iMac keeps crashing and not starting back up again easily

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iMac keeps crashing and not starting back up again easily

I recently transported my iMac back to my parents house and since then it has been randomly crashing and turning itself off. It will turn back on but only if I hold the power button down for 10 seconds, wait a few minutes then turn it on again as normal. Before it turns off the screen freezes for 30 seconds then goes black.

This has happened several times and comes without warning.

I'm not sure what to do or if this is a problem I can fix myself.

Mac Pro

Posted on Mar 28, 2020 8:08 AM

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rkaufmann87

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Mar 28, 2020 8:13 AM in response to HannahH96

This gives every indication of failing hardware. Please restart in the Recovery Partition (Command + R on startup) and open Disk Utility. Run First Aide several times and look for errors in your HD. If any appear that means the HD is dying and must be replaced.

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