Re: Mac starts up with flashing question mark

2014-10-11 Thread rblit 
Thank you RonniI have forwarded your email on.Rod 

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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

2014-10-11 Thread 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

2014-10-11 Thread 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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