jacquelynjm
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Q: macbook pro turns off after login

My MacBook Pro (2011) was unresponsive, so I forced shut down by holding the power key.

Following this after attempting to log in to my user, the grey loading bar below my user picture would load about half way and then stop.

 

At this point after attempting to log in the loading bar again loads to half and then shuts down.

 

Can log into guest user account perfectly fine.

 

I have tried to reboot in Safe Mode, however nothing seems to have helped.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thank you

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jul 22, 2016 8:02 AM

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  • by kaz-k,

    kaz-k kaz-k Jul 22, 2016 8:32 AM in response to jacquelynjm
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    Jul 22, 2016 8:32 AM in response to jacquelynjm

    Might be your file system is corrupted. Boot in single user mode then type "fsck -f" could solve the problem.

    How to start up your Mac in single-user or verbose mode - Apple Support

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jul 22, 2016 12:40 PM in response to jacquelynjm
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    Jul 22, 2016 12:40 PM in response to jacquelynjm

    This procedure will delete certain temporary and cache files. The files are automatically generated and don't contain any of your data. Occasionally they can become corrupt and cause problems such as yours.

    Please back up all data.

    Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

    /var/folders

    Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select

              Services ▹ Open

    from the contextual menu.* A folder with the odd name "folders" should open.

    Inside "folders" are several subfolders, each with a two-character name. Drag all the subfolders except the one named "zz" to the Trash. Don't delete the subfolder named "zz". You'll be prompted for your administrator login credentials.

    Restart the computer and empty the Trash.

    *If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination  command-C. In the Finder, select

              Go ▹ Go to Folder...

    from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You may not see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.