I was using my computer normally, it started to move slowly, so I properly shut it down. After leaving it off for a few minutes, I started it up again. However, every time I press the power button, it comes on and there is just a blank gray screen. No folder with a question mark on it, just a blank gray screen.
View 2 RepliesI turn on my computer and it has a blank/gray screen. I can turn it on and off, but that's all.
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MacBook Air
Last week when starting my Mac Book Pro I was faced with a gray screen. On start up the it won't boot fully. Turn onGray Screen with apple logo - loading bar and wheelOnce fully loaded it turns itself off..I have tried control R to do a reinstall of the OS, however it won't let me complete it saying Apple account does not match (yet there is no login for this).
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Mac Pro
I downloaded the latest version of Safari, Lion 5.1.5, now when I try to open a PDF through the browser. I get a blank grey window.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have a mac pro 2010 a1186 tower. I turn it on I get a mac chime and a light gray scren no logos or any thing. I've tried resetting nvram and a firmware update using the recovery cd.
View 2 Replies View RelatedSo my girl friend was using my IBook G3 and shut it down normally she says. We then went to turn it on and we will hear the chime but then it will get stuck on that first gray screen, nothing else comes up, no spinning no nothing. Hard drive is not making any different noise, I just don't know whats up.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI still have the appearance of the gray screen after performing all the solutions provided by apple support. What shall I do now?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
blank screen on airbook won’t start up
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MacBook Air
I recently upgraded to Lion on my MacBook Pro but it didn't sit well with my compuer. It became sluggish and would take forever to load applications, pictures, music, movies, etc that only took SL a few seconds at most. I decided to downgrade back to SL so I put in my Install DVD (version 10.6.6) and tried to format the hard drive so I could start new. However it would not work with the CD, so I continued looking around online and I came under the impression that if you erase the hard drive it will allow you to start new (in my case, with SL). However now I get a gray screen with a folder with a question mark.
I do not have my files backed up through Time Machine.
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MacBook Pro
my start up disc is full and when i switch on my computer the screen is blank. how can i get the dock up again
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
upon startup i see a gray screen, the apple logo, and spinning gears. Then the apple logo turns into a circle with a line through it and stays that way forever. I call apple support. They got me to run disk utility by booting from install disk. Then running repair disk and repair permissions. Then boot into safe mode and computer works fine...for a few restarts then does the same thing.
View 6 Replies View RelatedYet I see the white power light on and I can here it turn on but no screen it is just black?
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MacBook
Holding option doesn't work, taking out the battery doesn't work, running out of ideas.
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MacBook, iOS 5.1.1
I have an old Macintosh II that someone gave me. It powers on but when it gets to the gray screen right upon startup, it hangs there and never shows the "?" Anyone knows why it does this? What can I do about it? Thanks.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have installed smartvoip app, i cant to sign in, but when i connect to my univeristy net it is working but when i come to my hostel it doesn't work, it says server timeout, try again later.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), smatvoip
my mac book pro is giving me a blue screen, some days ago it gave me a message that the desktop has too much files how can i get it opened is there any shortcut that i can open my desktop?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I need to re-install this OS, but I don't have the DVD image for the disk. how to get a copy?Â
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I'm trying to setup my Mac Mini but get the grey screen with folder/question mark and I can't tell if the chips have been swapped. The brand is unfamiliar and my place hosted some creepy hackers while I was in the hospital. I'm still finding mysteries.
Info:Mac mini, MacOS X (10.5), cant identify RAM
My macpro screen remains grey after I startup. How do fix it?
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iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.3
All I get is gray screen in start up.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
Had to force quit a number of applications to shut down computer, restarted it but froze on opening. Shut down with the power button and now it won't get past Gray screen with rotating dial (thingy)...tried the safe boot option but this seemed to get stuck after identifying some issues.
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MacBook (13-inch Late 2009)
I click on the hd hard drive and change the settings to no one can read or write now I had problem to open the computer as soon I start it became gray screen so I re-stall the software and as soon I back up the computer is asking me the password I type it and can't enter after keep asking me the password is wrong
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
i changed the name of the hard-drive for other reasons, and i guess i must have somehow erased the two which show up in the login box. And, i cannot locate the disks.
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MacBook Pro, Other OS, no start up disk to be found
I do computer repair and have run into an issue that I cannot figure out. My customer has an iBook G4 and the screen will stay blank as if it's off even when the power button is pressed. I've tried turning it on only on AC power; I've tried Cmd-Option-P-R; I have tried applying pressure in various places. When I asked my customer about what was happening when the issue started, he said his kids were on it, the battery died and the next time he tried to boot it up, it wouldn't work. It gave him neither errors nor lines on the screen; it just wouldn't turn on. Now the strange thing is everything else works. The fans spin, the hard drive spins, and it gives the startup sound. I tried to see if maybe the brightness was to low but that didn't work either.
View 5 Replies View RelatedMacbook Air, Rev A. Worked like a charm for 1.5 years.Upgraded to a Rev c SSD and gave the Rev A to the wife.She installed NOTHING.Within a few weeks it started running VERY slow. I'm talking 2 minutes of beach ball per click.I use Disk Utility to check the drive. No problems of any kind.
Rebooting would take -- and I'm not exaggerating -- over an hour. First it would sit with a grey screen for 5 minutes. Then with an apple logo for 10 more. Then with the little spinning circle for 30. Then the desktop background would show up and sit for 20 minutes, etc.
Was gonna upgrade to Snow Leopard so what the heck, backed it all up and installed Snow Leopard. To my surprise, it instaled Snow Leopard on top of the old OS -- it kept all the files around so no need to restore from backup.
Speed problem SOLVED!Then a few weeks later the same problems.This time I check the drive AND run the hardware test. No problems.I ERASED the entire drive. I installed Snow Leopard.All is good for a few weeks.Then the problem came back a 3rd time.
I go to reinstall a 3rd time and Snow Leopard doesn't even acknowledge that there's a hard drive in the machine! And when I look in system profiler it says there's no drive of any sort. Yet it will reboot and run... just VERRRRRYYYY slowly.
I'm ready to replace the drive with a Runcore SSD or some such other device but I want to be sure the problem is the drive and not some other aspect of the hardware (motherboard, RAM, etc.)Anyone ever seen this? Anyone have any ideas as to how to investigate, solve, conquer, save myself from madness??
Mac stay on gray to long before it turn on
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Ever since I downloaded 10.7.4, a blank grey screen appears at startup. If I click on the mouse, a white square cursor appears which I can drag around and `uncover` a place to input password. Then the galaxy image appears, and I have to input password again.
Info:imac, Mac OS X (10.5.1)
My Powebook G4 12" (model A1010) during its start-up phase remains stuck on the "initial gray screen" without displaying the apple logo. However, I can access the system through the console provided by Open Firmware.Â
I would like to ask you what could be the problem and where such problem may reside (hard drives, memory, main board, etc).
My iMAC is stuck on blank grey screen at startup. Keyboard is not active, won't function at all.
View 1 Replies View Relatedon startup, macbook pro showed flashing gray folder with question mark, but no startup. After several retries, now shows circle with diagonal diameter, and still no startup. worked fine yesterday.
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MacBook Pro
