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What to do if your Mac starts up with a question mark

What to do when your Mac starts up with a question mark

Posted on May 17, 2023 6:39 PM

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May 17, 2023 6:42 PM in response to Graceokok

Graceokok Said:

"What to do when your Mac starts up with a question mark"

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Troubleshooting a Mac Starting Up with a Question Mark:


Learn form This:

First off, learn from this, knowing to always backup your Mac every so often, so that you a have something to restore your Mac from, for instance such as this.


So, Three Things...

I. Go here: If your Mac Starts Up to a Question Mark - Apple Support


II. Re-Mount the Drive:

Boot into Recovery Mode (Intel or Silicon) . Then, using Disk Utility, see if the Hard Drive is seem. If it is, then see if you need to click the “Mount’ button for it. Try rebooting once more. If of no success, then click unmount button, and then the mount button. Try rebooting once more.


III. If Neither of the Above Works...

Reinstall the macOS:

Go Here: How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple SupportImportant: Be certain to create a backup of your Mac prior to all of this. That way, you can have something to restore from the Mac from, should anything go wrong with the reinstall. Once reinstalled, try this once more.

What to do if your Mac starts up with a question mark

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