On my 2008 3,1 8-core Mac Pro.
Issue Resolved, read in bottom of post. Just didn't want to have to waste all that time doing what I did to fix it.
Anyone ever encounter this issue before? The computer boots and loads directly into the Utilities menu every time. Wouldn't let me get to my desktop.
Things I tried and things to note:
-While it was forcing me into OS X utilities I checked my OS hard drive's partitions and everything, repaired it as well... No go, still forces me into Utilities.
-Nvram/pram reset... Still no luck here.
-My Bootcamp partition still works perfectly, windows seems unaffected so its not a hardware problem (unless my OS hard drive is on its way out... but I hope not its a 2 year old 10K WD Velociraptor hard drive)
What I did to fix it:
Using my bootable ML install disk, I completely re-installed the OS without wiping the drive. Thankfully it kept all my user data so I didn't have to reinstall everything again. None of my important data is ever at risk because I keep all that on a dedicated storage drive I can access from any computer.
I have restarted multiple times and it seems to be fine now. I haven't upgraded to OSX mavericks because I am waiting for a couple of my commonly used apps to be updated for 10.9
I just wish I didnt have to waste all that time re-installing and done something to it so it would stop forcing the osx drive to boot into Utilities...
I did search on this and couldn't find much info on anyone else having this problem. Anyone ever encounter this before?
Issue Resolved, read in bottom of post. Just didn't want to have to waste all that time doing what I did to fix it.
Anyone ever encounter this issue before? The computer boots and loads directly into the Utilities menu every time. Wouldn't let me get to my desktop.
Things I tried and things to note:
-While it was forcing me into OS X utilities I checked my OS hard drive's partitions and everything, repaired it as well... No go, still forces me into Utilities.
-Nvram/pram reset... Still no luck here.
-My Bootcamp partition still works perfectly, windows seems unaffected so its not a hardware problem (unless my OS hard drive is on its way out... but I hope not its a 2 year old 10K WD Velociraptor hard drive)
What I did to fix it:
Using my bootable ML install disk, I completely re-installed the OS without wiping the drive. Thankfully it kept all my user data so I didn't have to reinstall everything again. None of my important data is ever at risk because I keep all that on a dedicated storage drive I can access from any computer.
I have restarted multiple times and it seems to be fine now. I haven't upgraded to OSX mavericks because I am waiting for a couple of my commonly used apps to be updated for 10.9
I just wish I didnt have to waste all that time re-installing and done something to it so it would stop forcing the osx drive to boot into Utilities...
I did search on this and couldn't find much info on anyone else having this problem. Anyone ever encounter this before?
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