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Green startup screen followed by grey

On startup I get a green startup screen with a grey apple followed by a grey screen


can’t get into the machine. I have pressed D to go into diagnostics but nothing there. Verbose mode also works.


however the system will not allow me to go into disk repair mode or safe mode


help


its a 2011 mid Apple Mac

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jun 8, 2021 6:40 AM

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Posted on Jun 8, 2021 6:46 AM

leigh.harris wrote:

On startup I get a green startup screen with a grey apple followed by a grey screen

can’t get into the machine. I have pressed D to go into diagnostics but nothing there. Verbose mode also works.

however the system will not allow me to go into disk repair mode or safe mode

help

its a 2011 mid Apple Mac



If your Mac starts up to a blank screen (white, black, gray, or blue)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210905

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Jun 8, 2021 6:46 AM in response to leigh.harris

leigh.harris wrote:

On startup I get a green startup screen with a grey apple followed by a grey screen

can’t get into the machine. I have pressed D to go into diagnostics but nothing there. Verbose mode also works.

however the system will not allow me to go into disk repair mode or safe mode

help

its a 2011 mid Apple Mac



If your Mac starts up to a blank screen (white, black, gray, or blue)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210905

Green startup screen followed by grey

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