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I have to hold the start button to power down. I hit the power button to start up and the gray and white screen with the white apple and the spinning indicator of passing time goes on and on and on. Until I hold start up to power down.
MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Start with the appropriate sections of this user tip article:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
Ciao.
I don't understand the workings of my macbook to feel comfortable following these instructions. Is there something easy I can try first, like hold a particular key while booting up?
Spinning time indicator at startup
