MacBook :: Unable To Won't Turn On - How To Do It
Nov 23, 2009
My macbook wont turn on and makes no noise when i try to do so. When I press the button on the battery is still shows one green light. The green light on the magsafe is on when it's plugged into the wall. I can't get more than one green light to appear after it's been charged for hours. Is the problem that my macbook isn't charging or is it something internal. I'm assuming internal because I still have one green light that appears on the battery.
I tried all the macbook reset techniques.
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Apr 14, 2009
I have a problem with my 17'' MBP unibody:
1) Bluetooth is ON:
I can't turn it off. The checkbox is inactive.
But I can turn it off, if I choose "Share my internet connection for other units". (I don't know, if this is the right text in english, because my OSX is in german)
2) Now Bluetooth is OFF:
But I can't turn it on, because the checkbox "ON" is inactive.
It turns only on, if I choose "New Unit"(?). Then there is a new window, that says, that this is only possible if Bluetooth turns on. If I say OK, bluetooth turns ON.
Back to 1)
What's the problem. Why is this f* checkbox for turning bluetooth on and off inactive?
This is not a hardware problem, because I can have stable bluetooth connections.
I did a smc and am pram reset. But it doesn't help.
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Jan 4, 2009
Had (used) iBook G4 several months now & thoroughly enjoy it, even tho' I live in the sticks where there's no hi-speed/wireless available; I connect to internet & power, which is fine.
This weekend I went to turn off my iBook & it wouldn't turn off. It's now permanently on, with opening info barely visible (like I need to click on F2 to brighten up, except nothing happens).
Currently using my "back up" computer, my iMac Grape, which is pretty much an antique by now.
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Oct 25, 2009
My macbook pro wont turn on . When you press the powerbutton the harddrive is about to spin up then shuts off. When you hold the powerbutton the light blinks rapidly then it stops the light comes back on then bang it turns off. I reset everything possible! On 17" 2.5GHz Early 08 4,1 Model. And yes I tried hooking it up to an external monitor
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Apr 7, 2012
My Macbook Pro won't turn on. I shut it down yesterday night and when I tried to turn it on this morning, it wouldn't start. My battery is fully charged and I tried turning it on by removing the battery and just using the power cord and it still doesn't work. I tried resetting the SMC and PRAM like it said in the troubleshooting, but that doesn't work either.
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Apr 25, 2012
I plugged my iPhone USB cord into it and my Mac just straight shut off and won't turn back on at all. The battery indicator lights won't turn on and the light on the charger is on but very dim.
Info:MacBookPro, iOS 5.1
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May 19, 2012
I have a MacBook Pro, Mac OS X 10.6.8 with snow Leopard.It's been a month now that when I turn it off I get a blue screen and nothing happens. It won't turn off by itself, the only way is to hold the power button.At the beginning it was doing it occasionally, now it's every single time.
Info:
MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Oct 20, 2010
i just replaced the macbook screen as mine was cracked macbook was working with external display perfectly, i should mention i am not a novice have replaced screens on several macs for friends and family never had a problem, but i have no idea whats going on with my own at the moment i have triple checked the connectors all
macbook turns on screen flashes for half a sec and then nothing i can hear the hard drive moving, front led comes on, the optical drives makes a sound as
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Nov 28, 2010
Running an i7 MBP and just tried turning up the backlit keyboard. It's off and is now giving me this when I attempt to turn the light up and down.
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Nov 29, 2009
so I got my MBP last week. It's the 15" base unibody model. Is there any way to have the computer setup to automatically turn on the backlight keyboard using ac power? Then do the opposite using the battery?
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Apr 3, 2010
I recently spilled water on my macbook pro and found that my left, right arrow and shift keys no longer worked. What I didn't realize is that my power button was affected as well (I tried shutting off my computer a week ago and it wouldn't). So, it usually rests on my desk, charged. Last night, however, I took it off and it discharged. I charged it and found that I couldn't turn it on anymore.
Is there any way to remotely turn on the computer? I was looking into something like a USB keyboard or remote, but can't decide for sure what to do.
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Oct 18, 2009
Yesterday, I upgraded to iWork09 and today I cannot get my MacBookPro to turn on. I have tried all the recommended reboot methods but nothing seems to work. I suspect the new software is the culprit because at the end of the load, there was a message to say the disc could not complete because of 'damage'. The software worked fine but I noticed the notebook was running significantly slower and now, I cannot even turn on.
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Aug 20, 2014
my Macbook Pro is not powering up, Yesterday I connected a camera that has the USB cable with the little transformer. And the Computer suddenly turn off! It´s not working at all... I really don´t know what happened..These are some of the characteristics of the problem:
1) Not even the battery Light its on when I press the Power button.
2) Not even the Light in front of the Mac is on when I press the Power button.
3) There is not even a sound of the cooler fan or anything.
4) When I connect a the power cable the first 10 seconds the light of the cable is off... Then it appears a little "Orange intermittent" light but nothing more happens.
Info:
MacBook Pro, iOS 7.1
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Apr 20, 2010
After some super quick advice!
Got in to the studio today to find my main Macpro (Xeon 2007 model) dead.
When I turn it on it powers up, but does not make any noise (No beeps, no startup), does not display anything on the monitor, the hard drive spins up but not long enough to actualy do anything - I think its just the sound of power getting to it.
Iv removed the hard drive, and all ram (apart from a 1GB), and all cables apart from the power and the same thing happens.
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Oct 16, 2008
I recently acquired a 15" TiBook from someone who no longer wanted it. He took good care of it and with the exception of a few slight surface scratches, it looks practically new.
That being said...it won't turn on!!
My question is -- does the battery need to be good for the unit to turn on, even if you've got it plugged into A/C power? The amber light on the plug comes on as if it's charging, and it never goes off. When I hit the little indicator button on the battery, nothing lights up. It would seem quite obviously that the battery is bad, but would that stop the unit from running off of wall power?
If it's just a bad battery I'll gladly buy a new one, just wanted to check before I waste my money!
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Jun 1, 2008
i am a bit worried because my powerbook g4 won't turn on.
When you switch on the power it boots up but then it stays for about 20 min on the page with the apple and the loading circle, then the page goes blue and stays that was forever.
I've tried Option, command p r but no luck.
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Jun 9, 2012
My iMac turned off by itself.Now the power button is inoperative.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Dec 8, 2010
Just got a new imac with 10.6. Our folder system has a lot of folders that the name starts with a space. To get around I used to just start typing the name of the folder starting with a space instead of scrolling through our long file list. Not the best system but we have thousands of folders with linked files and we are not going to change the names. Is there a way to turn off or disable quicklook so that I can use the space bar then type to find the folder?
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Jan 21, 2010
how to turn off the keyboard Backlighting on a Macbook?
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Nov 10, 2009
Brother can crawl now
Hes addicted to the glowing apple logo on the back of my macbook, he wont leave me alone, he wants it lol.
How can I turn it off?
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Nov 17, 2009
It wont turn off for some reason while i am running win7...
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Jun 26, 2008
Got a 4 year old 15" PowerBook with a small history of battery issues. Its on its 3rd battery that is on its last leg. It can't be unplugged for more than 5 seconds or it shuts off...been this way for months. Well today it shut off and won't turn back on. Do I buy yet another battery or is my pb dead?
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May 12, 2012
I've tried turning it ff and on via the power button several times, but it always goes back to the white screen.
Info:
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010)
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Apr 14, 2012
Hi. I've enabled web, wiki and opendirectory in lion server, but I can't enable users to change their passwords, because the option to modify my default web site in the Web pane in server admin is greyed out.'ve read the documentation, but I'm stuck at this point.
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Jan 25, 2007
My parents recently bought an iMac. Yesterday my mom was playing a game when the computer froze. Neither force quit or holding the power button was doing anything so in her frustration she unplugged the system. Today, after plugging in the system again, it won't turn on.
I press the power button on the side of the wireless keyboard and the green light on the keyboard turns on for about 3 sec and then starts flashing. No fans start up and the screen does nothing.
Information:
iMac and Macbook Pro
Mac OS X (10.6.3)
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Feb 15, 2009
I just bought my Intel-based iMac last night and it took forever to turn on out of the box. I guess I made a mistake by doing a "soft" power down last night, because this morning it will NOT turn on. I've tried using the power button and waiting. I've tried unplugging and plugging it back in, and then using the power button, and waiting. Nothing works. I've been a PC user for 20 years and just bought this, my first Mac, last night. I think I've made a huge mistake! How the heck do you turn these things on????
Information:
iMac Intel Based
Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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Mar 8, 2007
I just aquired a PowerBook G4 (500Mhz) and it is dead. It will not turn on no matter what I try and when I plug in the power adaptor it glows a bright orange (almost red)...what does that mean?
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Jun 19, 2008
I have a 20" intel-based dual core Mac which i have had for about since early 2006, i haven't had any big issues with it until a few days ago when it suddenly shut itself down and refused to power back up. I ran through the checklist that Apple Support provides, including resetting the SMC by unplugging everything and waiting 15 seconds or so but none of it worked. Eventually I just left the power cord unplugged overnight and in the morning I plugged it back in.
After having the power cord plugged in for a few hours and the machine turned off, i tried pressing the power button again and to my amazement it powered back on! Immediately i ran the TechTool Deluxe software that came with my extended protection plan (now expired) and everything was fine. Later that night however, I had left my computer on for a few hours before returning to it and realizing it had shut itself off again. Now I am back to where I started, going through the checklist provided by Apple and am really starting to get concerned. Does anyone know of anything else I can do, short of taking it in to an Apple store? Or is something needed to be replaced?
Information:
IMAC-Intel (Early 2006)
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Apr 3, 2009
My girlfriend changed the user's name and the problems started (iMac wouldn't remeber system settings and denied access to some files and catalogs). When I wanted to fix the problem I probably made a mistake and changed the access settings of some files (finally even hard disk's settings). After this action my iMac doesn't start (the screen is white with the apple logo and nothing happens). Is there anybody who knows what to do now?
Information:
iMac
Mac OS X (10.6.3)
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Jul 1, 2009
my iMac won't turn on. The day before yesterday happened the same thing, but after a few tries with the power button, it eventually turned on - and all ok yesterday. Both the day before yesterday and today, the general power was turned off for some minutes, but the iMac wasn't running. So now, I've tried to reset the SMC, removing everything attached, but nothing.
At least I can clearly hear the tic tic tic button, probably of the timer, because I set up a schedule to let it turn on at a certain hour. What can I do? It's a white iMac, never had a problem.
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