Mac won't finish logging in after restart, must shut down to login completely Not sure if this is a duplicate question (I haven't been able to find a question dealing with this yet). Here's my problem:

Currently on OSX Mavericks.


I restart my machine.
It shuts down and starts back up.
I get the login screen.
I enter in my login credentials successfully.
I'm passed to the interstitial white/gray screen that you typically get when starting up.
Instead of continuing the login process, it just hangs on this screen and never logs in.


If I shut down completely and then turn my computer on, I can log in with no issues.

Any ideas how I can fix this issue?
Since I posted this question, I ran Disk Utility. I repaired some permissions. When I restarted again, it logged in properly. At this point I can't find any other issues.

I guess the moral of the story is run Disk Utility first before posting in the future.