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Circle with a line through it on start up

My iMac with 10.15.7 does not start up every time, since I upgraded to 10.15.7. About every other time I get a circle with a line through it. I have started in recovery mode and used Disk Doctor to repair and the messages said successful. With a Reset the computer boots just fine. I have reinstalled Catalina from Disk Utility. I have booted in the Safe Mood, then rebooted successfuly. I have also reset NVRAM Option, Command, P, R If I start up in Recovery Mode, and go right to the upper left corner of the screen, and do a restart, the computer boots just fine without doing anything in Disk Utility. What do I need to do to make my iMac more stable? Thanks Allan




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Posted on Dec 2, 2020 11:35 AM

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Posted on Dec 2, 2020 11:51 AM

yellow a wrote:

My iMac with 10.15.7 does not start up every time, since I upgraded to 10.15.7. About every other time I get a circle with a line through it. I have started in recovery mode and used Disk Doctor to repair and the messages said successful. With a Reset the computer boots just fine. I have reinstalled Catalina from Disk Utility. I have booted in the Safe Mood, then rebooted successfuly. I have also reset NVRAM Option, Command, P, R If I start up in Recovery Mode, and go right to the upper left corner of the screen, and do a restart, the computer boots just fine without doing anything in Disk Utility. What do I need to do to make my iMac more stable? Thanks Allan
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/004a2813-bdda-48d8-8698-a8d36e345f60



If your Mac starts up to a circle with a line through it

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210901

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Dec 2, 2020 11:51 AM in response to yellow a

yellow a wrote:

My iMac with 10.15.7 does not start up every time, since I upgraded to 10.15.7. About every other time I get a circle with a line through it. I have started in recovery mode and used Disk Doctor to repair and the messages said successful. With a Reset the computer boots just fine. I have reinstalled Catalina from Disk Utility. I have booted in the Safe Mood, then rebooted successfuly. I have also reset NVRAM Option, Command, P, R If I start up in Recovery Mode, and go right to the upper left corner of the screen, and do a restart, the computer boots just fine without doing anything in Disk Utility. What do I need to do to make my iMac more stable? Thanks Allan
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/004a2813-bdda-48d8-8698-a8d36e345f60



If your Mac starts up to a circle with a line through it

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210901

Circle with a line through it on start up

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