I start my mac book pro and sOSX utilities window instead of normal boot. I do not have Time machine back up and reinstalling not hapening. The installation window shows "Select the disk where you want to installl OS X thr is locked reovery?
I dont have time machine set up!!! how I can start in normal mode?
Thanks
Hi there jobe74,
You may want to try resetting the SMC and PRAM on your computer as an initial troubleshooting step. Take a look at the articles below for more information.
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
About NVRAM and PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
-Griff W.
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