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I can’t get my Mac desk top to restart after trying to update, it’s stuck on the start up screen with a bar that won’t complete

I can’t get my Mac desk top to start past the bar on start up. I’ve tried shutting down and control R nothing is working

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Nov 22, 2022 5:50 AM

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Posted on Nov 22, 2022 5:54 AM

Please refer to the troubleshooting steps in If your Mac doesn't start up all the way, however it sounds like it may be an older Mac and may have suffered a hardware failure.

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I can’t get my Mac desk top to restart after trying to update, it’s stuck on the start up screen with a bar that won’t complete

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