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MacBook Pro won’t boot up past the Apple logo

My 2011 MacBook Pro won’t boot up past the Apple logo. It will load to the end which takes about 30 minutes and will stay at the end for hours after. Any solutions ?



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Posted on Dec 26, 2019 7:17 AM

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Posted on Dec 26, 2019 7:21 AM

Boot into Recovery (Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities>  Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD (and the "Macintosh HD-Data" volume as well if Catalina) If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.

Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

Reboot and test.



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User profile for user: leroydouglas
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Dec 26, 2019 7:21 AM in response to tomás224

Boot into Recovery (Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities>  Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD (and the "Macintosh HD-Data" volume as well if Catalina) If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.

Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

Reboot and test.



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User profile for user: macjack
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Dec 26, 2019 7:20 AM in response to tomás224

Try an SMC reset:

How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support


Try starting up in Safe Mode:

Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac - Apple Support


If neither of those work boot into Recovery and Reinstall Mac OS.

About macOS Recovery - Apple Support


Try Single User Mode (hold command-s keys)

At the prompt, enter this command:

/sbin/fsck -fy

Press the Return key.

This will check your directory and report that it was OK or repaired. Then enter this command to startup normally:

reboot


Run Apple Diagnostics  

Press and hold the d key on startup:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202731



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