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External boot SSD crashes Mac
Over the past few months I installed macOS for 4 people on an external SSD.
This week I decided to also upgrade my "Fusion Drive" to an external SSD, because it just sucks.
For me I chose a ...
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Let's try to fix the "Sleep Wake failure in EFI -- Failure code:: 0xffffffff 0x0000001f"
I have had this well-known issue for a way too long time...
Now it got unbearable and I'm hoping to find help here.
The issue
For those unfamiliar with it, here's the general description:
Starting ...
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Monterey - repeated kernel panics : watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from dfrd in 180 seconds
My MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019) is experiencing repeated kernel panics with the message below:
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff02856d6ec): userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from dfrd in ...
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Macbook Pro 2015 15" DG shuts down at 50% on progress bar
Tried to start my Macbook last night but would restart as soon as it reached 50%~ on the progress bar. When trying to boot into a recovery mode it would restart at about 30% on the progress bar and my ...
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How do I start my rMBP fans BEFORE login?
My rMBP late 2013, 15 inch, running Mojave 10.14, has some issues with the graphics card overheating. Once I'm logged in and have Macs Fan Control running, it's fairly stable unless I run some GPU ...
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Macbook Pro Water Damage - Now only boots while holding shift key. Crashes as soon as released [duplicate]
I have a 2015 Macbook Pro that had a small amount of water spilled on it. Everything seemed fine for a few days. Then it stopped booting properly and crashed after the chime but before the Apple logo. ...
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Late 2010 iMac getting quarter way in booting then turning off
Late 2010 iMac getting quarter way through booting then turning off
Ok - first things first, apologies for a long post - I have lots of details about this issue.
Context:
As far as I can remember, ...
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Macbook Air 2017 7.1 Disk is crashed?
I have been trying to reboot my MacBook air 2017 from the disk I've used for a while.
Couple of days ago my mac shutted down with a circular error sign. I've been able to boot it back with an external ...
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Question marks folder when I turn on my mac
I recently tried to reinstall macOS on my MacBook Air 2017 (Catalina) because it was slow and full of problems (for example, I didn't have any disk space though I had deleted and uninstalled ...
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Macbook crashes during start up
My 13" macbook pro mid 2012 won't get through halfway the loading bar. After pressing the power button, the apple logo appear , i hear the chime, it would load halfway then just shuts off.
I have ...
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Macbook Air stuck at start after update to 10.15.3
This morning my MacBook Air (13" Core i5 1.8GHz 8GB RAM 256GB SSD - MQD42Y/A - A1466 - 2017), prompted me for updating to Mac OSX Catalina 10.15.3. So I did.
Everything went fine during install. But ...
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Is it safe to install Sierra with Apple Store blocked?
I have tried to install El Capitan to the Mid 2011 İMac with 10.7.2 (Or maybe 10.7.5) and then it gave me do not cross icon at boot and it is useless now. I downloaded install os dmg file to my own ...
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Mac Freezes on Launch
Mac running 10.14.5 is freezing after the login screen each time I reboot. Seeing these stange messages in /var/log/system.log that seems suspect. com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.CloudDocs....
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iMovie crashes on first startup
I have just downloaded iMovie on my new Mac (I had it on the old one) and it is not able to open. I crashes as soon as I click. I have also tried to restart, to login with the guest account and to ...
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MacBook Pro 8,2 (Early 2011, 15'' Unibody 2.3 GHz i7) - OS crashes randomly, after log in screen goes all white
I have a Macbook Pro, randomly started running into issues when logging in after start up. Occasionally will get the desktop to load but shortly thereafter the OS crashes leading to a screen with ...
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