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AnnMarie60

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Q: My desktop Mac is showing a flashing question mark. What does this mean?

My desktop Mac is showing a flashing question mark. What does this mean?

iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Jun 15, 2013 8:53 AM

I have this question too

Q: My desktop Mac is showing a flashing question mark. What does this mean?

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by Allan Eckert,

Allan Eckert Jun 15, 2013 8:57 AM in response to AnnMarie60
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Jun 15, 2013 8:57 AM in response to AnnMarie60

Your Mac is attempting to tell you it is not able to find a system to boot from

Reasons;

Corrupt system

Corrupt directory on system disk

Failed disk

It would be helpful, if you told us what version of OS X your Mac is running

Allan
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by den.thed,

den.thed Jun 15, 2013 8:56 AM in response to AnnMarie60
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Jun 15, 2013 8:56 AM in response to AnnMarie60

Follow the steps at > Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
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