mac has a folder with a question mark
Help came home to find my mac with a flashing folder and a question mark fan on and can not do anything with it
iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM), iOS 8
Switch it off for 10 minutes or so, then start it up again.
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Clickhereand follow the instructions. If the computer was running Mac OS X 10.6.8 or earlier and you reach the third set of steps, insert a Mac OS X install disk.
(140611)
HAve turned off mac and back on again no luck have also this weekend tried the recovery by holding down comand and R key get a spinning globe for a few hours whilst it is loading, disk utility screen I have but it can not find a disk have a external harddrive which I have unpugged now
Your computer's internal drive appears to be dead. In this case, it needs to be replaced, and any data on it can only be recovered by a professional service.
(140613)
HAve also noticed that when I turn the mac on I can hear the normal start up sound then it starts to make a clicking noise as if something is stuck!
Your hard drive has failed. it will need replacing, do you have a backup?
I have an external hard drive which backs up every day using time machine?
How old is the Mac.?
2011 and I have read today there was a hard drive problem with the 27" mac between 2012-2013 I personally think mine is a manufactura problem too, the mac is not used every day sometimes once a week!
Take it to an Apple Store.
mac has a folder with a question mark