Macbook not working properly
I was watching mlb.tv on my computer and I moved it slightly, and the macbook rebooted... I was like okay, maybe I pressed a button...
Well it starts up fine, and it asks me to download the battery update.. I do that, and I'm browsing the internet after it installs and it asks me to reboot...
But it reboots itself... it loads the grey screen and then it goes the next screen... It then restarts again.
Now if I restart it, it goes to a black screen and it stays there...
Any idea what's going on?
Run fsck.
1. Reboot/Startup holding your Command-S key down.
2. At the command line type the following and hit 'Return.'
/sbin/fsck -fy
3. After it has check/repaired your disk, type 'reboot' and hit 'Return' again. Unit should bootup normally.
Try resetting your PRAM also.
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