Last night my mid-2010 Mac Pro woke up and probably installed some update (Mavericks). After this, every time I boot, black screen with cursor appears instead of login window.
- I've tried blindly enter password and log in but with no results.
- Power button doesn't respond, I can't even sleep or shutdown the machine.
- I've cleared NVRAM, but it doesn't help
- Safe mode doesn't work (mac restarts before progressbar go to 100%)
- Disk repair tool found some minor problem (invalid count of folders in some directory – one extra) – no results
- I've reinstalled mavericks (In the Command+R menu during boot), still not working.
What else can I try?
I have some data in encrypted home folder, so I want to recover some of the files.
Best Answer
Ok guys - I had the same issue with my 2008 iMac and Apple support just walked me through the fix...
Apparently it's an issue with an automatic update that never quite got past the login screen.
Hope this helps!