Mac stuck on loading bar

Whenever I try to turn on my Mac book Pro, progress bar stops at 100% and never turns on. So kindly provide any solution so that I can access my Mac.

Specs

High Sierra

Mid 2012

4GB ram

Intel I3 processor

P.S. I have tried re-installing high Sierra , SMC reset, disk repair but nothing seems to work.

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MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12), null

Posted on Dec 19, 2017 8:58 AM

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Teddy_B

Community Specialist

Posted on Dec 20, 2017 1:08 PM

Hey rahul0907,

If I understand correctly, the computer will turn on and load the progress bar but not boot to the desktop. This can happen if something like a login item is not loading. One thing you can do is boot into safe mode, which disables login items, and see if the computer loads to the desktop.

Start up in safe mode

To start up in safe mode:

Start or restart your Mac, then immediately press and hold the Shift key. The Apple logo appears on your display. If you don't see the Apple logo, learn what to do.

Release the Shift key when you see the login window. If your startup disk is encrypted with FileVault, you might be asked to log in twice: once to unlock the startup disk, and again to log in to the Finder.

To leave safe mode, restart your Mac without pressing any keys during startup.

If an issue doesn't happen in safe mode

If an issue doesn't happen when your Mac is started in safe mode, try restarting without pressing any keys.

If the issue comes back, you might have incompatible login items.

If the issue doesn't come back, it was probably caused by a cache or directory issue with your startup disk, which safe mode fixed.

Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. Have a good one.

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Feb 2, 2018 2:12 PM in response to adityafromfir

Wow! Apple's recent updates really stink. I have been resisting High Sierra because I've heard so many negative things about it, but I decided to install a 10.12.6 security update last night, and my Mac Mini (which is usually fine) hung up "stuck at the full progress bar." I tried every strategy, from safe mode to Disk Utility, but nothing has worked, so now I am backing up from Time Machine. I try to ignore the constant nagging from Apple to upgrade on my desk top and on my iPhone, and from now on I will try harder.

Apr 11, 2018 12:27 PM in response to rahul0907

I was able to get my MacBook pro to start back up by starting up in recovery mode, going to the top left where the apple logo is, select start up disk, then select the disk, enter password and then click restart.

ThiloJD

Level 1

4 points

Mar 2, 2018 10:16 AM in response to rahul0907

SHIFT + control + alt !!

Press over 10 sec. , MacBook shouldn´t start while you press the keys!

After that the Mac boot whitout problems

Same issue since 3 days, this works!

25CW25

Level 1

4 points

Apr 12, 2018 11:17 AM in response to rocknroll21

thank you rocknroll!

None of the suggestion of pressing shift ctrl option.....works. Booting into safe mode did not work either. However, the second set of commands you posted works

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