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Any way to access Startup Security Utility when Internal SSD dead/corrupt?
We have a 2018 MBP business laptop with an SSD that's died. The support company have declared it is dead and recommended recycling it. I'd very much like to get it booting from an external SSH. FYI: ...
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Macbook Pro (late 2016) reboots during boot but Ubuntu is fine, need help troubleshooting to get to boot into MacOS
We're trying to identify why a macbook won't boot into any MacOS or Mac related recovery mechanism and what we can do to correct this. The answer we've gotten so far is that it's the logic board, but ...
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My MacBook A1502 boots slows at USB CR has no interface nub after 1->0 transition
My system
$ sw_vers
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 12.7.3
BuildVersion: 21H1015
My MacBook: A1502
Customizations:
I replaced original Apple SSD with Samsung 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe 980 PRO ...
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How to make MBP bootcamp boot faster
I had a mid 2012 MBP not doing anything and decided to install Win 10 on it. I didn't do a dual boot setup. I replaced the drive which had macOS on it with a spare and installed Windows using the ...
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A1342 MacBook stuck on boot after upgrade
I've got an old MacBook A1342 (white polycarbonate, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3) which came with OS X 10.6.8.
I've downloaded and installed Yosemite 10.10.5 which worked fine and I ...
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Unable to run MacOS High Sierra (10.13.6) from an external drive on a 2018 MacBook Pro
I have a 2018 MacBook Pro (MacBookPro15,2) that originally came with Mojave which currently has MacOS Sonoma installed. I have another installation of High Sierra (10.13.6) on an external SSD that I ...
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Three beeps on boot attempt, no boot possible (MacBook Pro 2011)
I was using my MacBook normally (just Firefox open). Suddenly the screen froze and it started to beep three times. I switched it off. Now, when I attempt to boot (including in recovery of single-user ...
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Triple booted macbook pro has 6 boot options instead of 3, how do I delete the rest?
After struggling with triple booting (Kali, windows & macOs) for sometime, I finally won. But now I have two problems I will start with what I think is an easy solve for those with much more ...
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White screen - MacBook 15” early 2011
I have a MacBook Pro 15" early 2011.
It has been slow and full since a long time so I decided to upgrade it with a Samsung 870EVO 2.5 SATA SSD.
Since then, I can't access anything.
I can't boot ...
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Unable to boot from USB installer (17-inch, 2.66GHz MacBook Pro (MB604LL/A) [duplicate]
I have an old 2009 macbook pro that had problems with hard drive. I changed it to new SSD (also updated ram to 2x4gb 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM PC3-8500S), and created bootable USB in windows with TransMac ...
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My MacBook Pro Mid-2009 is not detecting any external USB drives in the boot menu
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my Mid 2009 MacBook Pro using Boot Camp and when I go restart and hold option key, the USB drive is not being detected. I tried other USB's and I get the same issue. ...
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How to stop MacBook Air 2023 from powering up with any key or touchpad press? [duplicate]
CLARIFICATION: I'm looking for an answer to how to stop a powered down MacBook from turning on when ANY key is pressed.
Just as a note, the known procedure to (successfully) stop a powered down ...
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Macbook air 2011 cannot boot from USB
I have problem with my macbook air 2011 11" . I had linux on this macbook but i would like to install original Mac OS. I erased original ssd disk and wanted to install mac os lion via recovery ...
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2009 Macbook Pro w/ broken Catalina OS won't recognize bootable OS X USB [duplicate]
Disclaimer: Several similar questions to this one have been asked before. Most of those solutions have been tried without luck.
TLDR version at the end:
My problem and the troubleshooting steps ...
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MacBook Pro 2012 - black screen after flat battery
After working perfectly whilst never being allowed to run completely flat, booting after a flat battery, even after fully recharging, doesn't switch the backlight on. This means the user cannot see ...
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