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What do you do if your Mac is stuck on restart?

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What do you do if your Mac is stuck on restart?

If your Mac is stuck on this screen Press and hold the power button on your Mac for up to 10 seconds, until your Mac turns off. Then turn your Mac back on. If the issue persists, press and hold the power button until your Mac turns off.

How do I fix the blinking folder with a question mark on my Macbook Pro?

If your Mac starts up to a question mark

  1. Press and hold the power button on your Mac for up to 10 seconds, until your Mac turns off.
  2. Turn on your Mac and immediately press and hold Command (⌘) and R to start up from macOS Recovery.
  3. While in macOS Recovery, use Disk Utility to repair your startup disk.

What does spinning world mean on Mac?

If you see a spinning globe instead of an Apple logo, it means your Mac is starting from a network-based startup disk like Netboot or Internet Recovery instead of a connected or built-in startup disk. If you didn’t mean for your Mac to start this way, press and hold the power key to turn off your Mac.

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How do I reset my Mac on startup?

What to Know

  1. Restart your Mac and hold down the Command and R keys to boot into Recovery Mode.
  2. On an M1-based Mac, press and hold the power button and wait for a relevant prompt.
  3. Recovery Mode lets you restore or reinstall your Mac.

Why is Mac taking so long to startup?

When you start your Mac, a lot of apps and software runs in the background that leads to slow startup. To fix this, give your device a clean start and make your Mac OS run smoothly and faster. When multiple apps run in the background, your device takes longer to startup.

How do I get rid of the question mark on my Mac?

If an app’s icon is in the Dock and you delete the app from your Mac, the icon remains in the Dock but is covered by a question mark. Remove the question mark icon: Drag the icon out of the Dock until Remove is shown.

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How do I restore my Mac without recovery mode?

If your Mac is missing a Recovery partition, then you may be able to restore it, by resetting your PRAM. To reset the PRAM, restart your Mac while holding down the ‘Command+Option+P+R’ keys until you hear macOS’ distinctive startup chimes for a second time.

What is the boot key for Mac?

Command (⌘)-R: Start up from the built-in macOS Recovery system. Or use Option-Command-R or Shift-Option-Command-R to start up from macOS Recovery over the internet.