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Q: iBook g4 stuck on start up with gray screen and circle that looks like its downloading

iBook G4 stuck on gray startup screen with circle like it's downloading

iBook, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Feb 28, 2014 8:18 PM

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Q: iBook g4 stuck on start up with gray screen and circle that looks like its downloading

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  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Mar 1, 2014 12:57 PM in response to Cbowd1001
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    Mar 1, 2014 12:57 PM in response to Cbowd1001

    If your iBook G4 portable running OS X 10.5.8 or 10.4+

    shows a grey screen on startup or other similar variant

    to the failure to fully start, there are a few good Support

    articles from Apple Support site online that may help.

     

    Each has information to read through, consider, & try.

     

    •Mac OS X: Grey screen appears during startup...

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570

     

    •Resolve startup issues & perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1417

     

    This is akin to troubleshooting since you have a measure

    of trial-and-error to resolve the problem; & at times there

    may be more than one thing to do, &/or more than once.

     

    Hopefully this helps.

    Good luck & happy computing!