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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How to factory reset a Mac desktop running El Capitan?
I've never posted here before, but I'm having an issue with a Mac my boss needs me to reset. Ideally, she wants it to continue running El Capitan, as she's worried updating the OS with cause more ...
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Migrating MacOS to external SSD - slow startup
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I have Intel iMac 5K 2017 (iMac18,3). It has 1 TB Fusion Drive inside. I never reinstalled macOS since I bought it, just upgraded Sierra -> Mojave -> Ventura. Ventura is much slower on ...
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Cannot install macOS Sonoma to an external SSD on MacBook
I want to install macOS Sonoma from my M3 MacBook Air which runs Sonoma as well on the internal storage. My goal is to install a second OS to an external Samsung T7 SSD and then run the computer from ...
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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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My iMac takes more than 30 minutes to start after a restart
I have an iMac, 2019 with 14.3.1 MacOS. I use to keep it on Sleep, but from time to time, I need to either restart or shutdown. Whenever I do this, no matter if I chose to reopen the apps or not, it ...
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iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) not booting from USB Catalina getting prohibition symbol
Every time it's powered on (with no keys pressed) it shows a prohibition symbol. Using Command+R for reset doesn't work(same prohibition symbol).
Pressing Option mid-chime brings up the disk menu(its ...
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Mistakenly launched, but did't carry out an OS upgrade (Monterey>Sonoma). How do I get rid of the macOS installer boot menu item?
I'm running Monterey (with OCLP) on a Late 2012 Mac mini "Core i7" (Intel Ivy Bridge). The model identifier is Macmini6,2. The macOS upgrade got mistakenly launched from macOS System ...
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3rd party keyboard not recognized at startup
What must I do to enable recognition of my logi keyboard at startup.
macOS fails to recognize logi "MX MCHNCL M" * keyboard at startup.
I must enter login credentials via Mac Magic Keyboard.
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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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Is there a way to delay the launch of the Finder app when logging in in macOS?
In recent macOS releases (Ventura/Sonoma), I have had this problem where, when I reboot and log in, the Finder launches before macOS has finished mounting my external (Thunderbolt) volumes. I don't ...
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Change EFI label for external volume
I am booting a retrogaming system (Recalbox, linux-based) on my Macbook Pro 2009 (Intel, El Capitan) from an SD card (FAT format).
The SD card is currently displayed as "EFI boot" upon boot ...
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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 does a Homebrew-installed Emacs get the same PATH variable as set in the shell?
I am running homebrew on an M2 Mac mini under macOS Ventura.
I use Emacs.app from the railwaycat/emacsmacport/emacs-mac cask and when I check in Emacs the inherited PATH environment variable, Emacs ...
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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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High Sierra does not boot on a second container after reinstalling Monterey on another container
Mac Pro 4.1 (2009) + Opencore Patcher 0.6.8
M.2 SSD 500GB (2 containers: 250GB High Sierra + 250GB Monterey)
Lately I've had several warnings in Monterey about hash mismatch detected volume disk1s5. ...
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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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