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Login trouble

mid 2010 imac won't login, after password entered, just keeps buffering?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jul 5, 2022 5:42 AM

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Posted on Jul 5, 2022 7:43 AM

1 - Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.

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Jul 5, 2022 2:20 PM in response to Original51

Understand, we are all working Remotely from all around the world. 


Therefore, we do not have the On-Hands experience the User ( you ) has with this computer.


The next best thing for us to having an actual On-Hand experience on this computer is to follow the steps below


Download the Application Etrecheck directly from a well Respected ASC Contributor. And Safe to use.


The application is free or paid from added features. 


Run the application with Full Disc Access ( Security & Privacy - Full Disc Access ).



It will take a Snap Shot -  both the hardware and software.


 The Report will Not Reveal Any Personal Information. 


Post back the Full Report - copy and paste - using the Additional Text Icon ( 3rd Icon to last )



We can have a look at the report for possible issues and may have possible suggestions to resolve the issues.

Jul 5, 2022 11:24 AM in response to PRP_53

Restart in safe mode helped a little. The power up in safe mode took about 10 minutes but the login took about 2 hours and after it finally opened the computer was very slow on every function to respond. I restarted the computer after that and the login was still extremely slow. I should have explained the problem better. My iMac has 3 user accounts but only one has this problem, the other logins work fine. This happened after I had left my computer turned off for 5 days while we were on vacation. My son arrived home first and that is when his login stopped working. I guess we could open another user account for him but I don't know what to do to help my son recover the files that he has in his account if it can't be fixed. Thanks for your help.

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