Every time I try to boot my MacBook Pro, it won’t start. It gets to the booting screen and just shuts down. I haven’t been able to load it in safety mode either.
Ive tried to use disk utility and repair the drive if there’s anything wrong, but it says all good there. Not sure what’s wrong. Here’s a photo of the code the comes up when it’s trying to boot up. Any insight would be appreciated.
Your dive is failing with an I/O error.
You do not say what exact Mac /model /year /size /retina /touchbar is this ?
n or out of warranty you can get a free over the counter 'Apple Service Diagnostics' test /assessment
Make an appointment for a hardware issue—
https://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
https://checkcoverage.apple.com/
https://support.apple.com/my-support
https://support.apple.com/en-hk/aasp-program
https://locate.apple.com/country
From iOS online Genius Bar appointment:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-support/id1130498044?mt=8
You do not specific if this is retina or non retina.
The non-retina 2012 is definitely an old work horse.
Easy to upgrade yourself for minimum expense
See OWC/MAcsales for SSD kits
OWC SSD Upgrade Kits For MacBook Pro 2012 - MacSales.com
Change out the SATA cable at the same time.
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/8211480/ 13" MacBook Pro SATA
Your mac can handle 16GB of RAM as well
Best to buy RAM from reliable source with the exact specs.
Usually a lifetime guarantee on RAM from third party source like:
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/
I can add the Mojave is the last macOS this computer will be capable of running—something to factor in, if you want to future proof your monies.
It’s a late 2012 model. Pretty outdated now.
For an issue like this, if indeed the drive is failing, is it worth fixing, or better to get a new computer? What would be an average cost for a repair of this caliber?
jonah65 wrote:
It’s a 2012 non retina.
Still worth repairing?
Yes most definitely.
This is the last of the user fully upgradable machines w/ the many port options including the USB3, SDXC, DVD/CD super drive. firewire800.
I am still quite satisfied and working away on
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), macOS (10.14.4), i7 480GB OWC SSD 16GB RAM
It’s a 2012 non retina.
Still worth repairing?
MacBook Pro won’t start
