{"id":58,"date":"2008-04-14T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T07:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2008-04-13T20:43:09","modified_gmt":"2008-04-14T03:43:09","slug":"pending-peril","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"Pending Peril"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you recall from my last blog entry<\/a>, my Mac had a few restart and hard drive problems. As a computer troubleshooter from way back, that causes me to sit up and take notice. Such a thing on any computer should always be of concern.
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\nThe problem has demonstrated itself twice in the past few months. The situation goes like this:<\/p>\n

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  1. A new software upgrade comes over the Internet.<\/li>\n
  2. The upgrade requires that the computer be rebooted.<\/li>\n
  3. The computer never restarts. The shutdown process goes on and on.<\/li>\n
  4. I press and hold the power button until the Mac turns itself off.<\/li>\n
  5. I start the computer again, and it comes up normally. Upgrade installed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The upgrade process is not supposed to have a Step 3, above. It should progress smoothly from Step 2 to Step 5, skipping Steps 3 and 4. Some users might think, “Oh, this is normal.” Wrong!<\/em> Any change in routine could indicate pending peril. And because I love my Macintosh, I want to ensure that I don’t experience the ultimate in high-tech let downs and find the thing not coming up at all one day.<\/p>\n

    To troubleshoot this problem, I preformed a manual restart: From the Apple menu, I chose the Shut Down command.<\/p>\n

    The computer turned itself off and . . . started up again just fine. So the problem isn’t with the Mac’s hardware \u2014 which is my guess. That leaves the update system, Software Upgrade<\/em>. Because the problem happened twice with that program, and twice in the same way, that’s my best guess.<\/p>\n

    Confirming the problem is easy on the Mac. As a Unix operating system, OS X keeps extensive log files. By using the Console application, I was able to peruse the logs. They describe a few programs having difficulty restarting after they were updated. So it may just be a problem with the specific update. The next time I need to restart after an update, I’ll be able to confirm that. Until then, I’ll keep a close eye on the system Just In Case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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