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i cant open my macbook air

User uploaded fileAnyone having this problem same like me? I cant open my MacBook Air 😭😭😭😭 Please anyone can help me? What happen??

Posted on Jun 3, 2017 8:55 AM

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Jun 3, 2017 9:52 AM in response to maymayng79

First, hold down the power button for about 10 seconds to make sure your Mac is fully shut down.


Then hold down the Command key and the Option key and the R key all at the same time, then press the power button. Continue holding down the three keys until you are started up with a screen asking you what language you want to use.

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Jun 3, 2017 10:09 AM in response to maymayng79

That means you are booted into Internet Recovery Mode. If you haven't already passed it, wait for four options to come up, one of them will be Disk Utilities. Select that.


There may be an issue with your hard drive or the directory structure on it. Open Utilities > Disk Utility > select your HD on the left (the second item on the list, which should be Macintosh HD or the name you named your internal HD) > click on “First Aid” > (depending on your OS, you may have to click on Repair Disk or Verify Disk) > click on “Run” > allow it to finish running > click on “Show Details” > look at the last few lines and see if it says something like "Appears to be OK" and/or “Operation successful;” if so, click on “Done,” go to the Disk Utility menu and select “Quit Disk Utility.”


If it says “Cannot be repaired” or something like it anytime during the run, run it a few more times to see if Disk Utility can repair it. If not, click on “Done,” go to the Disk Utility menu, select “Quit Disk Utility.”

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Jun 3, 2017 9:50 AM in response to maymayng79

First, you should always be backed up, especially before a procedure such as this.


In order to try to backup at least your important documents, try Target Disk Mode: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462


If you choose Erase while booted into Recovery or Internet Recover, then yes, it will erase everything on your drive, which you don't want to do. For now, just see if you can boot into one or the other.

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Jun 3, 2017 10:16 AM in response to tjk

I didnt see what u mention, it jus ask me to restart my macbook. When i restart it... my macbook is open and can use now... everything is there and nothing gone.... why like that?


Beside that, do u know how to backup my disk? I got external HD with me now...

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