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I turned on my My MacBook Pro and it has a dark screen. I can’t see anything. See picture below .

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.3

Posted on Jan 28, 2023 10:39 AM

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User profile for user: Grant Bennet-Alder
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Posted on Jan 28, 2023 11:52 AM

one quick check is to restart into safe mode.


"works in safe mode, fails in regular mode" implies "It's something you added."


Another debugging step is to do an SMC reset. On Apple-silicon Macs, that's done by removing power, completely powering off, waiting a minute, then powering back on.

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Grant Bennet-Alder
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Jan 28, 2023 11:52 AM in response to daanyaal256

one quick check is to restart into safe mode.


"works in safe mode, fails in regular mode" implies "It's something you added."


Another debugging step is to do an SMC reset. On Apple-silicon Macs, that's done by removing power, completely powering off, waiting a minute, then powering back on.

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