http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/softwareupdate Questions tagged with 'softwareupdate' at Ask MetaFilter. Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:28:46 -0800 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:28:46 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/47924/Recovery%2Dfrom%2Da%2Dcrash%2Dmidsoftware%2Dupdate%2DOSX Power outage during an OS X software update -- how screwed am I? I'll try to keep this brief: iMac running 10.2.5 -- it's been in storage for a while -- that I'm trying to bring up to snuff to pass along. Got the machine online and ran the Software Update. The OS update to 10.2.8 and 1.0 update to Safari downloaded and installed (or so said the Software Update screen) but in the middle of installing an iCal update the power went out. Since the computer is residing on my desk very temporarily, I neglected to plug it into my UPS. Consequently, the power outrage caused the computer to power down hard.<br> <br> When the power came back and I restarted, the computer went through the OS X start process (it took a while to get past the grey on grey screen, but it got there eventually) and got to the point when the Finder should have started, desktop and dock become visible, etc. but I've got nada, just a blank blue screen. The mouse pointer is visible and responds to mouse action, but no keyboard commands are recognized and nothing else happens.<br> <br> Thoughts and ideas on recovering from this mid-update crash? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.47924 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:28:46 -0800 crashrecovery mac osx poweroutage softwareupdate Dreama