MacBook Pro won't reboot

I bought the MB Pro in April '10 and have recently had nothing but problems with its performance. About a month ago I took it in to a Mac Store and had a Genius run diagnostics. Apart from dropping it over 6 months ago and having a sketchy battery everything was said to be in top performance. Then I installed the Lion OX 10.7.2 combo update. Since then I've had nothing but problems with performance. More than one program opened at once causes major slows or stops in performance... evil rainbow wheel!
Yesterday, however, started a problem with Microsoft programs not being able to function at all. Excel, first; never got it to function. Word today, again not functioning; errors when I tried to open the program.
Since that problem was continuing I decided to restart my computer (from the apple menu). Now it will not reboot beyond the gray apple screen. The wheel spins as if functioning and the hard drive is humming/fans running, but no other forward movement. I've now attempted to reboot from the power button 4 times to no avail. Both on battery and wall power.
Any assistance would be appreciated! I'm 2 hours from the closest Mac Store and can't really be without my computer. I'm lucky to have an iPad2 that I'm submitting this from, but it doesn't hold my entire work life, so I'm screwed at the moment!
THANKS!

You shouldn't be using the disc at all. I thought I had made that clear. Boot from your recovery partition and run Disc Utility. If you get the same result -- the internal drive can't be repaired -- then you should consider replacing it. No storage device can be trusted, in my opinion, after throwing an error like that. But whether you choose to replace it or erase it, you have to get the data out first.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to fully boot. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
1. Boot from your recovery partition (10.7 or later), a local Time Machine backup volume (10.7.2 or later), or your installation disc (10.6.8 or earlier.) Launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in the support article linked below, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
How to back up and restore your files
2. If you have a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode by holding down the key combination command-T at the startup chime. Connect the two Macs with a FireWire cable. The internal drive of the machine running in target mode will mount as an external drive on the other machine. Copy the data to another drive.
How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode
3. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.

Similar Messages

MacBook Pro won't reboot. Get spinning circle even after hard drive replaced at Apple Store

MacBook Pro won't reboot. Have to reinstall OSX each time I shut down in order to get it to start up. What could be wrong? I had the hard drive replaced already.

You shouldn't be using the disc at all. I thought I had made that clear. Boot from your recovery partition and run Disc Utility. If you get the same result -- the internal drive can't be repaired -- then you should consider replacing it. No storage device can be trusted, in my opinion, after throwing an error like that. But whether you choose to replace it or erase it, you have to get the data out first.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to fully boot. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
1. Boot from your recovery partition (10.7 or later), a local Time Machine backup volume (10.7.2 or later), or your installation disc (10.6.8 or earlier.) Launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in the support article linked below, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
How to back up and restore your files
2. If you have a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode by holding down the key combination command-T at the startup chime. Connect the two Macs with a FireWire cable. The internal drive of the machine running in target mode will mount as an external drive on the other machine. Copy the data to another drive.
How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode
3. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.

Start up Disk full and MacBook Pro won't reboot. Only white screen but can sleep, restart, shut down.

Start up Disk full and MacBook Pro won't reboot. Only white screen but can sleep, restart, shut down.

Reboot into Safe Mode (hold the shift key down at the sound of the chime, release when the progress bar appears) Safe Mode will take longer to boot than normal.

Macbook pro won't reboot after installing lion

After installing Lion on a 2007 MacBook pro, it won't reboot. Just gets to the gray screen with the spinning wheel. Have tried re-installing and disk repair to no avail. Anyone else figured out how to fix?

alan81 wrote:
After installing Lion on a 2007 MacBook pro, it won't reboot. Just gets to the gray screen with the spinning wheel. Have tried re-installing and disk repair to no avail. Anyone else figured out how to fix?
Lion only runs on Intel based systems which have to be core2duo. with a minimum of 2GB RAM.
If these is given on your system, in most cases it comes from running old PPC-Applications which are not longer supported since Lion.
Try to start your MB in "Safe Mode" by holding option key (alt) imediately after first chime and disable / delete this applications.
Lupunus

MacBook Pro won't reboot after Lion update

I have updated my new MacBook Pro (2.3GHz I7 15"), and everything seemed to be working fine. Something was chugging away at the system resources when I was away from my computer and when I came back, I decided to reboot the system.
Now all that will happen is boot up to the Apple logo and spin the little grey circle, for an hour! I don't know what to do, help my computer is useless!
I have booted into the recovery partition and repaired permissions, but it did not help. Anyone have any ideas?

alan81 wrote:
After installing Lion on a 2007 MacBook pro, it won't reboot. Just gets to the gray screen with the spinning wheel. Have tried re-installing and disk repair to no avail. Anyone else figured out how to fix?
Lion only runs on Intel based systems which have to be core2duo. with a minimum of 2GB RAM.
If these is given on your system, in most cases it comes from running old PPC-Applications which are not longer supported since Lion.
Try to start your MB in "Safe Mode" by holding option key (alt) imediately after first chime and disable / delete this applications.
Lupunus

MACBOOK PRO / WON'T REBOOT / AFTER AUTOMATIC MAC UPDATE 06.FEB.2013

I am using Macbook Pro Mid 2010 with OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
JUST RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION THAT APP STORE DID SOME UPDATE SO MAC NEEDS TO RESTART.
I CLICKED "YES".
NEXT THING I KNOW IS THAT IT IS UPDATING/INSTALLING, AND IT ATTEMPTS TO REBOOT. BUT IT DOESN'T.
ACTUALLY IT SHOWS THE USUAL START UP WHITE/OFF-WHITE COLOR SCREEN WITH THE APPLE LOGO IN THE MIDDLE, AND THERE IS A "DOWNLOAD/INSTALL HORIZONTAL BAR". IT "SHADES/DONE" AROUND 20% AND THEN THE MAC GOES OFF. BLACK SCREEN. SWITCHES OFF.
I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES. BUT RESULT IS BAD. NO LUCK.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WAS THIS UPDATE. I WAS TIRED SO I DIDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION.
PLEASE HELP.
P.S.
I HAVE SOME IMPORTANT DOC,S AND DIDN'T BACKUP (TIME-MACHINE) FROM LAST 25 DAYS

Gray progress bar appears under Apple logo during startup
If you want to preserve the data on the boot drive, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to fully boot. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
1. Boot into Recovery (command-R at startup) or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) Launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in the support article linked below, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
How to back up and restore your files
2. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode by holding down the key combination command-T at the startup chime. Connect the two Macs with a FireWire or Thunderbolt cable. The internal drive of the machine running in target mode will mount as an external drive on the other machine. Copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode
3. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.

What keyboard shortcuts can I use when my 15" MacBook Pro won't reboot and i have a black screen

I have a refurbished 15" MacBook Pro. There have been several times when I turn off
my system that it won't turn on. I cannot remember the fix I used to start it the other times but I think it involved a keyboard sequence.
Anyone?
Many Thanks
belladonna1962

Resetting SMC?
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".

Macbook pro won't reboot - what now?

My macbook pro is about 5 years old. Runs OSX 10.5.7 I believe. Hard drive has been racing on occasion, but it still worked. At least until today. I can't get it to reboot. Light turns on indicating its running, but screen remains blank and normal rebooting sound does not exist. What do I do?
Having to compose this on husband's PC.....gag.

When exactly did you buy it?
There was a series of MBPs that had bad video cards. They were produced in the end of 2007 to early 2008.
If just the hard drive died then you would still see something on the screen. Since you say all you see is the lights come on but nothing on the screen the drive might still be good, or usable, but something else in the computer is bad. Like the video card. To bad as the recall/repair for these systems with the bad video card only lasted for 4 years from Date Of Purchase.
It will cost you just as much, or close to, the cost of a new unit to fix the one you have. So run out and buy a new Mac so you don't have to use your husbands PC.
This response ws typed on a Dell i8200 that is 9+ years old and still running fine.

10.5.7 and Macbook Pro won't reboot!!

I've updated to 10.5.7 this morning and my system is just sitting here rebooting over and over. It brings up the Apple logo without the spinning wheel, sits for 5 minutes, then reboots again... just does it over and over again.
Can anyone tell me what I might do to force it to reboot?
Thanks,
glenn

This works on an MBP? Because when I hold down the shift key and press power button nothing happens. I hold and hold and it just sits there with a white screen. When I release, I get the apple that just sits forever and never moves. What is the exact procedure for doing this?
Thanks,
glenn

Macbook Pro won't reboot after mountain lion installation.

I installed the new Mountain Lion o/s and the installation was sucessful. However, when the computer started to
reboot by itself, it just stuck on the grey screen with the logo and the turning wheel. It has been like this for hours.
What should I do to fix this problem? Please help. The computer was purchased during Christmas 2011.

Call Apple support and they can talk you through getting back to a restore.
It appeared that my disk was a little corrupt before performing the upgrade. You should use diskutility to verify and repair your disk before doing this upgrade.
Or just hold the option key down on boot up to see if you can get to the restore utility.

TS1365 My MacBook Pro won't reboot on my optical drive eventhough i press "C" during start?

I tried to reboot on my optical drive by pressing "C" on restar but would appear apple logo nd just freezes it there. I have parallel 8 with windows 8 on my MacBookPro.

That would mean that either the media can't be read withour error, or the system contained therein is incompatible with your Mac.
For example, I own a Snow Leopard upgrade box I bought when that cat came out. It contains a 10.6.0 system. However, my current Mac tries to boot from it and doesn't get past a white screen like you describe. It appears I would need a 10.6.5 or so as a minimum OS for it to boot, given my Mac's firmware.
If feasible, try booting off the media in another Mac.

Macbook pro won't boot, stuck on white apple screen

Noticed today, that my macbook pro won't boot . It gets to the white apple screen with the spinner under the apple logo. It stays like this for a long time without doing anything except spinning.
I've powered down and tried to boot up several times.
I have boot camp and windows on my mac and when the white screen appears, I can press Option to bring up which hard drive and the Windows partition will load without any problems.

Exacty what happens when you try to boot up from the disc that came with your computer? Are you holding down the c key? Have you tried holding down the "option key?" Are you able to run the Hardware Test - Intel-based Macs: Using Apple Hardware Test
Shut down your computer and disconnect all peripherals (keyboard & mouse if pertinent) from your computer. Now reboot.
If the Mac starts up normally, shut it down again and then plug in one of the peripherals (keyboard or mouse first) and start up your computer again. If it does so successfully repeat the process, adding one peripheral at a time until your Mac acts up. At that point, disconnect the last peripheral you added, reboot your Mac and search the peripheral vendor's website for an updated driver.
If no driver exists or the problem remain after installing the new driver, try a different cable or a different port on your Mac.
If none of the above works, again disconnect all peripherals from your Mac, hold down the "shift" key to start up in "Safe Boot" mode.
If the Mac starts up correctly, restart without pressing the "shift" key.
If your computer still does not start up properly, shut it down and restart it while holding down the Apple+Option-P-R keys; keep holding "all 4 keys" down until you hear the startup sound "twice."
If none of the above work Disconnect all peripherals from your computer. Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
(If Disk Utility cannot repair, you will need a stronger utility (3rd party) - Diskwarrior or Techtool PRO)
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 and restart your computer.
Remove any 3rd party ram.
Reinstall Lion - This will install a "fresh" copy of Lion without archiving old system files but leaves the rest of your files in place.
If your computer is still under warranty or you have Apple Care, take full advantage of it by letting tech support deal with your problems. It's what you're paying them for.
Out of warranty - take the computer to an Apple store or an AASP. Whichever is more convenient for you.

MacBook Pro won't sleep when charging

My 15" i5 MacBook Pro won't sleep when charging; a reboot of the machine solves the problem temporarily, but it always recurs. When I close the lid and listen carefully, I can hear hard drive activity; the drive sounds like it keeps spinning up every 10 seconds or so.
This is not an issue when trying to sleep when running on the battery only. Any advice?

I don't have launch2net installed.
I'm not sure how this will help, but here's the last 5 lines from Console:
11-07-13 5:19:46 PM          Butler[156]          cache: adding applications...
11-07-13 5:19:46 PM          Butler[156]          cache: adding addresses...
11-07-13 5:19:47 PM          Butler[156]          cache: categorizing...
11-07-13 5:19:49 PM          Butler[156]          updated abbreviations cache (enabled)
11-07-13 5:19:58 PM          SIMBL Agent[133]          warning: failed to get scripting definition from /Applications/Utilities/Console.app; it may not be scriptable.

After 10.7.4 update macbook pro won't sleep

after 10.7.4 update, macbook pro won't sleep.

Test after each of the following steps that you haven’t already tried:
Step 1
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Energy Saver ▹ Power Adapter ▹ Wake for network access: uncheck. You may need to unlock the preference pane by clicking the lock icon in the lower left corner and entering your administrator password.
Step 2
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Energy Saver ▹ Schedule… ▹ Start up or wake: uncheck
Step 3
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Print & Scan ▹ Open Print Queue...
Check all printers for unfinished jobs. Deal with any you find.
Step 4
Disconnect all wired peripherals except keyboard, mouse or trackball, and monitor, if applicable.
Step 5
Launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ If you’re running Mac OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the page that opens.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected. Enter “powerd” (without the quotes) in the "Filter" text field. Select the powerd process and click the Quit Process button in the toobar (stop-sign icon.) In the sheet that opens, click Force Quit. You’ll be prompted for your administrator password. The process will be relaunched immediately.
Step 6
Boot in safe mode and log in. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Note: If FileVault is enabled under Mac OS X 10.7 or later, you can’t boot in safe mode.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal. Don’t launch any applications at first. If sleep still doesn’t work properly, back up all data and reinstall the Mac OS. After that, if you still have the issue, make a “Genius” appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested.
If sleep now works as expected, go on to the next step.
Step 7
Still in safe mode, launch the usual set of applications that are running when you have the problem, including your login items, one at a time, testing after each one. Some applications may not work; skip them. You might be able to identify the cause of the problem this way.
Step 8
If sleep is still working after you’ve launched all the usual applications, reboot as usual (not in safe mode) and test again. If sleep still works, you’re done, at least for the moment.
If you still have the sleep issue after booting out of safe mode, post again.

My MacBook Pro won't turn on. What keys do I use toed last week.

My MacBook Pro won't turn on. What are the keys to reboot? This happened last week.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964 if you haven't replaced the PRAM battery in the last 4 years.
If you have:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Note, the PRAM battery is not the normal replaceable battery for power. It is the equivalent of the PC CMOS battery.

MacBook Pro won't reboot

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for