Q: My Mac won't fully start up.. I push the power button, the apple sign pops up and the loading circle and then a bar loading and as soon as the bar is done loading the computer cuts off again. It's like it attempts to start up like it's updating something

My Mac won't fully start up.. I push the power button, the apple sign pops up and the loading circle and then a bar loading and as soon as the bar is done loading the computer cuts off again. It's like it attempts to start up like it's updating something and then after the bar is full, it shuts off. Please help

MacBook Pro

Posted on Mar 30, 2014 9:19 PM

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by nbar,

nbar Mar 30, 2014 9:25 PM in response to Hpullen
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Mar 30, 2014 9:25 PM in response to Hpullen

What model Macbook pro do you have? What OSX are you running?

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3148

https://discussions.apple.com/message/23632318#23632318
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by Hpullen,

Hpullen Mar 31, 2014 4:35 PM in response to nbar
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Mar 31, 2014 4:35 PM in response to nbar

A1278 and I'm not sure about the OSX
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by Baby Boomer (USofA),

Baby Boomer (USofA) Mar 31, 2014 4:40 PM in response to Hpullen
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Mar 31, 2014 4:40 PM in response to Hpullen

Hpullen wrote:

A1278 and I'm not sure about the OSX
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4132 How to identify MacBook Pro models

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159 Mac OS X versions (builds) for computers
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