Mac air folder become white page

Before, the folder i put on the desktop is blue, but i have no idea since when, those blue folder became things like this.
How can i fix that?

Ok so this is what happened, trying to get to the recovery partition.
after boorting the screen was on a complete blank white page but it was making a "click....click....click...etc'" noise until it eventually stopped clicking and the screen with a rotating globe popped up, and it asked me to choose a network. I did, but its still on that same rotating globe, with my network name under it. but its not showing me any progress or notes or anything....
:/ What now?

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My mac is showing a white page upon start up with a globe and an exclamation mark in the globe. What does this mean?

My computer would show a white page with a flashing folder that has a question mark on it at first. Then I tried restarting it while holding the option key, and it took me to a white page with a globe that asked me to do an internet recovery. I clicked it, but then it took me to a white page with a globe and explanation mark on it, that says apple.com/support -1005F. How do I fix this problem? please help.

Ok so this is what happened, trying to get to the recovery partition.
after boorting the screen was on a complete blank white page but it was making a "click....click....click...etc'" noise until it eventually stopped clicking and the screen with a rotating globe popped up, and it asked me to choose a network. I did, but its still on that same rotating globe, with my network name under it. but its not showing me any progress or notes or anything....
:/ What now?

I have a mac air and an iMac and both have Pages. I use Pages on my air and save all documents to iCloud. I can see them on my iMac but it won't open with Pages. It becomes visible if I change it to open with preview but I can't interact with it.

I have an mac air and an iMac 5k - pages runs on both. I use pages on my air and save all my documents to iCloud drive. I can see the documents on my iMac but some won't open in pages which is bizarre? They will open if I change it to open with preview but then all I can do is read it - I can't add to the document - All I want is to be able to see all my documents on all my devices and to be able to have them sync so I can add to the documents from any of my devices. I also have an iPhone 6 and an iPadair2 but I would be happy just to have the iMac and macair sync for starters. I have folders within folders in my documents,. The folders which contain pdf's and individual files open OK . The one I am having difficulty with is the file which I use for ongoing correspondence - in other words it is quite long - I keep adding to it ( by copying letters in and letters out so I can see a sequential history of what has been going on by scrolling down ) in date order so that it could be 1 - 100 pages long - but I don't think the size is a problem. I don't understand why some folders can open and others not . Has anyone any suggestions please. I have been trying to get this to work for months since iCloud drive came in. It has got much better but it is still not good enough - or maybe it's me?

All I can suggest is that you open that file on the MBA and save it as a new file, then see if you can open the new one on the iMac.

My mac is coming up with a white page with a picture of a file in the middle with a ? mark in and keeps flashing nothing will work ?

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My daughter has a apple mac laptop. It is coming up with a white page with a file picture with a ? mark in the middle of it. It keeps flashing. Nothing will work now and we car'nt seem to work it out. Does anyone have any answers ?

That folder with the question mark icon means that the MacBook can't find the boot directory. That can either mean it can't find the hard drive or the Operating System data on the hard drive is somehow corrupted.
Put your install DVD into the optical drive and reboot. As soon as you hear the boot chime, hold down the "c" key on your keyboard (or the Option key until the Install Disk shows up). That will force your MacBook to boot from the install DVD in the optical drive.
When it does start up, you'll see a panel asking you to choose your language. Just press the Return key on your keyboard once. It will then present you with an Installation window. Completely ignore this window and click on Utilities in the top menu and scroll down to Disk Utility and click it. When it comes up is your Hard Drive in the list on the left?
If it is then click on the Mac OS partition of your hard drive in the left hand list. Then select the First Aid Tab and run Repair Disk. The Repair Disk button won't be available until you've clicked on the Mac OS partition on your hard drive. If that repairs any problems run it again until the green OK appears and then run Repair Permissions.
If your hard drive isn’t recognized in Disk Utility then your hard drive is probably dead.

I've lost a book I was writing, using pages. my mac air could not autosave it because my start up disc was full. the computer froze, i turned it off, then back on, and it was working fine but the file was gone.

ow do I recover a Pages file lost because Mac Air start up disc was full and couldn't autosave?

Unless you've done anything to change it, Google keeps every email that ever passes through their server in your All Mail folder/mailbox/label. Even if you delete stuff, they hold onto it, there. You have to go out of your way to actually delete anything permanently.

Why my mac air is showing recovery files folder in trash every time

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my mac air is showing recoveryfiles folder in trash every time i restart/start my computer and another problem is all the browsers are showing me mac keeper advertisement prominently.. how to get rid of thiese problems? pl. help.

The recovered files are due to an application that fails to clean up its temporary files before exiting. Microsoft products are notorious for this.
Quit Safari. Relaunch it by holding down the shift key and clicking its icon in the Dock. That will stop the ad page from reloading automatically. Select Safari ▹ Preferences ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove all website data to get rid of any cookies or other data left by the server.

HAVE NEW 13.3 MAC AIR AND when using it to open sites in safari I have no issue until I go to a link page that is a pdf file or I am trying to save the screen info as a pdf. I only get a black screen with no data, cannot find solution in help menu

HAVE NEW 13.3 MAC AIR (previously, still have 13.3 MCbook pro which works captures what I am looking for an answer to)
when i open sites in safari the page opens fine if it is not a pdf based page.
Once i open a site that has a link to another page that is a pdf based page the page comes up as a black screen with no info showing
If I open a site that gices me an open to save a file to a word, excel type document or a pdf , everything works fine until I try to save the information to a PDF and again the screen goes black
I have tried the safari help site but to no avail, does anyone have a solution to thid problem. (I do have the abode ofr mac program loaded)

If you delete all the Adobe Reader stuff it will probably fix this. For almost everything, the Apple pdf handling works better.

Hi ! i am using mac air i download from app store IDESKTOP when i open it its delete all my file and folder on my mac, hi ! i am using mac air i download from app store IDESKTOP when i open it its delete all my file and folder on my mac

hi ! i am using mac air i download from app store IDESKTOP when i open it its delete all my file and folder on my mac, hi ! i am using mac air i download from app store IDESKTOP when i open it its delete all my file and folder on my mac

Here you can contact the developer.
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I have a Mac Air.. with 10.10 and just purchased a HP laserjet pro M201dw .. I can't get it to print duplex in pages or word. In pages not highlighted. does in Adobe for pdf. Help!

I have a Mac Air with 10.10 . Just purchased a HP Laserjet Pro M201dw printer. I can not get the duplex printing to work in Word or Pages. It does work for PDF files in Acrobat Pro. It won't for emails. In Pages I see two- sided but it is dimmed. I look at setups and it shows two -sided is off but can't find a way to change this setting. In the printer setting itself, the duplex box is checked. Need help. Did notice the driver only goes up to 10.9 but it says on Apple site of supported printers this one is listed.
Appreciate help in solving this issue.
Thanks in advance for anyone willing to give me some time and assistance.
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All I can suggest is that you open that file on the MBA and save it as a new file, then see if you can open the new one on the iMac.

Mac air won't startup completely (black /white text, info keeps popping up and then it restarts over and over)

Hi so I had to force shut down my Mac air because it froze, when I turn it on it first tells me that I had force shut down so press a key to start up, then it goes to the apple screen, then black strips with white text pop up, then it restarts again. So I looked up what to try to do and I did the "command/r" and it comes up with options, but I don't believe that I set up my time machine backup or something because nothing comes up after it "searches" for a back up thing. and it won't reinstall OS X because it can't find the installation information. And the disk utility doesn't work because it says that I need to "back up as many of [my] files as possible , reformat the disk, and restore [my] back up files" .
I'm not sure what to do but I have a lot of school things I need on it. So I hope there is some possible way to not erase any of the info on my internal hard rice. I'm also not that good with computers.

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Help us help you. The more complete the description of your problem (what MBA you're using - there are many versions going back to '08, what OS you're using -there's a lot of those too- and an iOS will not work with an MBA you must be using some versions of OS X 10.5.x - 10.9.x) the more assistance we can provide, and, the sooner we can provide it..
Sounds to me like your SSD and/or your OS is corrupt.
Boot into repair and use Disk Tools->Disk Utility-Disk First Aid: repair disk to try to fix your boot volume. While you're there also do repair permissions.
Reboot holding the Shift Key down until you see a progress bar at the bottom of the screen and log in. BACK UP YOU IMPORTANT DATA.
Reboot normally (if you can't come back here)

When I start my Mac air I get a flashing folder with a question mark

I am trying to start my Mac air and I get a flashing folder with a question mark. When I turn the power of it shuts down but wen starting it comes back

Just being clear about your situation. When you hold down Option during boot it does not show a system volume or a recovery volume from which to boot. At that point if you select a network boot and you do not see a spinning globe that persists there a good while as it loads the recovery partition over the network. True?
A couple of more thinks to try:
Disconnect all of your external devices.
Reset PRAM
Boot with the option key again.
Standard things to try (which is sounds like you already have attempted) A flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac

I have pages and keynote on my iPad, how to i make them work on mac air i have bought later

i have Pages and Keynote, and others of course, on my iPad, how to i make them work on mac air i have bought recently ?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
The iPad uses iOS, and your MacBook Air uses OS X, which are different operating systems with different apps.
iWork apps (Keynote, Pages and Numbers) have got two version: for OS X and for iOS. You already purchased Keynote and Pages for iOS, so you can install them in all your iPhones, iPads and iPods touch for free, but not in the MacBook Air, because the iOS version isn't supported. You have to buy Keynote and Pages for OS X in the Mac App Store for your MacBook Air.
To access to the Mac App Store, press its icon in the Dock or go to  > App Store

Start up with white page and a folder with ? plz help

i just bought a macbook pro and the first time it started good, but the second time it stuck on the white page and have a folder with the ? on it, can anyone help me....??

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I can't open mail, all I get is a white page with the 5 icons at the top right, the flag, folder etc. then the white pages disappears. I have rebooted, reset my iPad, doesn't help. HELP anyone....tnx

I can't open mail, all I get is a white page with the 5 icons at the top right, the flag, folder etc. then the white pages disappears. I have rebooted, reset my iPad, still can't get mail to open. HELP anyone....tnx

Hello tomzmem,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
This situation does sound very frustrating. I know that you have tried some great troubleshooting steps already and the issue remains unresolved. Have you forced the Mail application to close and then opened it back fresh? If not, this is the next troubleshooting step I would suggest. Please let me know if the issue remains unresolved.
Force an app to close in iOS - Apple Support
Have a great day,
Joe

Created document on Mac Air Pages, saved it to USB drive formatted to ExPat but on Windows 8.1 desktop, this file came up as a JPEG image. Any ideas please?

I created a document on new Mac Air 11.6 Pages and saved it to a USB flash drive, formatted with ExFat. However, on Windows 8.1 desktop, this shows and opens as a JPEG file rather than in MS Word. When I try to open it with Word, it cannot be edited. Any ideas please?

Of course Windows (Office) can't open a pages document.... you have to save as word or export to word.
I took it for granted you knew this (that's my fault). Each word processor has it's own language (programing). Saving the pages file to a disk and putting it in a windows machine then opening it is like someone mailing you a newspaper or magazine in a foreign language you do not read and wondering why you only looked at the pictures.
Not only are you new to Apple it's now apparent you are unknowledgeable about using and understanding technology.
This is basic stuff... Some classes or books on how to transfer/exchange files from one application and operating system to another will help you... or ... just stick with one operating system and applications.

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