When I turn on my MacBook pro I get the apple and the spinning thing will not boot up what can I do

Having trouble getting to boot up

There are four general causes of this issue:
1. The computer's PRAM no longer contains a valid startup disk setting when there aren't any problems with the disk itself. This can be checked for by pressing the Option key and seeing if the drive appears.
2. The internal drive's directory structure has become damaged. This requires usage of an alternate bootable system to perform the repair.
3. Critical system files have been deleted. This requires usage of an alternate bootable system to reinstall them.
4. The internal drive has died or become unplugged. This is the most likely case if the computer took a sharp impact or there are unusual sounds coming from its location.
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Oh, I'm on my phone because if the problem, so I put the whole question in the title. But, the problem is that my computer acts like I've got the alt key down I start up, and gives me an error sound when I hit certain keys (e i, u, and a few othes) so I can't log in. Help?

You showed a kernel panic file from OS X, apprantly Log Me In is installed into OS X or running when you log in.
You should be using the developers installer/unistaller to remove Log Me In from OS X.
Somehow it's in OS X, I don't know, but it's there and you need to remove it. I'm not dealing with Windows, just OS X.
Talk to Log Me In people and find out what is installed where so you can do a manual deletion out of OS X.
If that doesn't work, you have to reboot holding the Shift key down manually search for any Log Me In or Himachi files on your computer, in your System/Library/Extensions folder too, use the free Easy Find.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/DTWebsiteSupport/download/freeware/easyfind/4.9/EasyFin d.app.zip

When i turn on my MacBook Pro, it makes the chime sound, and I hear it running but the screen is black. Just downloaded new OS.....need help.

when I turn on my MacBook Pro, I hear the startup chime, and the fan running. The screen is black and there are no lights on the keyboard. I tried resetting PRAM, but still will not start. Running OS X Mavericks 10.9.1 and recently download new OS. Serial number is C0****W47. How do I bring my screen back?
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After a while I heared something about pressing the return key for english. But when I pressed the ruturn key, nothing happened.

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I'm new in the Mac World. In November I bought a MacBook Pro. I love my MacBook, however, a couple of days ago when I turn on my MacBook and log in, a window or box prompts up for about one second and then dissapears. I'm afraid that may be a virus or trojan that may be running behind the screen. How do I fix this? Are there any applications that I can run to detect what is happening to my computer.
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It was very hard to see what the box says because the message displays for less than one second. However, I was able to record it with my iphone and pause it until I got a shot of the message. The box says the following:
"Do you want the application “java” to accept incoming network connections?
Clicking deny may limit the application’s behavior. This setting can be changed in the Firewall pane of Security preferences."
I did make some changes. I will see if it works.
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When I turn on my MacBook Pro I get a message that the iCloud terms have changed and I have to accept the new ones in Settings. The spinning wheel then appears and stays there - forever.

The problems began when I deleted a ymail account and replaced it with a new ymail account. My main account is a gmail. At some point Yahoo appear to have changed the suffix from ymail.com to yahoo.com. I could not and indeed cannot get iCloud to accept my new account. I kept getting told that my id and password could not be configured. Eventually I tried it on my mini iPad and "hey presto!" no problem at all. My new yahoo account nestles comfortably in iCloud on the mine iPad. But the MacBook Pro will have none of it! I write this question now as I fear that I will be totally demented very soon and unable to formulate my thoughts clearly!
By the way, I also find the "password" issue problematical. It seems Apple want my Apple password rather than my eMail password. All very confusing.

Killerfinch wrote:
My new yahoo account nestles comfortably in iCloud on the mine iPad.
No, your Yahoo account is not in iCloud (which only handles iCloud mail), it is in Yahoo, and the Yahoo mail account is on your iPad.
But the MacBook Pro will have none of it! I write this question now as I fear that I will be totally demented very soon and unable to formulate my thoughts clearly!
Get the correct settings for your account from Yahoo and set it up manually.
By the way, I also find the "password" issue problematical. It seems Apple want my Apple password rather than my eMail password. All very confusing.
That would depend on what you are trying to do.

My Macbook Pro keeps getting the spinning wheel...

Hello there.
This seems to be something thats asked about quite often. I wanted to see if there was something I could do to fix this problem without having to go to Apple. and if not, it is what it is. ....I have a Macbook Pro, bought it in 2011...has really never ever given me any issues, I havent really been using it all that much like I used to but I'll be using it alot more now that Ill be returning to college...I will say, its usually worse with safari. With Google Chrome it isn't quite as bad.
It's just been real slow lately, usually freezes up, then the spinning wheel pops up, usually doesnt go away, sometimes does...usually doesnt though...If the spinning wheel doesn't show up, another thing that may happen is if I hover over an app, say itunes or google chrome, the icon of the app will enlarge like it normally does, but when I scroll away and as the cursor goes away from the icon, the icon stay enlarged, and doesnt allow me to double click it or really anything...that doesnt happen quite as often as the spinning wheel though
so yeah, id like to know if this is fixable...I've considered calling Apple they're very helpful but i Figured i'd give this a try...
I'm not really sure what specific info you may need to be able to help me, like i said its a 2011 Macbook Pro, apparently Memory 4 GB (from about this mac) ,
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Avoid third party so called Mac cleaning utilities. They can more harm than good. Your Mac runs maintenace in the background for you. There are other reasons why you see the spinning beach ball.
Not enough free storage space slow your Mac down.
Click your Apple menu  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage
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If it's not a disk space issue, a Safe Mode boot deletes system caches that may help.
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 the Apple  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click Restart.
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What do I do when I power up the computer and get a grey screen with a folder icon and a question mark?

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What do I do when I power up the computer and get a grey screen with a folder icon and a question mark?
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When I setup my new MacBook Pro, something slipped by me and my computer was named First-Lasts-MacBook-Pro (using my real first and last name).
I changed the computer name in Preferences/Sharing to a new name and Preferences/Accounts to just be Mike. I can right click on my account name, choose advanced, and see that everything looks right.
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So even though another Mac just sees my new computer name, and my home folder is Mike, somewhere in the system the original setup with my full name is still stored. And it's available on a network scan. So my full name might show up at a coffee shop.
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One thought... you said the iPhone displayed your computer's old name? I think that you must have used the iPhone with this computer before you changed the name. So no one else's iPhone should display your full name unless that iPhone had previously connected to your Mac. For example, I did this exact same change, and I use the Keynote Remote app to connect with my MacBook Pro. It would no longer link with my MacBook Pro under the old name, and I found that I had to unlink and then create a new link under the new name. So the answer to your question is, there is nothing you need to do on the Mac, but rather the phone, and no other phone will display your full name.

When I turn on my MacBook pro I get the apple and the spinning thing will not boot up what can I do

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