Re: MacBook Pro wont start up

2014-04-11 Thread Peter Crisp
Ok, 13 hours transfer of TC backup to MBP completed successfully. Thanks for help with this those who did. Regards Pete > On 11 Apr 2014, at 10:37 pm, Peter Crisp wrote: > > Hi Ronnie et al. I had a look first hand at my sons MBP this eve (having > FIFO'd back home) and went through the ste

Re: MacBook Pro wont start up

2014-04-11 Thread Peter Crisp
Hi Ronnie et al. I had a look first hand at my sons MBP this eve (having FIFO'd back home) and went through the steps you indicated Ronni. The "verify" step showed that the disc was verified OK but was unable to repair. So did verify step which indicated a problem and so was asked to Repair disk

Re: MacBook Pro wont start up

2014-04-10 Thread Peter Crisp
Thanks Peter, will give this a go following the steps from Ronni's previous email. Regards Pete > On 11 Apr 2014, at 8:00 am, Peter Hinchliffe > wrote: > > >> On 10 Apr 2014, at 8:19 pm, Peter Crisp wrote: >> >> My sons MBP (2012 Mavericks) has decided tonight it wont boot up. When >> st

Re: MacBook Pro wont start up

2014-04-10 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 10 Apr 2014, at 8:19 pm, Peter Crisp wrote: > My sons MBP (2012 Mavericks) has decided tonight it wont boot up. When > starting it, the Apple logo comes up with the grey screen and the circulating > little bar thing on regular start up. The difference is there is a progress > bar at the bo

Re: MacBook Pro wont start up

2014-04-10 Thread Peter Crisp
Hi Ronni, we tried the Safe mode boot and that didn't work. I return home tonight and will be moving on to the next steps per your instructions. Will advise outcomes after that. Regards Pete > On 10 Apr 2014, at 10:07 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > What version of Mavericks?...Ha

Re: MacBook Pro wont start up

2014-04-10 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peter, What version of Mavericks?...Had your son installed Mavericks 10.9.2 update? If so it sounds like it might not have completed the update successfully. Can he bootup in Safe Mode? 1. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then: 2. Boot

MacBook Pro wont start up

2014-04-10 Thread Peter Crisp
My sons MBP (2012 Mavericks) has decided tonight it wont boot up. When starting it, the Apple logo comes up with the grey screen and the circulating little bar thing on regular start up. The difference is there is a progress bar at the bottom centre of screen which slowly progresses and it gets