstall because that's supposed right, cuz then I would have had to reinstall Final cut?) </p><p>Then it still wasn't working properly and it wouldn't even shut down so i</p><p>manually shut down. when i restarted it goes from a blinking apple to</p><p>an X sign (like a circle with a line through it) and alternates back</p><p>and forth between those two pictures.</p><p>Sorry that was long- but any ideas?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jucliu, post: 488476, member: 38348"] My brand spanking new Macbook Pro has died and I don't know how to fix it! I was trying to get my music off my ipod onto my MBP. I got directions off the internet to go to Applications, Terminal and then copy and paste a line of code that shows hidden folders. defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder That worked but then I saw all these other folders in my MBP Hard drive. So i stupidly tried to Trash them and start again. Then it started asking me permission and when i put in my password it was invalid. Then it started freezing up and no applications would open. So i just restarted the computer and got the black screen and a message something like /etc/passwd:No such file or directory and then some numbers and a message like I0Bluetooth HCI something something. I tried to reinstall the applications but when I did there was still programs that I had installed separately (like Final Cut) on the hard drive. (So maybe it didn't reinstall because that's supposed right, cuz then I would have had to reinstall Final cut?) Then it still wasn't working properly and it wouldn't even shut down so i manually shut down. when i restarted it goes from a blinking apple to an X sign (like a circle with a line through it) and alternates back and forth between those two pictures. Sorry that was long- but any ideas? [/QUOTE]
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