Questions tagged [startup]
Usually referring to the startup process of a device or computer from an initial "cold" state rather than sleep or hibernation.
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No startup disk to restart from after closing Disk Utilities screen
My 15" MacBook Pro starts up and goes to the disk utilities. Following a solution to close the utility window I then see the "Choose Startup Disk" but there isn't a system to choose ...
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Unable to install macOS Monterey on MacBook Pro 2015
I'm trying to install macOS Monterey on my MacBook Pro 2015. These are the steps/events arranged in chronological order.
One day while turning on the Mac, my Mac stopped booting. It stopped at the ...
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How to make OpenVPN Connect work in a multi-user macos?
How to make OpenVPN Connect work in a multi-user setup in macos 14?
If it launches after a user logs in and OpenVPN Connect launches there, then after the user logs out and another one logs in, 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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iMac 12 mid 2011 model - OS installation issue
My kiddo recently got a iMac 12 mid 2011 model as a gift for homeschooling purposes. The device was working perfectly fine until the reset to remove the previous owners information as per the Apple ...
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Mac 19,1 Sonoma startup manager displays HHD icon of a deleted Boot Camp partition...need to remove it
I recently moved a Boot Camp partition to an external drive and erased the old Boot Camp partition on the iMac. I successfully added the newly unallocated APFS formatted space to the Mac HDD partition ...
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MacAlly keyboard model xkeyhub will not bring up the boot picker on iMac
I have a MacAlly keyboard model xkeyhub that I use with a 2011 iMac. I want to be able to bring up the boot picker by simply holding down the Option key at startup. For some reason the boot picker ...
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Factory Reset iMac won't boot into recovery mode
I today performed a factory reset on my Early 2009 iMac by going into the recovery mode, erasing the disk (as per this video). I then quit the disk utility application and proceeded for a fresh ...
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MacBook doesn't boot on MacOS (only on Windows)
I have a Apple MacBook Pro 13 i5 16/512GB Grey(MWP42D/A).
A few days ago, I was struggling to get my Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch to work with it, so I reinstalled the Samsung encryption software and ...
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Attempt to fix macOS startup volume after dual-boot Linux partition removal
I have attempted to install Linux on my MacBook Pro 15" alongside macOS (Catalina) for a team project.
Since I needed the space reserved for the Linux partition back, I have decided to remove it ...
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Black screen after reset
A few days ago I bought a Mac Mini A1176 2006 1.5 512/60.
This is my first Apple computer. So maybe this is a common problem. But I can't find any solution to this problem.
When I turned it on for the ...
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External SSD shuts down midway through startup up then crashes. Mini then boots from internal drive
Prior to today this external SSD boot has been functioning for 10 months. I’ve run Disk utility First Aid with clean results.
Suggestions?
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Prompt for password for encrypted root partition on every boot
I have a MacBook Air A2681 13" and I'd like to disable the auto unlock on the root partition so it prompts for a password on every boot before unlocking the root partition, loading the OS and ...
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How to install Windows 7 (and beyond) onto a mid-2010 Mac mini with Mac OS X Snow Leopard without Boot Camp or an optical (DVD) drive
This problem is very similar to How to install Windows 10 into a 2011 iMac without using the Boot Camp Assistant, an optical (DVD) drive or third party tools? - Ask Different, with the following ...
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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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