qustion mark screen on older mac

file icon with a question mark on my screen

Posted on Mar 19, 2022 1:49 PM

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Posted on Mar 19, 2022 1:54 PM

That means it cannot find a valid boot drive or OS.

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Mar 19, 2022 1:54 PM in response to noman13

That means it cannot find a valid boot drive or OS.

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