7 refusing to load

Hi all,

My up-to-now very stable suite has thrown a wobbly. I'm running Mavericks 10.9.5 on a 2,1 MacPro, and X (latest) and 7 (last version with updates) have co-existed fine, with 7 running without a glitch on numerous occasions.

Booted up last week to cut a taster tape for a client and 7 won't load - doesn't even get to the splash screen. Just beach balls and hangs.

Nothing has changed on the suite. No auto-updates.

I've trashed prefs, and checked permissions. Everything seems normal.

Any suggestions, as ever, will be gratefully received. I've a client in on Tuesday and I need to get it working!

Cheers,

Jason

Ouch
Didn't happen to add any plug-ins last time did you?
Just a thought.

Have you tried to open FCP7 as a different user?

Hope this helps, Greg

Thanks Greg, I'll have a go with another user. No new plugins installed, just a bog-standard 7 installation.

Interestingly i just left it to beachball. After about 3 minutes it booted as normal, and ran fine...

'Puzzled' is an apt description at the moment!!

J

Maybe try to repair your original user.
www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-rebuild-a-user-account-in-os-x/