This has been happening increasingly. When I start up my MacBook Pro (running Snow Leopard) the system boots up (chime, etc) and all is well except at the end of the process the screen is black. If I push power button and then "S" (which puts into sleep mode), of course the screen remains black. Then pushing any key will wake the screen and all is as normal.
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iMac (24-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Been having a few huge issues with my new MBA 13".
#1 - Putting the laptop to sleep. I put the laptop to sleep and put it in the bag and at some point it wakes back up. If I don't remove it during the day by that afternoon/evening when I go to remove it the battery is at 0% and it's fully discharged. One day I took it out a couple hours in and the fan was blowing like mad like it had been running for a while, when I opened the lid I had a black screen and it was frozen. Disabled waked for network access but it was no help.
#2 - When the laptop goes in standby and I open it back up I get a beach ball forever - I've tried to let it go for upwards of 30 minutes and it never unfreezes, but I can move the mouse around. I ended up telling the laptop not to standby when it was plugged in to a power source otherwise I ended up always losing work.
I upgraded my Mini no problem, then I put the install disk in my MacBook and started the upgrade. All appeared normal.
Came back about an hour later, and the MacBook was asleep. Woke it, expecting to see the new login screen, but I got the old login screen. Logged in, and did not see the welcome movie or anything to indicate the new OS. Checked 'About This Mac', and it says OS 10.5.8.
Before I started the upgrade I had about 11.5GB free on my 80GB hard drive. Now I have just short of 10GB free. There is a folder on my HD titled 'Mac OS X Install Data' with a 'date modified' of today (all other folders have older dates) -- it appears to be mostly .pkg files, the biggest of which are 'Essentials.pkg' (841MB) and 'BaseSystem.pkg' (625MB).
Can anyone tell what went wrong -- why when the computer restarted it's not running 10.6? And, maybe more importantly, what should I do now? Run the installer disk again? Could it be that I didn't have enough free space on my HD?
When I start my Macbook Pro ´13 2013, the grey screen with the apple appears and loads but then it "falls asleep" and when i press a key the mac wakes up but there is a black screen with the cursor.
Things I've tried:
-Safe mode
-Verify Disks- But the hard disk appears to be fine
-Resetting SMC
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MacBook Pro
My brother's iBook G4 (I think it's a 2003 model) has a problem with the screen. When the computer is turned on, the screen stays black, although the backlight is on (the apple glows). Sometimes, on start up, the screen works normally for a random amount of time before going fuzzy and then black again.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Is it likely to be a problem with the hardware in the actual computer, or just the screen? Or is it a software thing?
6 month old MBP 15", been running 100% fine, plugged it into a projector the other day and it auto changed the screen resolution. I unplugged the device, went into settings and changed my screen resolution back to it's factory size as well as command & the minus key to make sure I wasn't zoomed in on anything.
I then did a system update for the following; Airport utility, Safari, Ricoh Printer, Digital Camera Raw, java, Itunes.
Restarted the computer as the updates had finished, then when turning back on the loading screen with the grey background, apple symbol and rotating loading symbol was zoomed in as much as the resolution would allow. So i restarted a couple more times, still the same thing - every time i turn the computer on the loading screen is massivly zoomed in, once it's done loading and moves to the log in screen it is fine.
I've tried plugging into the projecter again and editing my settings, that did nothing. It's like because i updated while the settings where wonky it's saved it somehow?
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4), Only on loading screen!
After an update(I think) I can no longer get into my computer. When turned on I get the apple logo then a grey screen that turns to black but the curser is active . Then there is no more progress to the startup screen
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MacBook Pro, iOS 7.1.1
Macbook Pro screen won't come on at startup. The laptop is running and I can control volume, illuminated keypad - but not the screen.
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iMac, OS X Mountain Lion, CD slot retrieval
Last night I was using my computer all fine. However this morning I turn it up, the white light where you push to open the lid, is on without flashing, and there is a black screen.
Please note that I have not installed any new hardware devices i.e. hard drive, ram, etc.
I tried to push the power button for like 10 seconds straight when I turned on to see if that would fix the problem but no. I can hear the hard drive starting up when I push the power button but black screen.
Could this perhaps be one of those faulty 8800 M GT nvidia gfx?
But I'm scared to take it to Apple because earlier this year, I took it apart and redid the thermal pasting and I kind of have screw drive marks on my keyboard aluminum part... It's like so obvious I opened it before. But, my 1 year coverage is already over so hope that doesn't eliminate me from getting that nvidia service in the case that it is the gfx card hardware problem?
After updating the mac os and other applications that displayed in the update software notification, some of my apps wouldn’t open or start up. The icon would bounce in the sidebar like it was trying to open but then a crash report would display. Then last night, I started up the computer to find that it loaded the blue screen of death. I tried to load in safe user mode, but it only loads the different background, but no apps or finder displays. I also tried to load the OS disk that was provided at the time of purchase, but am not sure if i am doing that correctly. I can't seem to get past the blue screen.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have MacBook Pro Late 2011.
I don't know if it's a problem or it's a normal. But i've noticed that when I boot up the macbook, just before the login screen appears, i can see the blue screen for few seconds. Must there be a blue screen?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 15-inch: 2.2 GHz
My MacBook pro is stuck on the start up screen with a circle with a diagonal line through it. I cannot get to the login screen. I tried the command+option+p+r immediately when turning on my computer but that did not work.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have a small video (about a minute or less) with the problem I have with my MacBook Pro 13" screen start up, I would like to submited to the forum, I have call Apple Support and trying to splain the problem, but it is hard to splain, since they have never seen that problem, I have suggested to them if I could send them the small video for them to see, what was the problem.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
I have been having issues with my two year old MacBook Pro for a while. I have replaced two hard drives and I am now having time out problems. I have just started the computer and all I get is a blue screen.
Info:MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), Mac OS X (10.6.3)
I type in my password and it goes to a white screen
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MacBook Pro
When I start up theres a ? Mark on screen
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MacBook, iOS 6.1.3
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
every morning I turn on my new Macbook Pro the screen stays black. When I move close to the screen I can see the password entering box far away, when I then type it it is booting into Mac OS X but the screen is still off. After some time, the screen blinks a couple of times and then the screen is displayed as it should and I can work all day.
I have resetted PRAM and called Apple Care. They made me reinstall OS X mavericks.Can it have something to do with the fact I have FileVault enabled on the disk?
My iBook will not display anything on its screen. Rather, it just remains black. One time, the screen did come on, but then shortly after booting, it flickered a lot and then went black again. A year ago, something similiar happened and when I took it to be serviced (when I had AppleCare), they had to send it away and have a new logic board installed. Now this machine is out of warrenty and and I am not sure what to do, or even if it is the same problem. Any suggestions?? Thanks!
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The computer itself works fine and I tested it using an external monitor. I can FAINTLY make out the display on the screen, so I'm guessing it is a backlight issue? Don't mid-2009 don't have display inverters?
I also tried resetting the pram and SMC.
I have a macbook: model - A1342 its a 2009 machine. On start up it is giving a blue screen and I am unable to do anything on the machine. I know my hard drive is pretty full and I'm trying to use an external to pull stuff off to clear up some space. Its been blue screen on me for at least fifteen minutes. I don't know the OS I'm using since I can't boot up the machine to find out.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Upon start up I hear optical drive checked, then get a start up chime but the screen does not light up. I have shut down by holding down power button for 10 seconds also pulled battery and A/C power.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.4), Mac Cube, Mini, iBook SE
I sure hope your day is faring better than mine...To try and make my new issue easier to follow and to save face as I feel like an idiot, permit me to explain in bullet format:
First things first: I was running 10.6.8 SL on my 2006/7 model MacBook pro 15.4 w 2 gig sdram, right now I'm running nothing. When I turn on Mac it goes to grey screen and I see a folder/?/apple symbols rapidly interchanging on screen. This occurred after trying to use TM for my first time as I deleted some items I shouldn't have. In time machine all seemed kosher until the first attempt said not enough space on hd so I decided to only click on sys folder in TM. this was where prefs and files were accidentally deleted from after all. The kicker is my Mac still functioned I just noticed my HD no longer had a name, and a few other issues were happening, but I could access and open files, go online, etc... Post time machine none of that was possible! I tried first putting SL disk in but wouldn't read it, so tried restarting w disk in drive. HUGE ERROR on my part. This is where the grey screen desc above took its place. I looked on iPhone and have followed all available suggestions but have come to realize at some point I must have in error created a firmware Pw. I tried entering it but the lock simply stays put (when I attempted one of many fixes to my problem listed online). So now I'm left not knowing if whatever happened messed w my firmware pw or if I somehow chose something diff as pw but I highly doubt that. In any case, I have all of my life locked into a useless box now and I had thought this is why I bought external and used time machine. I've come to loathe TM. it's not as simple as I had thought otherwise none of this dshould have occurred. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I reset or altogether delete firmware pw, and best way to reinstall.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
macbook recently took a trip to the dashbord of the car while getting re-ended in the passenger seat.
It still runs!! But sometimes boots slowly at the blue screen where the progress bar is displayed. Never freezes up but very slow.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - 2GB Ram
Starting my MacBook Pro running Mavericks gives me a 'Blue Screen'.
Starting using Cmd-R does not give me the option to use Internet Recovery and eventually gives a 'blue screen' (sometimes grey)
Starting using Opt gives me the choice of 'Macintosh HD' and 'Recovery-10.9.3' - both choices give me a blue (or grey) screen
Starting using 'Shift' displays a progress bar, which completes, and then gives a 'blue screen' (sometimes grey)
Starting using Cmd-S gives me a :/ root# prompt
After running fsck -fy twice I get the message: '** The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.'
typing 'exit' to attempt a re-boot gives a 'blue screen' (sometimes grey)
I have tried resetting NVRAM and PRAM
I have tried resetting SMC
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
Whenever I on my MacBook it gives off this white screen as seen in the pic. I tried command+r and holding down the option key on startup but it still leads me to this white screen.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
