Is it possible to reboot a Macbook?

My trackpad is not responding to clicking on it. It will highlight an item on the desktop but when I press the track pad it doesn't nothing. Our old Mac laptop had a battery that you could remove, thus you were able to "reset" it when it acted up. Can you "reset" a Macbook from 2009?

Reboot typically refers to "Restart". You can hit the Apple then click "Restart".
But if you're just trying to force it to power down, you can hold the power button for about 10 seconds until the fans, etc. power down. Then give it a few seconds and power it back up. Lastly, you can always let the battery die.

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The question mark means the computer cannot find a bootable volumes so can;t do anything, That, combined with annoying sounds, strongly suggests a failed hard drive.
You can ask a "genius" at an Apple Rtail Store to test it but I'm pretty sure the drive is kaput. I'm hoping you had your data backed up.

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How did you accidentally erase the drive? You can only do that be booting from your Recovery HD or another hard drive.
Are you connected to the Internet? Be sure you can run an Ethernet cable from the computer to your router as this will be much faster than wireless.
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing drive
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
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OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
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i'm having trouble downloading a cd to my computer its asking for my password. i put it in but it won't take. so i try to change it, but it say that it the wrong one. so have can it reboot my macbook pro without the cd

OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 MountainLion & 10.9 Mavericks
Reset Password using Recovery HD
Boot into Recovery Partition.
Start the computer,then press and hold down command and R keys to start into recovery partition.
When you see the Apple logo, release the keys.
Wait until OS X Utilities window shows up.
Move the mouse to the menubar at the top and click "Utilities", then select "Terminal"
from the drop down.
Terminal window will appear.
Type in resetpassword and press enter on the keyboard.
Leave the Terminal window open.
Reset Password Utility window will open with Macintosh HD selected.
Select the user account from the popup menu box.
Enter a new password.
Reenter the new password for the user.
Enter a hint.
Click the "Save" button.
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I did a force close on Safari and after rebooting my macbook pro, i no longer see the Safari icon on the dock. How do i get i back?

I did a force close on Safari and after rebooting my macbook pro, i no longer see the Safari icon on the dock. How do i get i back?

If you can't get dragging to work, just click on Safari from your Applications folder, and it should appear in the dock. Then you can right-click on the icon and PIN it permanently there.

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Sorry it won't work. It will fit but the laptop can't communicate with it. Please see many of the other threads here, specifically this one just above your post, that is discussing this exact question.
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Is it possible to upgrade a macbook pro 15 late 2008 memory from 4 to 8 go. And if yes would i have to replace both memory modules.
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Hi CMCSK and thanks.
Maybe it's because of the SMC reset I've done.
My computer wasn't responding to the power button when pressed and used to shut down unexpectedly so I did the SMC reset as per the procedure hereafter.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US
So according to you, the battery seems to work properly and doesn't need to be replaced.
Don't know if it's important but the figures I gave where the one with magsafe connected.
In fact for the time beeing I only use my computer with magsafe plugged.
I just unplugged the magpower and here are the new figures after 10 minutes.
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh):          3103
Fully Charged:          No
Charging:          No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          3491
Health Information:
Cycle Count:          245
Condition:          Normal
Battery Installed:          Yes
Amperage (mA):          -1431
Voltage (mV):          11816
Are these figures still ok ? Thanks for your help and have a good day.
Francis

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Hi. I loooked into this myself a few years ago when I was living in Denmark (Charlottenlund) and I was never able to find an acceptable workaround. Apple would refer me to the Danish Apple Store for the part and it ended up being cheaper just to buy the machine in Denmark.
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I have an old mackbook, approx 2007 era. Is it possible to upgrade a macbook 2.16 ghz intel core 2 duo to OSX 10.8.5?

You can only upgrade to 10.7 Lion. Lion is still available from Apple. You will have to call Apple Customer Care 1-800-692-7753 or 1-800-676-2775. to purchase it. Then within 3 days you will get an email with a code which you can use to download Lion from the App Store. Or go to http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion and purchase it there. The price is $19.99.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_GB_barrier
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/faq/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-3-g b-memory-limitation-details.html
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