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Can I boot into Safe Mode while booting from an external disk?
I have a MacBook Pro (Intel, 2017), with a broken internal display and am trying to boot it in target disk mode through another machine. But every time I'm getting the black screen with the "your ...
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MacBook Pro "15 (A1398, Mid 2015) crashes sometimes, and boots inconsistently, but works perfectly in safe mode
I am having a problem with my MacBook Pro "15 (A1398, Mid 2015) - during operation in normal mode, it sometimes and highly unpredictably freezes, and shuts down. When switched on, it boots but half of ...
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Why is Dropbox listed among "Apps Using iCloud Drive" in macOS Sonoma?
I have recently noticed something weird.
This MacBook Pro I now have is new, M3 Max (14-30), 16-inch, so I documented every step of its configuration. In System Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > ...
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MacBook boots in safe mode upon powering it on!
When I power on my MacBook, it boots in safe mode without me pressing or holding any keys.
What could be causing this issue?
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How to I prevent a Standard user from booting into Safe Mode?
I am the admin of my son's Mac. When he boots into Safe Mode, the parental control software is disabled and I am not able to block certain apps, or websites or track his web activities. Apple Screen ...
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DNS Resolution Failure resolved in safe mode, persists outside safe mode
I bought a new Macbook Pro with Monterey 12.5 and migrated all data from an 11.4 Big Sur using Migration Assistant. When starting up the new Macbook I could not connect to internet even though I was ...
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Any way to block Safe Mode on a Macbook w/ an M1 chip?
My teen son is highly addicted to porn. After tons of research, I have set up very strong DNS filtering and powerful website and app blockers on his computer. These launch on login and are are unable ...
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MacBook Pro won’t boot in any mode. Stuck on loading bar
I have a MacBook Pro 15" mid 2014 (running Mojave) which has been stuck for a day on loading bars. It all started after the computer shut down despite being at around 60% of the charge.
I have tried ...
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I unintentionally deleted the private/var folder and now I the Mac book gets stuck in the loading screen infinitely
I ran a terminal command to delete the folder since it was taking up 30% of my 128SSD MacBook. I needed to transfer some big files to my laptop
Big mistake. I can't login in anymore. I also can't boot ...
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How to lock/block Safe Mode from standard user account?
Is there a way to prevent a standard user from signing into safe mode and only allow the admin of my mac to boot/sign into safe mode?
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Booting to Safe or Single User Mode brings up Windows 10 Recovery
As part of trying to repair my Macintosh HD boot volume I have tried to boot into Safe Mode as well as Single User mode. However, when I boot the computer using either of the proper keypress ...
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Shift Key Random behaviour on MacBook Air with Big Sur
Recently I upgraded to Big Sur on my MacBook Air (13 inch, early 2015 model) and it worked fine for a couple of days. Suddenly the left Shift key shows some random behaviour. Sometimes, it is always ...
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Can't boot into safe mode
I have an older 2009? 27" iMac. Doing a OS update has given me the error "macOS could not be installed on your computer. An error occurred while updating firmware..."
So, attempting to boot in safe mode,...
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MacBook freezes constantly but not in safe mode
This is a MacBook Pro, 13 inches, from 2016, running Mojave 10.14.3
First I noticed that the mouse moved in a jittery fashion, like if it bounced around the point I wanted it to be instead of simply ...
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Cannot boot normally or in safe mode, booting to recovery mode results in circle with line through it
I opened my Macbook Pro to discover it was off, I pressed the power button and it had the AHH and the apple symbol and loading bar. However, the screen is covered in alternating bars of pink and blue....