Failure to boot - recovery recipes fail too

MacBook Air fails to boot with flashing ? in folder. Powering on produces a chime. Power on + option key invites "Choose Network". Choosing my network next produces a space obviously intended for a password with a padlock symbol beside it and cross and tick buttons below. BUT entering the password produces an endlessly spinning gearwheel.

Any suggestions?

Posted on Jan 7, 2020 3:06 PM

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fyip

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Jan 8, 2020 6:07 AM in response to Mike Saclier

Well you do have multiple issues so a little hard to diagnose, here is some info and options that could help.

About the screens on your Mac as it starts up - Apple Support

Or......Mac startup key combinations - Apple Support

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