safe boot

Hello, first time posting here. I have a MacBook pro from a couple of years ago, the Mac got jailbroken and i accidentally tried updating the software to the newest version not knowing i wasn't supposed to do that. This caused it to stop working, everytime I try too start it the "OpenCore boot...

Nothing heavy here, just a little reflection of a recent incident with my 2018 MacBook Pro + Monterey. It was one of those situations that we all dread; waking your Mac of a morning and find that nothing is quite the same. The cursor is pin-wheeling. Where it isn't pin-wheeling, I click on...

Hello all, I recently found this macbook piled up in my Dads garage and thought id take a look at it, there was no HDD, RAM or power supply. I have installed them my self, with a new SSD and 8GB of ram, upon booting it i noticed there was a graphical issue, so I've disabled the external GPU in...

Having difficulties in booting up into SafeBoot mode (have a MacPRO5.1 with an updated, Apple-recommended, Metal-compatible graphics card, which is a Pulse Sapphire Radeon RX580). PROBLEM: To start in SafeBoot, you are to hold the SHIFT key on startup. However, one cannot see the login screen...

Hello, so today I opened up my laptop and it was in Safe Boot. When I put in my password it wouldn’t unlock it after a couple of restarts it allowed me to get in. But my Laptop was showing black boxes everywhere. I called Apple they had me Un Mount and Mount Macintosh HD , and erase and...

late 2009 macbook running El Capitan. Shift key is stuck, so it keeps booting in safe mode. I don't have an external keyboard handy and need into my computer. No hope of buying a new one due to poverty, so that isn't a solution right now. Is there still a keystroke to bypass this? I thought it...

So, my MacBook Pro was installing a Windows 10 Update (Bootcamp) and unfortunately the battery went out and the computer had to stop. Whenever I try to start it up on Windows, it's just a black background with the blinking white underscore (Like this in the beginning: ). They keyboard doesn't...

I'm having a bit of a panic attack. Yesterday I upgraded to OS X Sierra from the App Store on my late 2014 Retina MacBook Pro. It restarted and brought me to my login page, where I entered my password. Then I got a bunch of black and white writing in the top-left corner of the login page, in...

I'm on beta 5 16A312a, wondering why I'm not getting the latest beta in app store?

Anyone having problems updating to Sierra PB4? Running a late 2013 rMBP, currently on Sierra PB3 (build 16A270f). No problems with PB3, but the updater in the App Store does absolutely nothing. One update is showing, but clicking the update buttons does... nothing. I get the "Some updates need...