MacBook :: It Fails To Boot Up
Mar 22, 2012MacBook was shut down while downloading new Apple software. Now it will not boot up. First screen with logo and circle run perpetually.
Info:MacBook, Mac OS X(10.6.2)
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MacBook :: Won't Boot Up / The Laptop Fails To Boot Up?
May 11, 2009Just recently got back from a visit to my local Apple store in regards to a faulty power adapter. My Macbook started up fine at the store, as it has over the past two years. However, after getting home and trying to turn it on, the laptop fails to boot up. It sits at the grey screen with the Apple-logo and spinning progress circle, all while the fan starts to whirl as if my macbook were on fire. I've experienced a failed hard-drive before, so I know of the folder w/question mark screen, and this screen is not like that. I've also tried booting up in "Safe-Mode," but that won't work as well. I do have a start-up disk and external hard-drive... I'm just curious to see what other options I might have before reinstalling Leopard.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: Fails To Boot Properly After EFI Firmware 27 Update
Apr 16, 2012I have a strange boot issue having (tried) to install EFI 2.7 update. When I restart the laptop, it 'chimes', displays a grey screen, then chimes, displays a grey screen, forever. I hit the bower (off) button for 5 secs or thereabouts, and restart, same thing. I do this 4 times and finally it reboots. But the EFI update still appears as needing to be installed (software update tells me it is not installed). Update history shows however that it IS installed. I can go through this process any number of times. I now have Software Update history showing quite a few installs opf the EFI 2.7 update. If I just do a restart without installing, I also go through the same fail to restart / fail to start / ... / eventually restart sequence.
So it seems now that the laptop will only start after 4 failed restarts and finally it starts. After starting it all appears to be perfectly fine. Nothing strange in the console logs that I can see. The failed reboots don't seem to register in the console logs - I suspect that the failure to restart is pretty early on in the boot sequence, well before it tries to load any semblance of the OSX kernel. It is almost as if it is trying to boot from someplace other than the disk ... until eventually it gives up and tries the disk. (I have tried booting with and without network cable - no difference) I don't know enough about mac bootup sequences to know if there is some config/setting that is screwed up causing this odd behaviour.
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MacBook (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: Hangs Indefinitely On Wake After Long Sleep, Then Fails To Boot
Mar 21, 2012I installed the latest version of Lion on my mid-2009 13" MBP yesterday. I recently got a Corsair 256GB SSD (model CMFSSD-256D1) and that's what I installed Lion onto. It seems this behaviour has only been happening since I got this SSD. What happens is when I put my computer to sleep for a long period (say, 2 or more hours), when I wake it up, some of my applications show the spinning beachball - though some of the applications still seem to respond. After playing around with the responsive applications for a bit, they eventually start beachballing as well. After a minute or two the entire system is beachballed and I can't do anything. My only option is to do a hard shutdown. (It almost seems like the SSD has decided not to respond to requests?)Â
When this happens and I do the hard shutdown, I consistently cannot boot my MBP at this point. I shut it off again, wait a bit, turn it on, and try booting again - nothing. The screen is all white (maybe light gray), and the animated gear never appears. I do hear the boot sound. When my MBP is in this state, none of the special boot options work - e.g., holding down "shift" for Safe Mode, holding down "option" to choose another boot drive, holding down "command+R" to boot from the recovery partition - it's as if I hadn't held those keys down at all. The only keys that do work are "option+command+P+R", which resets the NVRAM. After I've resetted the NVRAM, it still doesn't boot right away. I turn it off again, turn it on, and finally my MBP boots totally fast and fine. I do a check of the disk and there are zero disk/permission errors.Â
This is totally reproducible behaviour. Every time it's in sleep mode for a few hours, it does this, and I can't boot, and the only way I can boot is by following those steps above.Â
If I put the MBP in sleep mode for just a couple minutes to test it, it comes back from the sleep fine. I'm not sure how long it has to be in sleep mode before it decides to beachball on wake.Â
I have done a search for new firmware for my SSD and have come up with nothing.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), MBP is mid-2009 13"
Power Mac G5 :: Can't Boot Into Tiger After Leopard Installation Fails
Nov 25, 2007Installation of Leopard on my Power Mac G5 failed. After that, I can't even boot into Tiger. Whenever I power on, it just stays at the grey Apple screen. I thought changing the hard disk might help. But my experiments proved that the same behavior persists even without any hard disk. Power on, "dong", grey apple screen: that's it. What happened?
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Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5Ghz, PowerBook G4 1.5Ghz, iBook G4 1.2Ghz, MBP 2.33Ghz
Mac OS X (10.5.1)
LaCie 500GB, LaCie 1TB, several iPods
PowerPC :: Chime White Screen - Fails To Boot Up
Aug 20, 2008So I was just there, using my computer, doing nothing out-of-the-ordinary. I decided to open up a program (Yahoo! Instant Messenger, I think it was) and the computer went nuts. I completely froze...nothing I tried worked. So I shut the computer down and tried rebooting it. It chimed and went to the white start-up screen with the apple...I let it sit for about ten minutes to let it restart. Still the white screen. I shut it down and tried it again. Same thing.
Is my computer dead? What might I be able to do to fix it? How much might it cost?
Windows On Mac :: Boot Camp Continuously Fails At Partitioning?
Feb 3, 2010I would like to say that this is my first post on the forum. Here it comes;I'm new with mac and would like to install windows on my black 3.1 Macbook. Boot Camp continuously fails at partitioning. I've read many articles about it which say iDefrag is the solution. So I did some defragments with iDefrag (the on-line, compact and the full-defragment) and tried to partitionate with Bootcamp lateron but it did not work. What should I do to fix this.
View 2 Replies View RelatedMacBook Air :: TrackPad Click Bar Fails
Mar 5, 2008Yesterday I was using my MacBook Air. And I began to hear a loud click, when I clicked on the trackpad, click bar.It's a mechanical sound, it actually comes from the click bar, but only on the left side. I couldn't figure it out, but my son was at home, and he did.The left side of the click bar has raised up a tiny bit, maybe a 1/64th of an inch. The right side remains flush.Apparently something underneath the click bar has broken, or whatever, and allows the left side to float.
So when I click, the sound I hear comes from the raised end of the click bar, as it travels up and down.I'm going down to the Apple Store tomorrow morning to see a "Genius".What are my chances that they'll replace my MBA, rather than sending it to neverneverland?
MacBook Air :: Photoshop CS4 Fails To Install
Dec 29, 2009I am trying to install Photoshop CS4 on a MacBook Air running OS X 10.5.8. The error message is the application Setup quit unexpectedly and then when I choose Report there is a long message and at the end:
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/asneu.framework/Versions/A/asneu
Referenced from: /Users/catherine/Desktop/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Setup.app/Contents/MacOS/Setup
Reason: image not found
MacBook Pro :: Bootcamp To OSX Fails To Relaunch?
Mar 22, 2012I have that other software installed on my bootcamp, because all of my engineering classes require it. It is Windows 7 Ultimate. When I try to use bootcamp to restart in OSX Lion, it fails to load. I get the grey spinning wheel for a long time. When it fails to load, I safe boot. Does not work. Then I load up the CMND+R option and verify/repair disks, and try to restart in OSX. Still nothing. The only way to get it to work is if I restore from a backup, or completely redownload Lion. Does anyone else have this problem? This is the third time in months it has done it to me. I have a Fall 2010 15" MBP with 2.66 i7, 8 GB ram, and Intel HD Graphics card.Â
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: Keeps Quitting Internet And Says ISP Fails
Apr 1, 2012Macbook Pro keeps quitting internet and says ISP Fails
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Apr 26, 2012I use VPN to connect to my work. Sometimes I leave it on when I stop for the night. When I go into work, I usually can login to my laptop either via VNC or ssh even when the tunnel is enabled. But, now my laptop becomes totally unresponsive and unable to receive or initiate connections.After I came home, I tried the basics. DNS completely failed. Connections to my local network seemed to work OK (192.168.1.X). However, anything else was not possible. I tried running nslookup to see what was happening. [code] I tried using ifconfig to take the network interface down and then back up. I tried disabling and re-enabling wifi. About the only thing I've been able to do is reboot the machine.
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: Finder Fails To Open?
Jun 9, 2012I tried to hide Finder from the application switcher (⌘ + tab) but this didn't work so well. I edited the 'Info.plist' file for finder.app and I tried restoring, removing the lines etc and this just is not working. Each time I boot my mac even under different users I am greeted by 'Finder quit unexpectedly' and no matter what I select (out of 'Ignore' 'Report' or 'Reopen') it keeps bringing itself to the front of all windows. Should I re-install Mac OS Lion? If so, is there a way for me to keep personal files and applications? Should I visit my Apple store and hope a genius can fix this?Â
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook Pro :: Late 2011 Fails To Startup?
Feb 12, 2012My 3 month old macbook pro yesterday failed to load up and I have been unable to get it working since. I have tried all the suggested routes however as I have no backups due to a failing drive I am unable to restore osx lion.   Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
MacBook Pro :: Try To Sign In Internet Connection Fails
Mar 26, 2012I purchased the facetime app for my Macbook Pro and everytime I try to sign in the internet connection fails. What should I do?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
MacBook Pro :: Application Install Disc Fails
Jun 17, 2012I have a new macbook pro and application install disc keeps failing stating that "The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance."Â
Am I supposed to do something special to get around this?Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
MacBook :: Ethernet Connected But Internet And Server Fails
Jul 7, 2009Moved thread to the help forum
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OS X Mountain Lion :: 10.8.5 - Airplay Sound Fails On MacBook Air?
Sep 2, 2014On my laptop, the Airplay refuses to ave sound. First it was just with some web content, now it's all sound.Â
Menu Bar -> Airplay -> Mirroring On
Result:Â Flawless video, no sound.Â
System Preferences -> Sound -> Output -> Apple TV
Result: Selection pops to the last item, Airplay stops displaying on TV. (Airplay on the mac thinks it's still working, but the Apple TV stops displaying.)Â
Rebooting doesn't work, pretty much nothing seems to have an effect.Â
Macbook Air
OS X 10.8.5 (all updates)
Firewall disabled
AirParrot installed but not active (has same issue, though)Â
Apple TV (all updates)
iOS devices work fine with the Apple TVÂ
Video works fine. Just audio fails.
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MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 11", mid 2013, i7 1.7, 8GB RAM
OS X :: Disc Utility Fails On New Internal Macbook Hard Drive?
Sep 5, 2009I just upgraded my MacBooks hard drive and put in the install cd to restore from my time machine backup. Evedything went smoothly until I chose the new hard drive as the destination for the restore. I was told that the install failed to erase the hard drive and to restart and try again. So I did but when I try to erase or partition the drive, there is an error and it fails. The hard drve seems fine since it can be seen by disc utility but after it fails to partition or erase, it disappears from the disc utility forcing me to restart. The process I've done about 5 times now is boot the comp, choose time machine restore, then while the install is calculating the space the restore would require and searching for discs to install on, nothing shows up so I go to disc utility and try to erase or partition the drive only for it to fail and disappear from disc utility. At this point I hold down the power button to turn it off and restart the process.
The first time I tried, the restore process saw the drive while calculating the restores size requirements and allowed me to go the next step where it would automatically try to erase the hard drive (without me having to go into disc utility myself) but after the first try, it just says "searching for disks" and so I go into disc utility myself where I can see the disk.
MacBook Pro :: Finder Fails To Open When Starting Up It Due To Low Disk Space
Mar 31, 2012I have a Macbook Pro (13") running snow leopard and have a partitioned hard drive (half OS X and half Windows 7). This morning I was using the Mac side and was running low on disk space (very low) so I was moving desktop files into folders to free up some space. I restarted the computer to see what the free space was but the computer stopped/froze at the desktop image (no folders or dock appeared. I restarted the computer many times but the finder never opens and all I see is the desktop wallpaper. I donnected usb drives and put in dvds but the finder never appears so I cn do nothing but shut down and start up.
I ran Disk Utility but it found no problems with the disk. I do not have a backup of the important file forlders on my drive and due to low disk space I am worried to reinstall and archive the OS since there may not be enough disk space to archive (only about 220 mb free on the apple side when I am in windows using bootcamp).
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6)
MacBook :: Fails To Start Only Shows A Grey Screen With Folder?
Apr 16, 2012Macbook fails to start only shows a Grey screen with folder
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Macbook Pro (Lion 10.7.3) Will Not Connect To Wi-Fi / Persistant 'connection Time-out' And Fails
Apr 28, 2012I can see this seems to be a common problem, and it is amazing that there seems to be no consensus (that I can find) on what the underlying problem is.I have two Macbook Pro 13's.Pretty much identical setups (Lion 1.7.3 etc.).One, works flawlessly connecting to Wi-Fi whether that is my Airport Express, or any other open or closed networks.The second, will continually refuse to connect to the Airport Express or even a wide-open 802.11b network.It will continually pop up the "connection timeout" erorr, and refuse to connect.Iphones etc all connect perfectly.Even when connecting to the iPhone hotspot - the same error.
This will happed consistently, until I give up.I can leave it for a day (use ethernet), and come back tomorrow, and voila - it will connect.I may be able to use it for a day or several, but once it decides to 'fail', there is virtually nothing I can do to bring it back it will continue to fail over and over again.All updates are applied, I've cleaned out all other networks etc from the list.Tried all civilized things that I can.Anyone have any other insight? I was thinking to yank the wi-fi module from the working notebook to the non-working one as a test.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: Firmware Password Will Not Reset - Resetting PRAM Fails
Apr 29, 2012Firmware password will not reset. Resetting PRAM fails. Resetting NVRAM in Open Firmware fails. Resetting PMU fails.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), (MacBook pro 8,1)
OS X :: Snow Leopard Repeatedly Fails To Install On Macbook (early 2008)?
May 18, 2010I am having an issue installing Snow Leopard on my computer. Every time I start the installation process, the process makes it to the first restart, and then crashes. I am running Mac OS X 10.5.8 and using a early 2008 Macbook. I have tried verifying the disk, but Disk Utility says the disk is fine with no issues. The hard drive was recently replaced so I doubt that their is a problem there...does anyone have any advice on how I should install Snow Leopard?
View 3 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: Stopped Booting Up / Disk Repair Fails - How To Backup Data
Jun 14, 2012My MacBook Pro 2011 stopped booting up. Shows just a white screen. I can get to utilities but disk repair fails, asking me to back up and format / restore the hard drive. How do I back up my data to an external drive?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook Pro :: System Randomly Disconnects Usb Device / Port Fails To Recognize IPhone
Dec 15, 2010I have had several issues with the USB on my brand-new Core i5 macbook pro. It randomly disconnects USB devices. I've had the issue with multiple USB devices - same story with each one. Further, iTunes will only recognize my iPhone if it is in the port nearest the magsafe connector. The other port fails to recognize my iPhone entirely. Anyone else having a USB issue on their base 15" that was released today?
Furthermore, any suggestions of what to do about it? I'm having a hell of a time restoring my iPhone with this issue... And the Apple Store is over an hour away-I planned a special trip to buy this laptop.
MacBook Pro :: External Hard Drive WD Elements - Fails To Recognize Password Entered
Dec 7, 2014I have a problem with an external hard drive WD Elements, fails to recognize the password I entered. you have a tip on how to retrieve it? even if it leads to the formatting of HD ...
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Mar 25, 2012MacBook Pro 15" (15-inch Core 2 Duo) late 2006Â this apple macbook boot lion from usb or firewire ext hdd or usb stick which of 3 better must boot Lion on ext device? or none at all?
View 14 Replies View RelatedMacBook :: It Won't Boot After Trying To Repair With Disk Utility, Cannot Boot In Safe Mode
Jun 11, 2012I have a MacBook 4,1 with Intel Core 2 Duo processor 4GB Ram. It is taking over 10 minutes to boot up past the gray apple screen when I turn it on. First I cleared the PRam (?) then I checked the disk using Disk Utility Verify, and it said the disk needed repairs. So I ran the disk repair and it said it was unable to fix the errors on the HD. Â
I did a little research and tried booting into the Single User mode, then running /sbin/fsck -fy. It said that it found errors but could not fix them. I ran it two more times as suggested and got the same result each time. I then tried rebooting and now instead of taking 10 minutes to boot up, it takes about 5 minutes on the gray apple screen and then just turns off. I started in Verbose mode to try to troubleshoot the error and it appears the last thing to come across the screen before power down is a message "Apple Yukon 2: RxRingSize <= 1024....etc".Â
I decided next I would run the Apple Hardware Tester. The test came back with an error code "4SNS/1/40000001:IG0C-0.265". I am very good at searching the web but I could not find any errors that had the IG0C or IGOC or any combination at the end, but plenty of 4SNS/1/40000000(1) errors with different endings. From what I can tell people are saying anything with 4SNS/1/4000000 is a logic board failure, but this computer was literally just booting this morning until I did the /sbin/fsck -fy.Â
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
MacBook Pro :: Boot From External Firewire DVD / Optibay-Boot Camp?
Oct 13, 2010Is it possible to boot from an external Firewire DVD Drive? It certainly isnt from an external USB DVD. Real answers only please, not "I think so" ones based on HDDs or rumours you may have heard!...
Background:
I've got an MCE Optibay in my Mid-2010 i7 MBP. When installing Bootcamp it refuses to install from the external USB DVD drive. In the end I pulled the 2nd HDD out and reconnected the internal DVD. It then worked fine without a hitch. Then I reinstalled the 2nd HDD and all was fine for a few days.
Now I want to resize my Win7 partition (bigger, as MS Visual Studio's bigger than I thought, and I might stick some games on). I can shrink the OSX partition fine with Disk Utility, but windows won't grow the Win7 one because the empty space is before the Win7 partition, not after it. Apparently this can be done with GParted. Guess what? I can't boot the Linux based GParted CDROM from the external USB DVD drive! So, will a Firewire one work where USB fails, and solve my alternative OS booting issues? If I buy one I can then either use GParted, or delete the Win7 partition and start again without having to pull the laptop to bits all over again, only to put it back once I'm done, and possibly have the same issues in the future. Obviously I don't want to blow extra money getting a Firewire DVD drive though if it's a waste of money...
