My Mac Mini is not starting, but when it does it goes to the grey screen, but sits there making a clicking noise
My Mac Mini is not starting properly, when it does it goes to a gray screen, but sits there making a clicking noise
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My Mac Mini doesn't start up when usb devices are plugged in.
My Mac Mini doesn't start up when usb devices are plugged in.
It just shows the "White screen of Death" when 1 or more usb ports are used.Haha. I just restarted it and it worked. Instead of turning it off and on. But thanks.
By the way:
Note: It is possible that the SMC could encounter an issue that may cause unusual system behavior typically related to the symptoms described below. In some cases, resetting the SMC may be the only correct method to resolve the issue, however, an SMC reset should only be attempted after all other standard troubleshooting has been performed.
So I hope it is fixed for now. But could someone also post another solution? -
I recently upgraded my RAM (3 months ago) on my 2006 mac mini at a licensed dealer. It has been working fine, until 3 days ago it froze with the little colour wheel still spinning so I powered it down holding the power button on the back. Now when I start it up it makes the start up sounds and goes to the grey screen with the apple logo, but stalls there. A loading circle goes round and round and a progress bar shows up at the bottom. The bar does gradually fill up(takes about 24 hours), but nothing happens (it doesn't get past this page).
I would insert the first OS X disk that came with the system in the DVD drive, and boot holding the alt/option key down. Choose the Apple hardware test, and when prompted choose the extended test. Does that point to a hardware issue?
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Help, my Mac mini will not start properly. Only goes to the white screen with thinking. Will not go to the password section
Are you sure about your hard disk health, any clicking noice recently?
Go to boot menu (press option button or button left to your space bar while booting) > Select Recovery drive > Disk utility > Verify the volume on which OS X is installed. -
My problem started when system preferences was unresponsive and would not force quit. I tryed to restart and got the grey screen, but it never restarted. I closed the lid and now the screen is blank. Has anyone had a similar problem after Lion installation?
No, as I have yet to be convinced on Lion.
Did a permissions repair help from the install DVD? -
After installing the new software to my iPhone 4S , my dream zoo either will not start or when it does it has a blank screen that has a few icons on it that wont work. How can I fix this is it possible to go back and reinstall the older software ?
Unfortunately I tried that and it didn't work. Thanks for the help though. I tried to uninstall and it said I couldn't because the file is corrupt or something, but I think I finally got it uninstalled and/or deleted or whatever, but now I try to reinstall/download it again from the beginning and I can't. No matter what I do I can not get Firefox working again. No matter how many times I try to redownload it. Any other suggestions?
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Hello, I have a MacBook Air, when I was watching a movie it started to freeze, so I turned off. But when I turn it on just the white screen appears nothing else. I looked on other websites, but the methods didn't help.
Try a Safe Mode boot ...
Startup your Mac in Safe Mode
A Safe Mode boot takes much longer than a normal boot so be patient.
Once you are in Safe Mode, click Restart from the Apple () menu. -
My MacBook Pro stated that it needed to be updated. I clicked yes to restart the computer and update but when it restarted it stays on the gray screen with the apple logo and then pops up, stating "unable to find driver for this platform." What do I do?
Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at the startup chime. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
Note: You need an always-on Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection to the Internet to use Recovery. It won’t work with USB or PPPoE modems, or with networks that require any kind of authentication other than a WPA or WPA2 Personal password.
When the Mac OS X Utilities screen appears, follow the prompts to reinstall the Mac OS. You don't need to erase the boot volume, and you won't need your backup unless something goes wrong. If your Mac didn’t ship with Lion, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade, so make a note of those before you begin.
Don't install the Thunderbolt update -- it's defective. -
My computer will not start up. It powers up, I get the gray screen with the apple, then the loading progress bar starts loading to about 25% the the screen goes black. what can I try to get my computer up and running?
Carolyn Samit wrote:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
Use Command + R for Lion Recovery
Try restarting, when you hear the startup tone hold down the Option key. Then choose the Recovery Partition. -
Just downloaded and installed new LR CC. No apparent problems with the D/I on my iMac, OS 10.10.3. however LR CC will not start. I get a momentary flash of the opening screen and then the program shuts down. From the posts it looks like this if a very common problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Have you tried logging out of your CC desktop app, then logging back in again? Quit/Restart won't work, but logging out and back in should. See here: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/sign-in-out-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html
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Hello, I was going to have my presentation on my MacBook Air. But when I putted it up on the big screen it wasn't a normal presentation. There was two pages at the time and a timer came up. How can I fix this as fast as posible? Thank's in advance.
Your MacBook is using the big screen as the Presenter Display, and the MacBook Air display as the Show display. Tap the 'x' key to swap them during the show.
Here is more information about using the Presenter Display. -
My MBA now just goes to the apple logo on the grey screen but no further
My MBA now just goes to the apple logo on the grey screen but no further... I did some updates on Office but it did not freeze on install and recently I installed Joost.
I thought about booting it from a disc but now I have a disk stuck in my MAB superdrive that I can't get out since at this stage it will not eject... it is a mess...
I am new to Mac, so I am lost...
Anybody can help me with tips ?Installed Acrobat Reader for Mac. Rebooted and get apple logo, grey screen and perpetual blue screen, no further. I have dual systems installed and can boot Windows XP Pro with no problem so it appears to be a Mac OS problem, not hardware. Awaiting help.
_*WARNING to others who may have same problem installing Adobe Acrobat Reader and Office updates (see germmac post).*_ -
TS1587 when i put on my computer the grey screen pops up also the spinning thing and thats it...
when i put on my computer the grey screen pops up also the spinning thing and thats it...
ABut the problem that I have is that when I ploged everything together AND am about to press that start botton. It comes on but that grey screen with grey apple/ and that spinning thing and that's it....nothing further, it's just there with grey screen
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Macbook not going past the grey screen
Im really bad with computers, but my problem is pretty much that every time i try to power up my macbook running leopard it stays on the grey screen with the apple logo and the wheel jsut keeps spinning, I've tried reseting the SMC and just using the reset bottons, but nothing is working, can anyone help?
You will have to reinstall OS X. See the following:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Continue with installation. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update. -
What now? Hard drive replaced 10 days ago but now iMac won't go beyond the grey screen.
Hard drive replaced after inability to get beyond grey, sometimes blue, screen. It's been working fine for the past ten days but now it's stuck at the grey screen. After 3 or 4 minutes, it'll restart itself and the whole cycle begins again. Did a Hardware Test from the disc. First time it appeared to have passed but again not getting beyond the grey screen, did another. This time it froze half way through. Any suggestions? This is an iMac 24", 2009 with large architectural programs installed (Vectorworks).
Not sure what to suggest at this point. I don't think a smc and pram reset will do anything useful for this case but you could give it a try as a desperation move.
If the machine could stay up long enough I would try to make a backup. If not, at least try to copy off that Vectorworks stuff on to a drive. Maybe it will stay up long enough to get just that.
By the way, if you had the AHT boot disk you should also have the installer disk. If you boot from it you could try to run Disk Utility from there to try to repair the boot drive. just in case it's only a problem of a corrupt disk.
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