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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
won't do a reinstall
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<blockquote data-quote="Shepherd" data-source="post: 1224516" data-attributes="member: 199058"><p>this is a odd problem my friend lost her password so she goes in to single user mode and types </p><p></p><p>mount -uw /</p><p>rm -rf /var/db/.AppleSetupDone</p><p>shutdown -h now </p><p></p><p>Now i know the -rf shouldn't be there</p><p>anyway it messes it up and sticks it in a start up loop</p><p>now when i hold down C to start it from the disk I just get a grey screen</p><p>Please help.</p><p></p><p>Other then that when it starts there is sound and the apple logo but all it does is spin until it resets</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shepherd, post: 1224516, member: 199058"] this is a odd problem my friend lost her password so she goes in to single user mode and types mount -uw / rm -rf /var/db/.AppleSetupDone shutdown -h now Now i know the -rf shouldn't be there anyway it messes it up and sticks it in a start up loop now when i hold down C to start it from the disk I just get a grey screen Please help. Other then that when it starts there is sound and the apple logo but all it does is spin until it resets [/QUOTE]
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