i turned on my mac and I'm only getting a white screen with a blinking folder with a question mark in it
I turned on my mac and I'm only getting a white screen with a blinking folder with a question mark inside it.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
Try these steps:
Restart your Mac with the Shift button pressed.
- Shut down your Mac
- Wait until your computer turns off and after that press the Power button
- Right after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the Shift key
- Release the Shift key when you see a grey Apple sign and the progress bar below this sign
- Once you see Desktop, start a Disk Utility scan to detect and repair file system errors (don't forget to choose your main hard drive)
- Click on Verify Disc and then, if asked to fix problems, on Repair Disk
- After this, click on Verify Disk Permissions and then on Repair Disk Permissions
- After the process is finished, shut down your Mac and turn it back on after about 30 seconds
If this will not help try reset NVRAM: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
