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Sometimes restored Mac permissions need to be fixed which can cause your drive to not boot up the first time. Answer (1 of 3): I agree with the other answers, but it depends on how far in the booting sequence you get. If the options above do not work, run Disk Utility first aid on your boot drive. This will bring up Startup Manager and you will be able to connect to a WIFI network.

If you are unable to connect to the Internet after rebooting because of the flashing folder and question mark, reboot your Mac again holding down the OPTION key.

MAC OS COMMAND R QUESTION MARK FOLDER FLASHING 2009 FULL
It is likely your Mac and Time Machine restore is secured by Secure Boot – Full Security and your Mac must be connected to the Internet in order for your Time Machine restore to boot successfully the first time.Ģ.

MAC OS COMMAND R QUESTION MARK FOLDER FLASHING 2009 HOW TO
So now how to figure it out.Did you recently restore your Mac from a Time Machine backup and upon booting up the first time, you see a folder with question mark flashing? If you reboot, the problem persists.ġ. Somewhere in the web I read, a guy named Ivan, reported that his 14' MacBook after upgrading to highsierra had updated it's logic board files also, which now certainly not able to read old data or HDD. I can hear Mac chime at start up, then white screen with questions mark blinking folder. This can also happen when your computer has a dead drive.Try rebooting your computer while holding the Command R key. This could happens because files that are needed to boot the computer are damaged, or the drive's directory is damaged. Secondly a blank white page with mouse cursor when I try only "option" hold press while turning on. Rach, the folder with the question mark means the computer cannot find the startup system. Except these two options either questions mark page with all combination of hold press keys, or In this case, you need to enter the macOS recovery mode and reselect. The second case happens when your Mac is stuck in the flashing folder with a question mark without booting. In this case, you reselect the Startup Disk from system preferences. Now I can't get to any recovery mode, or boot mode, none of the key combination work in this case. The first case occurs when your Mac shows a flashing folder with a question mark for a few seconds. Now when I restarted the pc, I see a blinking question mark folder. Still the same issue, takes me to the page High Sierra download and that won't do.Īm unable to restore the os to its original OS which came alongwith it when at the time of purchase.Īfter quiet hour's of try, I felt sleep. And now when I tried to reinstall OS from recovery Mac OS. I erased(using DiskStation utility in boot) the Macintosh HD all data, to clean install. Now again as per the apple service care, I followed the instructions to internet recovery. Show's High Sierra to download and continue.
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I tried to command+R to re install from recovery mac os. I found it running fine except for camera hardware and mic. I have upgraded to high Sierra(Unsupported OS) from el capitan (which is max supported OS on this Mac). I recently encountered a problem with my old MacBook early 2009 mb5.2 model. You can try internet recovery or booting off of install media and going to the disk utility to check the status of the drive. Did you happen to get any liquid on it or sit it in a puddle of water? The flashing question mark means it cannot detect the hard drive. Turn off the firmware password from macOS Recovery, then restart and reset NVRAM.Įject (⏏), F12, mouse button, or trackpad button Eject removable media, such as an optical disc. If your Mac is using a firmware password, this combination causes your Mac to start up from macOS Recovery instead. Option-Command (⌘)-P-R Reset NVRAM (or PRAM). macOS Recovery installs different versions of macOS, depending on the key combination you use while starting up. Press power-on button and immediately hold down command, option, 'P' and 'R' keys (resetting the PRam). Unplug (if using external power) and wait 10 minutes.
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I read through OSX manual and low and behold found the answer. Option-Command-R to start up from macOS Recovery over the Internet. Flashing Folder & '' Mark at startup Same just happened to me.
MAC OS COMMAND R QUESTION MARK FOLDER FLASHING 2009 PRO
IMac Pro doesn't support this startup key.Ĭommand-R Start up from the built-in macOS Recovery system. To use the default boot image on the NetBoot server, hold down Option-N instead. N Start up from a compatible NetBoot server, if available. Or use Option-D to start up from this utility over the Internet. If your Mac is using a firmware password, you're asked to enter the password first.ĭ Start up from the built-in Apple Hardware Test or Apple Diagnostics utility, depending on your Mac model. Option (⌥) Start up to Startup Manager, which allows you to choose other startup disks, if available.
