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weird icon when booting up (folder with question mark)
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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 384943"><p>When you see that icon, it means the system can't readily find a valid OS. It could be because somehow your settings tell it to look for it on a network (I've seen some app installs do this) or, if all the setting in the System Prefs seem correct, it could be because your system needs some cleaning up.</p><p></p><p>If it does need cleaning up, download <a href="http://www.santasw.com/" target="_blank"><strong>MainMenu</strong></a>, if you don't already have it, and run all the cleaning tasks and also the rebuilding tasks (you'll need to restart of course). That might fix it.</p><p></p><p>If you have DiskWarrior I would also run that: it will repair the directory and is a must-have utility for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 384943"] When you see that icon, it means the system can't readily find a valid OS. It could be because somehow your settings tell it to look for it on a network (I've seen some app installs do this) or, if all the setting in the System Prefs seem correct, it could be because your system needs some cleaning up. If it does need cleaning up, download [URL="http://www.santasw.com/"][B]MainMenu[/B][/URL], if you don't already have it, and run all the cleaning tasks and also the rebuilding tasks (you'll need to restart of course). That might fix it. If you have DiskWarrior I would also run that: it will repair the directory and is a must-have utility for me. [/QUOTE]
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