My mac froze after connecting it to AirPlay and now I can't get it to reboot. Help!

I was hooking my MacBook Pro up to my dad's Apple TV receiver via AirPlay. The Mac display began changing like it would be mirrored, but it never started to mirror, and my mac froze. 10 min later still froze I shut it down via the power button. When I turned it back on, I couldn't get it to boot up all the way. It goes to the point where their is a cursor on the screen, and that's it. I then tried booting up in safe mode, but it took 25 min to boot. I have an early 2011 model and I just installed Yosemite on it a few weeks ago. My AppleCare 3 year warranty ran out back in September, so any help in troubleshooting this is appreciated.

Try a force-restore:
1. Launch iTunes but do not connect the iPad.
2. Hold down the iPad's Home and Sleep buttons at the same time. This will force the screen to fade and the Apple Logo to reappear. KEEP holding the two buttons down until the screen goes black.
3. Once the screen is black, release the Sleep button but keep holding down the Home button while you plug the cable into the iPad.  Contunue holding the Home button until the you see the iTunes logo and the picture of the cable on the screen. This may take up to 30 seconds.
4. iTunes should now detect the iPad and you can perform a Restore.

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