Software :: Cannot Get My Mackbook To Turn On
Sep 7, 2009
Last night I was doing work for Law School on my Macbook and began having trouble with Word. I had received numerous requests for updates but always click remind me later and I believe the uypdates automatically started and Word froze. Everytime I would restart Word it would lock up. Today I got my Macbook to turn on and was working on it and had the same problems. However now I cannot get it to turn back on and it is very hot. I have numerous important files on my Macbook and have not backed them up, will I be able to recover these files or are they lost forever?
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Mar 17, 2012
I have been trying to free up space on my macbook air all morning and haven't gotten anywhere.I have the 60GB 11inch version with OS 10.6.8..Finder says that I have only 900 MB remaining.I deleted about 8GB of TV shows and movies from iTunes directly from the folder, removed from trash and there was only about 1MB of change to remaining storage.I am using filevault, but cannot turn it off because I do not have space.Time machine is turned off - I have never specifed an external hard drive, so it it has never been turned on. Though the icon appears on the top.The size of the sparcebundle is 42GB, but the contect on the filevault account only reaches about 30 GB.I downloaded tinkertool and did not find any strange hidden files.I tried to repair and verify the disk using disk utility - no change
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Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Apr 24, 2012
App store missing on my macbook pro, snow leopard.
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MacBook Pro
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Jan 19, 2009
I donwloaded crossover games on my macbook pro, and i tried downloading steam, but everywhere i download steam, i get a msi file, which crosover wont open?
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May 7, 2012
for some reason after the last time i did a shutdown the mac now does not start up. I enter the password ,( correctly , i checked for caps lock etc..) it seems to accept it and then it blinks and takes me back to the login . The same thing happens on the guest account I had set up. different password entered correctly. OS is the lastest 10.7 with all the updates.
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mac pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
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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.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010)
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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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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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Jul 22, 2008
I was playing around with my mac g4 logic board... ( yes, i know... ) anyways, i press the power, the light turns on, and the fan spinns up then everything just turns off... http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=95035
^ my tower, (agp graphics, ftw)
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Feb 12, 2009
my g5 was on all day. i was working on it this evening and it made a loud pop and shut down. now it won't turn on at all. i tried resetting the smu. no luck. any suggestions?
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Feb 18, 2009
My MBP won't turn on properly. Every time I press the power button the computer turns on but instantly goes into sleep mode. I have tried restarting a lot of times and I have let it stay on in sleep mode for a while, nothing seems to work. I have had the problem occassionally where my MBP won't wake from sleep but it usually works after I restart it. Is there anything I can do to get my MBP working properly?
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Sep 9, 2010
I appear to be unable to turn off my bluetooth. The option has totally disappeared. Have not a clue why. I'm running 10.6.4 on a Late 2008 Macbook.
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Dec 4, 2010
Every once in a while i'll go to wake my imac 27 i7 up from sleep and nothing happens. It's like the machine has just turned off.
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Mar 10, 2008
I have read over and over how many users have sleeping issue problems. The way I look at it is just leave your computer on. Mine runs 24 hrs. a day 365 days a year. I never put it to sleep. Yes you well save a little hydro but your problems will go away. When I am not sitting at the computer I turn off the monitor. I have done this for the last 10 years on the PC and since Feb.14 on my new MacPro without any issues. So in my opinion, leave your Macs on and turn off your monitors when not in use.
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Feb 11, 2009
I just bought a new 24" HP LP2475w display that I'll use as my primary monitor.
I'll keep my old 17" ACD as a second monitor, but I won't need to use it that much and would prefer to power it off when it's not in use.
Is there a way to do that? (I touched the power button for almost 15 seconds and it didn't turn off.)
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Mar 9, 2009
have a new 24" imac, about a year old and the fan came on after it got very hot, only browsing the web) and now it wont turn off!, switched off mac last night, turned it on again this morning and fan is spinning like a goodun.
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Apr 6, 2009
How do i turn off dashboard? i never use it and dont want it taking up memory
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May 6, 2009
I have just come back home and turned on my macbook 2007 model. I was using it fine just 5 minues ago. Then I shut it down. Now It will not turn on. I've had 2 hard drives die before (made clicking noises). My 3rd drive was purchased 1 month ago. Is there any way to determine what's wrong? There have been no drops or obvious physical damages. It just will not turn on. There's no signs/lights or error messages. (the battery has charge and the power cord is plugged in) [i dont have apple care]
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Jun 29, 2009
Well I bought a new 15" MacBook Pro in January 2009. And for the most part it's worked like a dream.
Last night I was using it as usual, when suddenly I heard a very brief, quiet internal noise and the computer turned off immediately. It was as if some vital component inside the computer said "screw this" and stopped working.
Now when I press the power button, absolutely nothing happens. I've tried using battery only, AC only, and both. Nothing works.
I've scheduled a phone call with Apple support, but until then. I wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary when this happened, just browsing the web.
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Jul 31, 2009
I have a Apple Airport Extreme n operating in Bridge mode behind a Belking g router with the DMZ open for my Xbox 360 IP address only.
How do I turn on DMZ for the Xbox 360 IP thru the Airport Extreme.
Where the internet tells me to do it on the INternet tab I do not see "Default Gateway" to enter the Xbox 360 IP.
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Dec 11, 2009
So yesterday my keyboards didn't want to work. So I reinstalled everything again and then it worked, but the letter O was showing only capatalized and when I pressed shift it would give the letter O and when I tried to type a question mark or quotation marks using the shift keys the windows would minimize.
Then, researching on what to do next I found that some people found reseting the RAM should help. So I did, I removed the batteries, held down the power button for 5 sec..and so on. After that my MacBook didn't want to turn on. I've tried everything on the Apple Support page, but still nothing.I was wondering if anyone had this problem before and what to do.
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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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May 10, 2010
I have a 15" MacBook Pro (early 2008) and it recently took about a 2ft light drop (onto my carpet at that). It Completely shut off and wont turn on AT ALL. When i plug my charger in it`ll take a few seconds before light on the magsafe connector light up (green). im pretty sure it isnt the DC Board (since its been recently replaced with a newer one). can it be my logic board?
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Jun 23, 2010
I have a Mac Pro 8 core that is almost 2 years old. Still running Leopard and 10.6 I believe.
This morning all worked great, and after a lunch break the 30" Apple monitor won't turn on. The power lights on the monitor. We substituted an older 22" we have and that won't work as well.
We tried both video inputs on the back on the computer and still nothing.
When we turn on the computer we hear the Apple signature sound and even though there is no visual on the monitor, this computer has a QuicKey keystroke to shut down the computer and this works.
Is this a graphics card failure?
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Mar 1, 2012
My MacBook Pro 13" MB990 turned itself off yesterday and I haven't been able to get it turn back on. I have done some searching around the forum and haven't managed to find any solutions.The MagSafe adapter is definitely working. The battery indicator shows 7 of the 8 LEDs lit and the 8th flashing, suggesting that the battery is charging. The LED on the MagSafe is glowing orange.I have also tried doing an SMC reset pressing the left Shift-Control-Option and Power Button combination. When I do this the LED on the MagSafe changes to green for a couple seconds and then switches back to orange (I'm assuming this means that the SMC reset has worked) but pressing the power button still does nothing.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Apr 2, 2012
Recently, I was using my powermac (About 1-2 weeks ago) and I went on vacation. I came back and it won't turn on. Everything's plugged in, and the power buttons and lights on the mobo light up. I can hear the HD spin up, and begin to read. But, I don't get any video. I've read that it could be the battery and so i replaced it, but it still won't turn on. I've reset the CUDA, installed different RAM, took out expansion cards, but it still won't turn on. Also, when I press the power button it immediately shuts off, which it never used to do. I usually have to wait at least 3-4 seconds of holding it down.
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PowerMac G3 (b&w), Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Apr 3, 2012
It worked fine last time I used it, shut down properly and now nothing.
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Apr 6, 2012
This just started: I woke the machine from sleep and the fan is on full blast and stays on even after sleep and/or reboot. I tried leaving the machine off and unplugged for a while but still fan is on full. The machine is completely cool and activity is 0%. Everything works fine, the only problem is the fan (noise).Â
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MacBook Air
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Apr 7, 2012
I bought a MacBook Pro 17 “ inch laptop from apple store ( Almost 8Months) About Mac: 4 GB RAM – 1333 MHz DDR3, 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 , Mac OS X Version 10.6.8 and 750GB HDD. Screen Resolution is set at 1920x1200 . Well in this moment when I want to turn off my mac i get a screen Blue with a Spinning wait cursor and I need to press the button Power 5s for turn off the Mac. The other problem is about the battery heats up very easily. I dont know why... Just Im watching Movie and chatting with my friends, well thats allÂ
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Apr 11, 2012
I have had a lot of problems with my MacBook Pro and now it won't turn on. Literally nothing happens. It is definitely recharged.Â
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