Macbook air just showing the "wait" circle.
I can't get it to do anything else, including shut off. any suggestions? I don't remember the operating system.
Hold the power button down for about ten seconds. That should shut down your Mac.
Wait about ten seconds then restart.
If the Mac restarts ok, click the Apple top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click: About this Mac. Which version does it say?
Troubleshooting advice can depend on that information in the future.
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My Macbook Air is totally unresposive once it is turned on. It has 256 GB of flash memory. No mouse cursor; the keyboard has no effect. Running the battery down and then plugging in does not fix this. What can I do to get the Air back?
Have you tried to recover your Mac?
Boot and hold Cmd-R until the recovery screen appears. Follow the prompts. This will reinstall everything over the internet - you do not need any installation media.
You do have a backup of your data, right? -
Macbook Air opens with the spinning circle n loading bar then shuts off?
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Help< I opened an email with photo attachements and it is taking all day to download, I cant delete it, it just stops mail from working. Everything else was fine till i thought turning off the ipad and trying again would work. It didn`t, I cant turn it on at all - itjust shows the spinning wheel (loading?) icon and nothing else. Being a novice and ive only had this for a couple of weeks i need help!
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My new app downloadings just show the "Waiting" symbol
With every new app I try to download, it goes to "waiting" and then stops. No more downloading, it just stops there. It's been stuck like that for two days. This happened once before, but it fixed itself about an hour later. I also tried to update Touchgrind, and then it did the same thing. Does anybody else have the same problem, or is it just me?
To get rid of the waiting you can power off then back on your iPod.
Restart iPod touch: Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button until the red slider
appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPod touch. To turn iPod touch
back on, press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
If that does not work reset your iPod.
Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
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Firefox 28 was working fine, but when I was asked by a pop up upon opening firefox to update to 29.01 i found there were lots of security issues for 28 so i manually updated to 29.01 by going to "about, check for updates,etc." Once it downloaded 29.01, and told me to restart, I restarted firefox. When I opened it, I found it is unusable. It won't open a single website. It won't load my homepage. It has all my favorites from before on the favorites toolbar, but I can't go to anything. I closed it and tried to run cc cleaner as I always do, but I keep getting the message "firefox is taking too long to close would you like to force a shutdown" but the forced shut down doesn't close it either. I opened task manager to try and shut it from there, but firefox isn't showing up. I have no idea what to do. I am typing all this from Chrome b/c I cannot use the latest version of firefox.I've never had this happen before. I also ran it in safe mode and the same thing happened. Please help, and please answer in layman's terms, because I am not a computer expert. I took a couple screen shots I will attach. Actually i don't see anywhere to attach an image so I can't. I also don't understand the green "automatically add" button that is underneath this box on the mozilla support page. Also, when I went to the help, about page in the top corner of firefox just now to check the version it says "firefox is being updated by another instance." What the heck does that mean? Never seen that ever. Appreciate any help.
From the Firefox help files;<BR><BR>
Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration. Since this feature was added to Firefox, it has gradually improved, but there still are a few glitches. -
I have not deleted anything... I've used the applications install dvd... I've tried following along with previous conversations BUT nothing seems to be working.. can someone please help me?
Oh! And since this has been not working... my iphoto won't load aswell.. does anyone know how to fix that issue?Diane,
Your photos are in the iPhoto Library. Almost certainly that is intact, so don't worry.
Go to your Home folder and open the folder called Pictures. What you want is in there, iPhoto Library. Don't do anything there, this is just to reassure yourself.
So it is a matter of getting the iPhoto app to work. Apps are in the Applications folder. Find it and trash it.
Next download iPhoto:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iphoto/id408981381?mt=12 -
i tried holding the lock button...nothing
i tried holding the home button...nothing
i tried holding both together...nothing
ever since apple gave me a refurbished phone for warranty its been nothing but problemsConnect the iPhone to your computer, lauch iTunes. Right or control click the iPhone under Devices then click Restore but don't restore from a backup.
Restore as new.
How to set up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch as a new device -
Hi , just bought a new macbook air. speakers show that they work but can't hear Skype or youtube. Can you help?
Have you checked that they are selected in System Preferences>Sound>Output tab?
If that doesn't help, and although I've never had to use it myself, I've read on here occasionally that launching Audio MIDI Setup in the Utilities folder and messing with the settings in there can sometimes sort out audio problems. -
The hidden files on my macbook air keep showing up!
The hidden files on my macbook air keep showing up! I use different methodes to hide them, but every time, out of the blue, all those horrible 'windows like' .docs show up. I used Paralles 5 (have deleted it - no change), even updated to Lion, no change.. Deleted MacFuse.. no change... I suspected ThinkerTool, but also that one is gone... Files most of the time show as soon as I open a desktop folder... HELP anyone??
Dear People,
After month I'm still struggeling. Like I said, it is not just a replace True with False sollution. When I hide the 'hidden files' and I copy a file to my desktop, the screen flashes and boom... there are my hidden files again.
I can keep on hiding them, but they will keep showing up.... what to do? -
A friend bought second hand macbook air mid 2011 with crossed circle on the display and give to me to try to recover the system, I tried recovery from partition and same thing occured, after internet recovery it stays the same-crossed circle after reboot, then we tried to boot from USB with mac os 10.8 on it, it installs something,like it has being finishing installation, rebootes, and now it asks for password for boot option.We have no idea what that password could be.What happened!!!
I forgot to write down my computer specs:
iMac 27 Mid 2011
2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB
OS X 10.9.2 -
I just verified that i have an early 2011 Macbook Pro and the airplay icon does not appear. i also have a 2013 Macbook Pro which shows the airplay icon. do i need to enable airplay on my early 2011 or is there an update that is needed? Confused.
To check your model go to About This Mac (by clicking on the Apple icon, top left) and then select more info. If you wish to use mirroring you will need one from 2011 or later running OSX 10.8 or later. The alternative would be to use 3rd party software like Airparrot.
About AirPlay Mirroring in OS X -
I have a Google calendar that is syncing with my iPad and on my MacBook Air. However, the calendar items are not showing up when I access iCloud via the Internet. Any suggestions?
On the iPad tap Settings > iCloud
Toggle Documents & Data off then back on then restart your iPad.
Hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button down until the red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPhone. To turn iPhone back on, press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
On the iMac open System Preferences > iCloud
Deselect the box next to Documents & Data then reselect it then restart your iMac. -
just bought an iMac and use iCloud. calendar appointments on iMac are displayed 24 hours out of sync with the iPhone. the iPad and macbook air pick up the same information correctly. why is this?
Hi smokeondz,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If your iCloud calendar entries are not displaying as expected, start with the troubleshooting steps in this article:
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Calendar
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3999
Best Regards,
Jeremy -
I am about to buy my first Macbook Pro, should I wait for the possibility for a 2015 macbook, or just get the most recent model currently? (9-22-14)
No one knows if there will be a new model and if so, when that would be. However, there always will be something bigger, better, and newer around the corner, so you'd be waiting forever.
Buy it when you want or need it.
FWIW, here are the specs of the latest models (which happen to be mid 2014):
Apple - Support - Technical Specifications
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