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<blockquote data-quote="Macintaj" data-source="post: 1716147" data-attributes="member: 293622">Greetings-We have Snow Leopard on our iMac 27 (late 2009, Model 11.1, Core i5, 2.66GHz, 20gb RAM) and recently it was always getting stuck on the login page with the pinwheel of death never ceasing. I booted in safe mode with no issues. I removed all login items except itunes helper in 2 of the 3 accounts set up on the iMac. (One account is for my 8 year old who hasn't used this account for a very long time) I also ran all disc utilities in both accounts. (My wife's and mine) Now I can get through the login page ok, but before the OS fully loads the pinwheel begins and never stops. I know we likely should have upgraded our OS long ago, but we did not until El Capitan came out, and I put El C on my macbook pro and the photo software is so awful we have been avoiding doing it for some time. It would seem my choices may be: Back everything up in safe mode, install El Capitan and look for better 2nd party photo software, or take it to a Mac shop and see what they can do. I can follow directions, but I'm not the most tech savvy person and digging around on the net has not yielded much beyond what I've already done.Thanks,Peter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Macintaj, post: 1716147, member: 293622"] Greetings- We have Snow Leopard on our iMac 27 (late 2009, Model 11.1, Core i5, 2.66GHz, 20gb RAM) and recently it was always getting stuck on the login page with the pinwheel of death never ceasing. I booted in safe mode with no issues. I removed all login items except itunes helper in 2 of the 3 accounts set up on the iMac. (One account is for my 8 year old who hasn't used this account for a very long time) I also ran all disc utilities in both accounts. (My wife's and mine) Now I can get through the login page ok, but before the OS fully loads the pinwheel begins and never stops. I know we likely should have upgraded our OS long ago, but we did not until El Capitan came out, and I put El C on my macbook pro and the photo software is so awful we have been avoiding doing it for some time. It would seem my choices may be: Back everything up in safe mode, install El Capitan and look for better 2nd party photo software, or take it to a Mac shop and see what they can do. I can follow directions, but I'm not the most tech savvy person and digging around on the net has not yielded much beyond what I've already done. Thanks, Peter. [/QUOTE]

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