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Bouncy Menu Bar after upgrade OS X
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Buckaroo
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Dec 19, 2004, 01:45 AM
 
Hi,

I've had this problem happen to me twice, and it took me a while to figure out what was causing it, so I just wanted to let others know if they have a similar problem, the fix is not that difficult.

The problem was after upgrading my OS X to a newer version, upon boot up, the computer would boot upto the point where the menu bar would bounce (I'm not talking about the Dock). It would drop down and then jump back up, over and over.

The problem was with Ownership & Permissions. I just happened to have a second hard drive with an operating system, so I was able to fix it by selecting the drive that was giving me problem and fixing the Ownership & Permissions via the "Get Info".

This was so anoying, since the first time I ended up reformatting the hard drive and replacing the OS and all programs. The second time is when I finally figured out what was causing the problem. What a pain the Permissions thing is. It's the only thing I hate about OS X.
     
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Dec 19, 2004, 09:56 AM
 
Um, what exactly was the problem? How exactly did you fix it? You didn't just turn off permissions altogeher on your startup drive, did you? If it really is a permissions issue, you can repair it by booting your Mac OS X install CD and running repair permission from disk utility.
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Dec 19, 2004, 01:10 PM
 
The menu bar would bounce and it would not go any farther in the boot up. No I did not turn off permissions. It did it on it's own during the upgrade. I'm not sure if it is just permissions alone, or if it was also an ownership issue. I suspect it was more of an ownership issue since that is how I fixed it.

It's a shame that you have to fix permissions at all.
     
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Dec 19, 2004, 01:16 PM
 
Originally posted by Buckaroo:
The menu bar would bounce and it would not go any farther in the boot up. No I did not turn off permissions. It did it on it's own during the upgrade. I'm not sure if it is just permissions alone, or if it was also an ownership issue. I suspect it was more of an ownership issue since that is how I fixed it.

It's a shame that you have to fix permissions at all.
Could you please tell us exactly what you did that fixed the problem?

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