Heyyyyy, I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro too. What kind of special were they on that year?!
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Wah wah wah it failed. Restart and try again.
Failed again "file system verify or repair failed"
I hates it.
I have a late 2008 MacBook (not Pro) with 4GB of memory. It took me several tries to install Yosemite, but it eventually took and I haven't had any problems since.
Poop! failed again. A quick search shows this is a common issue. Disk utility showing my hd needs repair, but will not allow me to click repair disk. Looks like I may be going to the Apple Store tomorrow. F f f
Poop failed again.
This is where punctuation is SO IMPORTANT.
Or, perhaps, a referral to a doctor.
FINE!
Yeah, I had that. Did you restart into, um, was it safe mode? The command-r restart. I think I may have restored to a Time Machine backup and start the whole Yosemite installation process again to actually make it work.
Sorry, I mean to remember because I knew someone else would run into the same thing, but I did not do a good job of that.
Just did command r restart will not let me repair disk. I've hooked up to my external he where all the backups are, but have no idea what to do once I click on restore.
IIRC, what worked for me was restoring to the last backup from before I started trying to upgrade, and once that finished, upgrading again. I might have repaired the disk after restoring and before upgrading. Sorry I can't be more specific.