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  1. A

    Corrupted EFI partition map or APFS container?

    My Macbook Pro (2012, latest Mojave) started having some hickups not long ago where the screen would freeze for a minute or two and then go back to normal. Then one time it just got really slow and froze up every 10 seconds so I tried to shut it down but it would only shut down to a black screen...
  2. loki san hitleson

    Not able to boot into macOS Mojave 10.14.x macbook pro. Even in Safe Mode.

    Recently had MacBook pro not able to boot into macOS Mojave 10.14.x. running latest 10.14.5 and no significant updates were performed within the last week. After a restart yesterday, macbook would not boot into the login screen. It occurs between the FV login and before the login screen...
  3. loki san hitleson

    Not able to boot into macOS Mojave 10.14.x macbook pro. Even in Safe Mode.

    Recently had MacBook pro not able to boot into macOS Mojave 10.14.x. running latest 10.14.5 and no significant updates were performed within the last week. After a restart yesterday, macbook would not boot into the login screen. It occurs between the FV login and before the login screen...
  4. F.A.D.

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5.1 won't boot with attached 4K Display

    Hello, I replaced my two 23" Apple Cinema displays with a 43" LG 43UD79-B 4K Display which has very much the same PPI as my old displays which I like. I'm using a 5.1 with the newest Firmware (144.0.0.0.0), a flashed Sapphire 7950 and a fresh Install of 10.14.5 on a PCIe NVME. I have read...
  5. Peet_B

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro won’t boot

    Help! My 5,1 2010 Mac Pro won’t boot anymore. I’m hearing the chime, and it does all the usual stuff I hear when it’s booting up, but there’s no screen, nothing, it’s completely black. Yesterday I tried to install rEFInd, and did that successfully, only to realize my RX580 didn’t have a...
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    Split Fusion Drive, now not booting, can't find solution!

    My 2011 Macbook Pro running El Capitan was running fine until recently when it suddenly decided to stop booting after getting a new charger which I assume was sketchy (refurbished apple from ebay). I believe that my fusion drive has split back into the original hdd and ssd and now I can't boot...
  7. zchrykng

    Just Acquired... Now Dead

    Like the title says, received a brand new Mac Mini a couple of days ago and it is already dead. I can't get it to boot into any mode at all. Scheduled a trip to the Apple Store for the weekend. If they can't get it working there, I will probably just return it rather than shipping it off for...
  8. marknolan

    PCIe SSD boot problem

    Hi, I’ve recently upgraded the processors and graphics card in my Mac Pro and everything was working fine using OS Mojave. To speed things up I added a PCIe SSD Card and cloned it (Carbon Copy Cloner) from my existing bootable drive. I then set it to be my startup drive. Seems that this was a...
  9. At_Op45

    Failed Boot - Early 2008 iMac

    Hi there. I own an old iMac but don't really use it that often. One day after attempting to start it up again, instead of the typical boot, I was greeted with a blinking folder with a question mark. As of a month ago, my iMac worked just fine. I had a relative login as a guest on it but I don't...
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    Mac Mini startup issues...

    Been having trouble with my mini lately. It's ~6 years old and running High Sierra (I think — need to confirm when I get home). Lately when I try to wake it from sleep, it won't wake up. I have to restart the machine in safe mode and THEN restart it again to get it to boot correctly. After...
  11. d3vCr0w

    2006 Mac Pro (1,1) Change boot.efi on pre-installed Yosemite Hard Drive

    Hi people, I have a Mac Pro 1.1 with an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card (the pc flashed one), 6GB of RAM and the original 2 x 2,66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors, and I have been trying to install anything newer than Lion on it but I've had no success. The last OS I tried to install is...
  12. dan_mcd

    Help! MBpro won't boot.

    Hello MacRumors, you beautiful bunch of clever minds. My early 2011 MBpro died suddenly last night, now it turns on (blue light on the right hand side of the keyboard comes on) but the screen remains blank and doesn't get to the boot noise or boot. I am hoping to be able to pick the...
  13. kingseamus

    Mac Pro 4,1 Often Booting to Black Screen

    I've got an early 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 that's often booting to a black screen that hangs indefinitely until I manually restart and try to power on again. This seems to happen about 60% of the time when I try to boot up. Tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM but these resets didn't resolve the issue...
  14. tomzorz

    MBP won't boot - cannot mount root, errno = 19

    My mid-2009 mbp started to crash/freeze randomly a few times the last week. I ran a disk utility check when I still was able to boot and it said everything was fine. The next day it crashed again, and I haven't been able to boot it ever since – now two days ago. It boots and gives me the...
  15. D

    [BUG][UNRESOLVED]SSD disappears after shutdown.

    Hi! So, ive got a macbook early 2016 256 out of the box. First boot was okay, but first restart (due to appstore updates. Nothing is wrong with it, the fact of machine shutdown is the problem) it didnt boot because no storage available (ssd dissapeared, blinking folder). Injected thumb drive...
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    Cannot boot during Upgrade from Lion to El-Capitan

    Hi fellow Mac OS X user, I am running Lion (10.7.5) on a mid-2011 Mac mini which boots from an extended (journaled, encrypted) partition residing on a Crucial SSD. When I tried to upgrade to El-Capitan, the system could not boot during the installation process, and I was greeted with an icon of...
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    MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010 does not fully boot after macOS update to High Sierra

    Hello everyone, Earlier this week I wanted to update my Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13" from Sierra to high Sierra and towards the end of the update the Mac crashed and now won't fully boot. I get the apple logo and the progress bar, however it never finishes booting. My current configuration is a...
  18. lightningsalesuk

    iPhone 6 Boot loop wont turn off.

    I am having some troubles with my iPhone. When I turn it on it will show the apple logo for around a second then turn off and show the apple logo for around a second and so on until it runs out of battery. I cannot physically turn off the device once I have turned it on. Turning it off will not...
  19. Antanast

    Mac will not boot

    Hi everyone. Instead of shutting down normally I kept the power button pressed and forced a shutdown. After that my mcb wont boot. It was an apfs drive and was in the process of encrypting. I am on High Sierra. I tried recovery and all sorts of things but nothing. I booted with...
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    MacBook Pro early 2011 will not boot!

    I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro 15" 2.2ghz i7 quad, 8GB, 240gb SSD. OS X 10.10 > I get chime when powers on > OS gets stuck on the loading screen 1/4 of the way. Then restarts (then repeat) or the screen goes back and then turns on to go to a white screen without the apple logo. * reset PRAM...