Re: Mac starts up with flashing question mark

[rblit]

Thank you RonniI have forwarded your email on.Rod 

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From: wamug@wamug.org.au
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Sent:Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:05:47 +0800
Subject:Re: Mac starts up with flashing question mark

Hi Blitto, 
 A flashing question mark at startup means your Mac is having trouble
locating the system software. 

* Turn off your Mac by pressing and holding its power button for a
few seconds.
* Press the power button once to turn your Mac back on. Then, hold
down the Option key on your keyboard until the Startup Manager
[1] appears.
* Select your startup disk from the list of drives that appear on
screen. 
* If your computer finishes starting up normally, choose System
Preferences from the Apple menu. Then, click the Startup Disk icon in
the System Preferences window.
* Select your normal startup volume (such as Macintosh HD) from the
list of drives that appear in the Startup Disk window.

IF YOUR INSTALLATION OF OS X NEEDS REPAIR

If you don't see your startup disk displayed in Startup Manager, or
if you see a prohibitory symbol (⊘) appear, your startup drive may
need directory repair, or OS X may need to be reinstalled. 

* If you only see a disk named "Recovery HD" in Startup Manager,
select it instead. You can also start from OS X Recovery [2] by
holding down Command and R on the keyboard at startup. 
* From the Utilities menu, choose Disk Utility.
* In the Disk Utility window that appears, select your startup disk
(usually named "Macintosh HD") from the left side of the Disk Utility
[3] window.
* Click the First Aid tab.
* Click Repair Disk to verify and repair any issues with your
OS X startup disk.
* After repairing the disk, try to start up normally.  
* If none of these steps resolve the issue, start from OS X
Recovery [4] and reinstall OS X [5].

Cheers,  Ronni 
Sent from Ronni's iPad4 

On 11 Oct 2014, at 5:49 pm, rb...@iinet.net.au [6] wrote:

 Hi WAMUGersMy son-in-law to be's macbook pro, 3 yrs old, Mavericks,
plenty of free disk space, starts up and shows flashing question mark.
We've tried starting up with shift key and also with PRAM reset. No
good. Then we tried Target Disk mode, but the host mac still couldn't
see his powerbook, nor could Disk Utility on the host mac. 
 He has an appointment with the Genius Bar on Wednesday. 
 Does it look bad?

ta Blitto

  

Links:
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[1] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310
[2] http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718
[3] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782
[4] http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718
[5] http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13871
[6] mailto:rb...@iinet.net.au

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Re: Mac starts up with flashing question mark

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Blitto,

A flashing question mark at startup means your Mac is having trouble locating 
the system software.

Turn off your Mac by pressing and holding its power button for a few seconds.
Press the power button once to turn your Mac back on. Then, hold down the 
Option key on your keyboard until the Startup Manager appears.
Select your startup disk from the list of drives that appear on screen. 
If your computer finishes starting up normally, choose System Preferences from 
the Apple menu. Then, click the Startup Disk icon in the System Preferences 
window.
Select your normal startup volume (such as Macintosh HD) from the list of 
drives that appear in the Startup Disk window.

If your installation of OS X needs repair
If you don't see your startup disk displayed in Startup Manager, or if you see 
a prohibitory symbol (⊘) appear, your startup drive may need directory repair, 
or OS X may need to be reinstalled.

If you only see a disk named "Recovery HD" in Startup Manager, select it 
instead. You can also start from OS X Recovery by holding down Command and R on 
the keyboard at startup. 
From the Utilities menu, choose Disk Utility.
In the Disk Utility window that appears, select your startup disk (usually 
named "Macintosh HD") from the left side of the Disk Utility window.
Click the First Aid tab.
Click Repair Disk to verify and repair any issues with your OS X startup disk.
After repairing the disk, try to start up normally.  
If none of these steps resolve the issue, start from OS X Recovery and 
reinstall OS X.
Cheers,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad4


> On 11 Oct 2014, at 5:49 pm, rb...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> Hi WAMUGers
> My son-in-law to be's macbook pro, 3 yrs old, Mavericks, plenty of free disk 
> space, starts up and shows flashing question mark.
> We've tried starting up with shift key and also with PRAM reset. No good.
> Then we tried Target Disk mode, but the host mac still couldn't see his 
> powerbook, nor could Disk Utility on the host mac.
> 
> He has an appointment with the Genius Bar on Wednesday.
> 
> Does it look bad?
> 
> ta
> Blitto
> 
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Mac starts up with flashing question mark

[rblit]

Hi WAMUGersMy son-in-law to be's macbook pro, 3 yrs old, Mavericks,
plenty of free disk space, starts up and shows flashing question
mark.We've tried starting up with shift key and also with PRAM reset.
No goodThen we tried Target Disk mode, but the host mac still
couldn't see his powerbook, nor could Disk Utility on the host mac.
He has an appointment with the Genius Bar on Wednesday.
Does it look bad?

taBlitto


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Re: Problem with ipad ios8

[Rosemary Spark]

Well, very disappointed. The genius this time was not helpful. His solution
was for us to jump to iCloud Drive meaning we could only access Pages via
icloud.com ( maybe!) which of course only works with a Internet connection.
Even when we said my husband's access via his ipad was fine, he said it was
the same with everyone with iOS 8!
He persuaded Ruari Jack to upgrade from 8.0.1 to 8.0.2 because he said  the
8.0.1 would wreck his ipad ( damage the logic board).
Even with 8.0.2 RJ is still able to access Pages documents via his ipad. As
he accesses the documents more often than I'll have to put up with not
accessing them from my iPad until Yosemite arrives and hope that that fixes
it...although I'm beginning to doubt that too.

I also by the way tried downloading Pages again...with no luck.

Cheers
Rosemary


On Friday, 10 October 2014, Ronni Brown  wrote:

> Hi Rosemary,
>
> You cannot open Pages, Numbers, Keynote "Beta" apps without Upgrading to
> iCloud Drive!
> Have a read of this Macworld article and the forum on Apple's website <
> https://discussions.apple.com/community/iwork/iwork_for_icloud_beta>
>
> *iCloud Drive trauma: Numbers, Pages and Keynote not working following iOS
> 8 update*
>
> "Apple adds that if you don’t upgrade to iCloud Drive at this time:
>
> *Your documents will keep up to date across devices with iOS 8 and across
> devices with iOS 7 and Macs with OS X Mavericks or earlier.
>
> *You won’t be able to use the iWork web apps on iCloud.com.
>
> *You won’t be able to use the Share via iCloud feature.
>
> *Documents you previously shared via iCloud won’t be accessible to
> collaborators until you upgrade to iCloud Drive."
>
> <
> http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/iwork-ios-osx-icloud-drive-issues-broken-3509730/
> >
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> On 10 Oct 2014, at 9:17 am, Rosemary Spark  > wrote:
>
> Ronni,
>
> On another point Pages, Keynote, numbers all say Beta, though all
> downloads say they're installed in the app store
> They won't open unless I join Icloud drive...no way!
>
> I've got an appointment with Genius bar this afternoon. I'll report back.
>
> Cheers
> Rosemary
>
>
> Rosemary Spark
> PO Box 781
> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> Mobile: 0414268043
> arkaysp...@gmail.com
> 
>
> On 7 October 2014 11:11, Ronni Brown  > wrote:
>
>> You might very well be right Stephen...
>>
>> Rosemary, You definitely have NEVER turned on iCloud Drive in iCloud or
>> on any of the devices sharing your iCloud Account?
>> Another point I thought of is when you login to your iCloud Account at
>> icloud.com none of the iWork Apps are showing as 'Beta' are they?
>>
>> Have you tried a * 'Reset iCloud Documents & Data'?<*
>> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5824>
>>
>>1. If you have documents open on your devices, *stop editing the
>>documents and save your changes*.  If you want to, you can back up
>>files on your iOS device to your computer
>>.
>>2. Using your Mac, open iCloud.com  in a
>>browser, then sign in with your Apple ID.
>>3. Click your account name in the upper-right corner of the page,
>>then choose Account Settings.
>>4. Go to *Advanced > Reset Documents & Data > Reset Documents and
>>Data*, then click *Reset.*
>>5. Wait for the reset to complete and follow the onscreen
>>instructions. When you're asked to restart your devices, *restart
>>each* iOS device  *and *computer
>>* that's set up for iCloud
>>documents and data.*
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>>
>> On 7 Oct 2014, at 10:19 am, Stephen Chape > > wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like time for a trip to the Apple Store Rosemary !
>> See the Genius Bar down the back.
>>
>>
>> On 7 Oct 2014, at 7:46 am, Rosemary Spark > > wrote:
>>
>> Ronni,
>> I actually had tried that before, but ever hopeful I did it again but no
>> luck...turn on ipad icloud setting, open ipad, still no connection with
>> docs in the cloud, and then when I check ipad icloud button turned off.
>>
>> Also tried turning documents and data on and off.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Rosemary
>>
>> On Tuesday, 7 October 2014, Ronni Brown  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rosemary,
>>>
>>> If you are sure you have iCloud set up correctly on your Mac & your
>>> iPad, and all settings are exactly the same as on your husband's Mac & iPad
>>> (which has no problem) .
>>>
>>> Try a *Hard Reboot / Reset of your iPad*.
>>>
>>> 1. Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button simultaneously
>>> for around 12 seconds.
>>> 2. Ignore the ‘Slide to Power Off’ prompt and keep holding down both
>>> buttons until you see the screen go dark and then see the Apple logo appear
>>> as the iPad powers up again.
>>>
>>> *Note: *You will not lose any data
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6 Oct 2014, at 6:54 pm, Rosemary Spark  wrote:
>>>
>>> Ronni,
>>> Yes exactly.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Rose