Phe19 wrote:
My macbook Pro would not start so I followed the steps, held the power button down for 10s, no change, pressed the power button, the mac started. Great! But why did I have to follow these steps? Is there a problem with my mac I need to get fixed?
I gotbthe error window saying it shut down for a problem, but how do I find out the problem?
If this was a one off — I would not worry about it.
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