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My MacBook Pro has a startup message and folder with a question mark on my black screen

I left my macbook on last night and woke up this morning to support.apple.com/mac/startup message and folder with a question mark on my black screen. I tried running disk utility and nothing happened. not sure what to do next :(


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MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Mar 16, 2023 11:27 AM

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Posted on Mar 16, 2023 11:36 AM

Please refer to, and follow the steps outlined in If your Mac starts up to a question mark, which indicates "A folder with a flashing question mark means that your startup disk is no longer available or doesn't contain a working Mac operating system."

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My MacBook Pro has a startup message and folder with a question mark on my black screen

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