MacPro Catalina Crashed

My MacPro which was upgraded to Catalina a few days ago just completely crashed! Won’t turn back on at all. It’s plugged in with battery at 100%. None of my files were backed up! Was going to do it now. Hope there’s a way to retrieve my important files and years of pictures!

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Posted on Oct 15, 2019 9:46 AM

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Oct 15, 2019 10:27 AM in response to f107

Solved whew! Replying so others can try this. I kept pressing the Power button every few minutes. After about half an hour, it flashed a battery on red, even though my PC was plugged in and the battery was at 100% before the crash. Unplugged and re-plugged, then pressed the Power button. It restarted and restored the screen to what was up before the crash!

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