MacBook :: How To Restart If Can't Remember Computer Name At Start Up

Aug 26, 2014

How can I restart my Macbook Pro if I can't remember the computer's name at start-up? I do remember the pass word.

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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

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MacBook :: Wont Start Up - Restart Computer Every Time

Oct 21, 2010

i have a 2 year old Silver Macbook 2.4 (i think!) anyway i havent touched it for ages because of a problem. It wont start up! Heres what happens: I turn the computer on (it can still charge) it starts to go into its white loading screen with the funny rotating loading wheel and all of a sudden this DOS like command prompt pops up with what looks like gibberish computer talk i dont understand except the word error. Then straight after the command prompt shows this transparent big window comes up with a power button logo and says " Please Restart Your Computer" problem is i do restart the computer and it does this everytime i cant get to the profile screen or anything. Any help is appreciated i jus came to you guys b4 the shops cause i thought maybe i could fix it. Im thinkin its a software problem hopefully i wont have to reinstall OSX leopard

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May 14, 2010

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Mar 9, 2012

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Jun 24, 2012

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Nov 28, 2010

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Jun 13, 2008

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May 5, 2010

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Jul 22, 2010

I recently got a MacBook from my school. Last night it was freezing quite a bit so I shut it down. This morning when I boot it up I get a screen saying 'you need to restart you computer. Hold down the power button until it turns off, then press the power button again'. Each time I do this though I get the same screen. I think the start up disk for the computer is at my school. is there anyway I can get it working just for today? I have also tried holding down F8 as I start it.

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Sep 11, 2014

I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro, which has been upgraded recently to Mavericks. My problem is that randomly (usually due to pressing a button or using the mouse) my computer will black out and restart. I was having these intermittent kernel panics earlier this year and took it to a repair shop that said it was not a hardware issue and clean-installed the OSX, but the problem has persisted. The only difference is that before it would just restart while now I get the gray "Your computer was restarted because of a problem" error screen. 

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Anonymous UUID:       7E9ECFC6-2275-1966-C858-56615F0EFD1F  
Thu Sep 11 08:33:35 2014
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f839fef7c): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff80e4392000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4
"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.6.22/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
[code]...

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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

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MacBook Pro :: Popup Message/You Need To Restart Your Computer?

Jun 23, 2009

So I did read though the previous forum relating to this problem. None of the posters were having the exact issue I am, and I could not find a solution within.

my hardware: powerbook G4. 1.33GHz Power PC. (upgraded to) 2GB DDR SDRAM. (just upgraded to) 320GB WD HDD

my OS: Just installed 10.4.11

Here's the scenario (I hope someone can help):
Several months ago my poor baby took a dive off a counter onto the tile floor, while running. Never before this did I see the "Kernal Panic" restart screen.

Immediately following the fall, I get the error if the computer is bumped, moved or if I put weight on the keyboard (palms).

I feared it was a HDD issue so I hastily replaced the toshiba 60GB HD with a WD320 HD. And at the same time I upgraded from 10.3.9 to 10.4.11.

The computer seemed fine for a couple weeks, now I am getting the error again with increasing frequency. Mostly when I put pressure on the keyboard (palms).

What I tried: new HD, new OS, checked the RAM to see if it had come loose in the fall.

Could it be my video card? Is it more likely hardware or software?

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Jun 24, 2012

just bought a new macbook air and it keeps freezing on me and asking me to hard restart the computer

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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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Jun 21, 2012

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Jun 3, 2012

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Jun 5, 2014

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MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

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Apr 8, 2009

I have a macbook pro, bought it May last year(2008). I don't know much about computers, but I loved the transition between pc and mac, had no trouble with it, loved to work with it, until now. I had noticed it became slower like 3 weeks ago, and a week ago, it started to freeze up on me followed by a message that said please restart your computer by pressing the power button and the screen becomes dark. When I try to restart it again, it takes a while because it shuts down again and again, until the 10th time it works. The store told me to clean intall, which I did yesterday, it seemed to have worked, it was faster for sure, but today it happened again, 3 times! Has this happened to anyone? Does somebody know what to do?

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Jun 4, 2014

I just replaced my SATA drive. When I went to restart my computer I got a flashing folder with a question mark in it. What is happening and what to do now?

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Dec 7, 2010

I have a first gen MBA. It is 1.6Ghz with 2GB of Ram. I am trying to watch the NCAA tournament on MMOD and the quality is terrible. It gets so choppy and I often have to quit Safari or Firefox and even restart the computer. It usually starts off ok but after a few minutes it becomes unwatchable.

What is wrong? I am not running anything by the OS and the browser. It isn't my internet as it makes no difference if I use wireless or ethernet and my download speeds are about 10-15Mbps. I don't have any problems watching streaming on my 5 yr old Dell.

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May 16, 2012

My wife's MacBook Pro suddenly displayed a warning that the computer needed to shut down and restart.  It shut down alright but won't restart.

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

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Mar 3, 2012

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Nov 4, 2008

I don't know what I did. but I have any item in Keychain access named system I can unlock with my administrator Password from within Keychain Access. It doesn't show up on the Keychain Access item in menu bar. And I get message along the lines of. OSX requires you type password (which happens to be same as administrator password). there are only three items in it. a Dashboard advisory certificate, and the names of two airport Router items I have listed and each password for them

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Jun 5, 2014

I have a serverprogram from an external company that doesnt start after a restart of the mac that I run that server on. It starts the program but it doesnt start up the server of the program. All settings are right and I have consulted others with same config. After a restart the server turns up in the statusbar but as turned off. So I can go to the statusbar, click on the symbol and choose "start server".As I cant get the server to start up automaticly I was wondering if I can get the automator to start it up for me after a restart of the mac? 

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Apr 28, 2010

I was just using my 13" MBP and using Parallels when the whole computer locked up. I had to turn off the computer by holding down the on/off button. Unfortunately, now the computer will not start up in OS X. Interestingly, I had linked my Windows side of the computer so that it can be opened in Parallels or Bootcamp; I can get the Bootcamp Windows side to start up with no problems (I'm using it now to write this).

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Feb 2, 2012

I am new to MAC and in this forum.Lately I've had problems with my Mac Book Pro (15 "OSX 10.7.3) especially now that I made the OSX update. Is inhibited if the computer is idle and we must force it off, holding down the power button. 

When the computer is restarted, usually three things happens:

1) The computer boots normally

2) Shown instead of the apple icon, an icon with a "-" and never starts, or

3) It shows a progress bar process that takes a long time in advance and then boots normally.I need to know how to do a clean install and reinstall the programs useful, considering that I have no Lion operating system on a DVD, as this was bought from Apple online store.

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MacBook Pro :: Computer Beeps But Will Not Start?

May 30, 2012

So I unplugged my Mac Book Pro, left town for a month, it started for a bit, then screen went blue. I shut it down, and now it will not restart it makes a beep sound I've never heard! 

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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.1.1

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Mar 22, 2009

Almost every other day when I start up my iMac it freezes and I have to restart it to get it working. Can anyone offer me any advice on this?

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Jun 11, 2012

When I plug in the power cord it is not connecting and therefore not charging the battery.  Battery is deal and the MacAir will not turn on. 

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Jun 18, 2012

Lately whenever i start up my computer the clock changes to 2000 and some random time, there are also about 5 pop-ups from finder asking me if i want to allow programs. I fix the clock problem by going into the time settings and click the unlock button but i have to do this everytime i start up my mac. I attached a screenshot of what pop ups come up.

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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