A few weeks ago, my Mac started running supper slow. Realizing I had never backed all my files up, I began researching hard drives and purchased one today. Of course, go figure... It worked last night but when I returned with what I thought would be a life bout for my sinking files, my Mac refused to fire up. It goes through the motions but just won't start up fully. I tried rebooting in safe mode but had similar results. Dose anyone have any other suggestions? Just hoping to get it fired up long enough to salvage my music. If not, is it possible to extract those files from a fried Mac? Trying to stay optimistic but I may have acted a day too late.