Q: Mac Air not starting as normal
Hello, my Air starts as normal then what appears to be install header lines appear and then screen stops as if it is attempting to install. Screen then begins switching from that screen of lines to blue screen and back and forth, will not go any further.
I am currently downing loading a reinstall of OSX El Capitan to see that that will correct this. Hoping so as i have data on device that is needed.
MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11), Not sure which El Capitan
Posted on Jul 28, 2016 5:02 AM
Depending upon your reinstall El Capitan results you might run an Apple Hardware Test:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257
Note that an error free AHT is not conclusive.
If the MBA is still not starting correctly, you might try Target Disk Mode in order to access your data:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462
Ciao.
Posted on Jul 28, 2016 5:14 AM