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Recover from a stuck screen after log in
Authored by: djarsky on Jul 29, '09 07:41:01PM
In my experience, when you receive this 'stuck' screen after login, it's often a corrupt font cache. One easy way to fix this is to reboot into Safe Mode:

Reboot the computer and immediately hold the Shift key. Waiting until the login window appears with the words "Safe Mode." Log in with your username and password. Once you reach the desktop, choose Restart from the Apple menu to reboot the computer back into 'normal' mode.

There are a number of things that happen automatically during a Safe Boot including fsck running *and* the font cache will get emptied. You'll notice that it takes significantly longer to boot the machine while you are holding the Shift key.

More on SafeBoot/Safe Mode is here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564

-David



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