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Colorwheel keeps turning on IMac

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 11.5

Posted on Aug 1, 2021 2:20 AM

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BDAqua

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Posted on Aug 1, 2021 7:30 AM

Power down.

Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.

Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.

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