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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Macbook won't boot from USB or do Internet Recovery after deleting main volume
After encountering some errors with the main volume of my 2019 Macbook Pro, I deleted the volume (and, I think, recreated it), expecting to be able to reinstall MacOS on it from Recovery. (I believe ...
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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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Cannot install macOS, because new account never linked to macOS. Will a bootable USB work?
I have copied the title from this thread, because my case is very similar, but not quite the same with respect to one detail. Basically, I got a second-hand Mac Pro that was all set up by the previous ...
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2020 intel MBP bootlooping but still boots into windows
I've reset PRAM and the SMC mutliple times. Have also revived the T2 chip. The machine bootloops if you try to: start it in MacOS, enter recovery mode, reinstall the os from a bootable drive or enter ...
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Mac 13 application crashes only during reboot but has no issues manually launching launchctl
My app is code signed. The package is notarized using altool and stapled. Only thing is my app is notarized but still not stapled dont know why, even though package is stapled validated through ...
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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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Can't boot Big Sur 11.2.3 installer. Can't set Startup Disk to createinstallmedia -created installer on M1 MB Air, with Big Sur or Ventura [duplicate]
I can't boot a createinstallmedia -created installer on M1 on microSD or SSD, with Big Sur 11.2.3, but I can boot one made with Ventura.
I want to reinstall Big Sur 11.2.3, which is what the Mac came ...
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MacBook Pro stuck at startup with error code "-3001D"
I have a newer MacBook Pro, but it’s stuck on the startup screen saying:
support.Apple.com/Mac/startup
-3001D
I haven’t been able to find the relevant article it references and it’s stuck. I can’t ...
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Is there any efibootmgr command-line equivalent in MacOS to see bootable targets?
I found this text in a book (on linux) and i was wondering if there is an equivalent in MacOS.
"To determine if your system uses a BIOS or UEFI, run efibootmgr. If
you get a list of boot targets,...
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iMac 10.15 Catalina takes 2+ hours to boot
One of the 12 iMacs here has a big problem: it takes two hours or more from pressing the button to turn it on until finally ditching the progress bar and showing up the desktop.
It is a MacOS 10.15 ...
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Mac mini 2018 (Ventura) cannot boot Windows 10 on external external SSD
On my Early 2015 MacBook Pro (Monterey) I successfully created bootable Windows 10 on a partition on an external SSD using the method given in Answer 1 here:
Drivers not working on Windows 10 ...
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Does the iPhone have an unencrytped boot partition?
I'm trying to understand how the iPhone (and any other device) accomplishes its full-disk-encryption. When I have experimented with this on a Linux machine, when I encrypted the disk with LUKS ...
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How do I save and restore visible windows in Apple's Finder?
When I restart my Macbook, I want to have the folders I had previously opened to be restored to the condition they were in prior to restart. This needs to happen after a delay because there are ...
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How to set a mac app's working directory instead of my home directory?
I want to start a Mac app in a particular directory. For example IDLE. It starts in my home directory but I want it to start in my /users/peter/Documents/py directory.
Windows has the ability let ...
