Steps to Recover From Anti-Virus Spinning Beach Ball of Death Problem
- boot to "safe mode" (hold "shift" key down while booting)
- uninstall sophos by running the following program in Finder:
Code Block MacintoshHD->Library->SophosAntiVirus->RemoveSophosAntiVirus.pkg
- Reboot machine (don't need "safe mode" anymore)
- download/install applejack from http://sourceforge.net/projects/applejack
- boot to single-user mode (hold "apple" and "s" key down at same time while booting). this should look like a "terminal" (no fancy windows)
- type "applejack"
- select "a" (auto-mode)
- wait 15-30 minutes for fixes to take place
- select "r" to restart machine at end of applejack run
- reinstall sophos anti-virus from https://itservices.stanford.edu/service/ess/mac/sophos
Software Installation
The following commands will allow you to run xmgrace,pyplot,gimp,ase on your Macbook Pro Laptop with MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Office is also available for MACs purchased by SLAC (contact me if you want that).
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