Mac shuts down automatically on gray apple screen when starting up
My mac was having the issue of the curser being a color wheel and just spinning on startup. I have cleared applications list, verify and repaired permissions but nothing has worked to keep my mac from locking up and spinning. Finally I restarted pressing cmd and "R" to get to disc utility to find out I need to reformat. But now when starting up gets to the gray screen with the apple logo and shows the load bar underneith and can not get to the desktop. Once it loads my mac just shuts down. This happens over and over if I continue to restart. I have accessed the disc utility from startup and tried to verify and repair but it says that I need to reformat because of a hard drive error but I need to backup my mac before doing that since I have a LOT of sensitive information on my computer. The issue is, I can not boot to desktop regularly or in safe mode to backup my mac. This is my work computer so I am unable to do anything at work until this gets fixed which means I am loosing money. Please help me boot to my desktop so I can get this backed up and reformated asap.
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It showed the apple screen recently a couple of days ago...but I was using my iPod more already.
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Model: Macbook Pro5,1
OSX 10.5.7
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Im first time mac owner and have very little technical ability ... !
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Laptop shuts down automatically if idle for about ten minutes ... this time can vary.
Prior to this happening it makes alarming noises which appear to come from the on/off button area. Initially I thought it was a CD banging ... but its not that.
This is the extent of my diagnostics at this stage! I have limited warranty on (based in Ireland) was planning on getting extended apple care warranty only last week ... not sure should i still get the extended warranty now I know this problem exists, cant find apple service centre in Dublin and not sure if I would be covered under limited warranty.
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first of, you have posted in the Mac Pro section not the MacBook Pro section here http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=190
Anyway, is this really a shutdown or is it just sleeping ?
If sleeping check the Energy Savings settings in the System Preferences for when your MBP should go to sleep when inactive.
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powerbook g4 15 inch Mac OS X (10.4.8)Welcome to the Discussions!
The first thing to do would be to boot from your original Disk 1 by:
1. Inserting the disc, pressing the power button, and immediately after the startup chime, press and hold the C key until you see the spinning gear icon appear on the grey splash screen.
2. After the machine has booted, pick your language, and when the Installer window appears, do not press Continue, but go to the Utilities menu in the menubar and open Disk Utility.
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My mac shuts down automatically after 10 Min., I must sign in again and the movie or whatever I just watch is still on in the back.
How can I prefend this cutoff?
I read all the comments, but no help. Even if I turn off the Mac or unplug it, it does not help.No, did not help. I take it to the store. Thanks anyway.
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Mac shuts down after boot. Is it the logic board?
mac shuts down after boot. Doesn't go beyond gray screen with apple. Is it the logic board?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
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