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When I press the power button it starts up as normal. The bar at the bottom begins to fill, then it goes away, clock spins and the pc turns off. I’ve tried safe boot and other boots and it won’t go past the exact same spot each time. Thanks for any help you may have. It is an older MacBook Pro.
g-bro wrote:
When I press the power button it starts up as normal. The bar at the bottom begins to fill, then it goes away, clock spins and the pc turns off. I’ve tried safe boot and other boots and it won’t go past the exact same spot each time. Thanks for any help you may have. It is an older MacBook Pro.
If your Mac doesn't turn on
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204267
If your Mac doesn't start up all the way
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204156
If your Mac starts up to an Apple logo or progress bar
g-bro wrote:
When I press the power button it starts up as normal. The bar at the bottom begins to fill, then it goes away, clock spins and the pc turns off. I’ve tried safe boot and other boots and it won’t go past the exact same spot each time. Thanks for any help you may have. It is an older MacBook Pro.
If your Mac doesn't turn on
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204267
If your Mac doesn't start up all the way
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204156
If your Mac starts up to an Apple logo or progress bar
I understand your Mac turns on but at some point in its startup sequence it just shuts down agin. Attempting to start in Safe Mode doesn't change that behavior.
Even though your Mac obviously turns on, begin with If your Mac doesn't turn on. That gets some preliminary steps out of the way.
Read and follow each of those steps, including all the links within it, all the way through and including Step 4, which directs you to:
If your Mac starts up to a blank screen
Read and follow each of it steps also, all the way through and including the end, which takes you to:
"If you still need help, please contact Apple Support."
I take that to mean you read and followed all the instructions including how to boot macOS Recovery, reinstalling macOS, all the way through erasing the Mac completely and restoring a Time Machine backup.
John Galt wrote:
"If you still need help, please contact Apple Support."
That's all you can do.
Thank you very much but the problem still exists. Any boot up mode gives the same result.
So when I push D and the power button it runs a diagnostic. Then shows no issues found. It will then open internet windows. I can use the internet but no other computer functions.
MacBook Pro won’t boot up
