Q: MacBook Pro starts in OS X utilities
I have an early 2009 MacBook Pro which has been running just fine until today when I started it up and it flashe's between the grey screen apple logo and a folder with a question mark before entering the OS X utilities screen where my options are to restore from a time machine backup, reinstall OS X, get help online , or repair disk. I have run the disk repair and there are no issues detected. I tried to reinstall OS X but I do not have enough space on my Mac. I was informed by Apple customer care that there is no way to delete files in order to free up space to reinstall OS X. They also suggested I reset the system management controller which I did and nothign happened. I tried starting up in safe/recovery mode by holdi down the shift key and I got the same flashing Apple and question mark folder. Of course my computer does not have an up to date time machine backup so that is not an option. What else can I do? I need to back things up if that is even possible? And if I can't delete things how am I going to reinstall OS X?
MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2009), iOS 7.1.2
Posted on Sep 6, 2016 11:06 PM