Questions tagged [reboot]
Rebooting is the process by which a running computer system is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally.
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Circle-backslash symbol at boot on MacBook Pro mid 2012
At reboot I get the circle-backslash sign on a MacBook Pro mid 2012 with an SSD.
The first time I pressed CMD + R and opened Recovery Mode from internet, ran Disk Utility and corrected an error on ...
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Does the command `reboot` hurt a Mac computer?
Does the command reboot (used in Terminal) hurt the computer? Because it is almost like pulling the power cord, which is not a recommended way to power down a computer.
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MacBook Pro 16 inch 2019 having kernel panics stating thunderbolt power on failed and now my USB-C Ports don't work unless I reboot
My MacBook Pro 16 inch, manufactured in March 2020 - running Catalina 10.15.4, will reboot randomly at times, citing a kernel panic - the full log is listed below. Moreover, my USB-C ports don't work, ...
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How to get my second-hand, factory reset, 2008 iMac to work?
Good day,
1. The Setup
I recently got a 2008 imac from a friend who reset it to factory settings prior to giving it to me. When I tried to turn it on it brought me to a OS X Utilities window. In ...
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Creating a bootable macOS installer errors with ‘dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/IAESD.framework Versions/A/IAESD’
I'm following How to create a bootable installer for macOS guide by Apple, but it's giving me an error. When I execute
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/...
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2008 Mac Pro 3,1 freezes upon adding USB devices
On my 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 it will turn off and have to be restarted when adding a usb ext drive. It has even turned off when plugging in a wired Apple mouse as well.
It does this in either front or ...
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Catalina login screen hangs after power related restart
When the battery runs out on my MBP, after plugging in and pressing the power button, I am greeted with the login screen. I type my password, then it hangs and the only thing I can do is hard switch ...
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Mac reboots after some minutes of inactivity
I have this strange problem of my Mac rebooting. Everything was normal until I started syncing photos from iCloud (this could be coincidental, maybe not). First time I noticed a problem after 1-2 days ...
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I cannot activate Setup Assistant Mac OS Catalina 10.15.1
I accidentally deleted my admin account from directory utilities system. Now I'm using my standard account to login, in the system preferences there is no admin account but when I click the lock it ...
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My MBP won’t start up and I can’t recover it using Time Machine
This morning I wanted to restart my MacBook, and while it was loading, all of a sudden it got shut down. I think that it was downloading updates and couldn't install those because there was not enough ...
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Why does my Mac play YouTube videos in open Chrome tabs before it's finished rebooting after installing a security update?
For a while now, I've noticed that if I have a YouTube video active in Chrome when I install a security update, my Mac will start playing that video before about 20 seconds before the login screen ...
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How to get back old configurations of app windows if lost because of reboot?
Macbook froze (the rainbow beachball was just twirling) because of low memory, so I needed to do a reboot using the power button.
Might have done a safe mode reboot (not sure).
After I restarted ...
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Any way to reboot more than one iOS device via idevicediagnostics?
Is there a way to reboot more than one iOS device via idevicediagnostics? I have 5 devices and i want to reboot them remotely at once via command or any software.
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System reboots when I disconnect Blackmagic eGPU from my Mac mini
When I shut down the Blackmagic eGPU using the icon in the Menu bar:
Or if I manually unplug it, the system wants to reboot. All the applications ask "Do you want to close?" Then if I say no, at some ...
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Screen distortion during login
When restarting my login screen looks normal, but soon after I press enter, before showing me my desktop the screen becomes weirdly distorted for a few seconds. Is there any way to fix this?
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macOS Mojave Shutdown cause
I am working on macOS Mojave unified logs,which are as follows:
2019-04-29 11:16:07.480418+0900 0xc2 Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5
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After Forced Reboot, Passwords and SSL Not Working
I was having problems with my Mac Mini, stuff like the Finder not responding, so I restarted. I tried it the 'correct' way to begin with, i.e. apple menu, and then restart. All of the windows ...
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How do I fix the “auto-reboot” bug on my iPhone X without resetting it to factory?
Here are some backgrounds:
I've got my iPhone X in early 2018. The device model is MQA92CH/A. I have NEVER Jailbroken it. I only install apps from the App Store. I have dropped it to the ground for ...
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Cannot restart, shutdown or log out
I am on 10.14.4, the same thing was happening at least on 10.14.1.
Laptop: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)
So the problem is if I open "Apple Menu" in top left corner and click any of the ...
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Resetting PRAM through Terminal
For some reason, my Mac won't let me reset my PRAM in the usual way (by holding the relevant keys down when restarting), simply nothing happens when I try it and my Mac just boots up normally every ...
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How to permanently disable app relaunch and window restore in Mojave on reboot?
How do I disable both the "relaunch apps after reboot" feature as well as the "reopen windows at relaunch" feature? When I reboot (be it after a hard reset or reboot command) I want to be presented ...
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MacBook Air randomly reboots
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My wife has a 13" early-2014 MacBook Air which is left open and connected to the charger, running all the time. Periodically, I check that it's still on.
A couple of weeks ago, I started ...
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Problems after deleting Bootcamp Partion/EFI
I am running High Sierra 10.13.6 on a MacBook Pro.
To cut a long story short, I installed a release of Windows 10 on my Mac and did not like it. So I decided to delete it.
I did my best to remove ...
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Cydia iOS10.3.3 reboot exploit break
I reebooted my iPhone 6s when it was running Cydia, and have tried to re-do the exploit (as I thought that you had to do after rebooting), but it reboots right after the first exploit notification. ...
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iMac with bootcamp windows 10 reboots 3 seconds after shutdown (no fastboot, no wol)
Hello I recently purchased iMac so I tried to set up things so that I can remove my old windows desktop away and still be able to use both Mac OS and Windows
If I shutdown from Windows, it boots up ...
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Unexpected shut downs on MacBook Air '15 with code -128
I have a MacBook Air, Early 2015, running macOS Mojave. Over the last 2 weeks, it has been unexpectedly shutting down and rebooting over varied time periods.
Upon checking the shutdown logs, I found ...
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iPhone SE - force rebooting gets into a loop
My situation is a bit complicated.
I have an iPhone SE with iOS 9.3.5.
I connected my iPhone to a rental car's audio system and something bad happened. The lock button stopped working and it is ...
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No Reboot on MacPro using a new Samsung 860 EVO SSD
From the standard hard disk I can start, restart, and shutdown with no issues.
From the new Samsung EVO 860 I can start and shutdown, but I can NOT restart. It freezes with a black screen. If I ...
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MacBook Air 2013 rebooting when waking up from standby
I recently started having this problem with my MacBook Air 2013 (i7/8GB) running the latest High Sierra:
Sleep itself works perfectly fine. If I wake up the device within the standbydelay of 3 hours, ...
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All accounts lost on each reboot
I recently purchased a used 2015 MacBook Pro. The machine is in excellent condition, and they did a factory reset before I took the device.
Every time I shut down the machine, all of the users have ...
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Set the mode for next boot from the terminal
I'd like to be able to boot into the recovery mode the next time the machine boots not by using the start up key presses. I'm already logged in in normal user mode - can I set this in the terminal?
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How can I stop applications from preventing restarts?
I have some applications that routinely prevent restarts from happening correctly (most often iTerm2 and Slack, though others participate as well). When I request a Restart, these applications will ...
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iPhone 6, iOS 11 boot loop/restore bar loop
I have a problem with my iPhone 6. It randomly went off, and when I tried to power it on again it became stuck on boot loop (Apple logo is displayed, going black, and Apple logo is displayed again) ...
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macOS High Sierra Freeze on every Screen Lock
Since the High Sierra update my Mac is freezing and restarts automatically whenever I lock the screen.
After reboot I get a bug report popup which details the error:
Anonymous UUID: 1E525FB8-...
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Wi-Fi stops working when running Node.js server
I'm trying to run a game server using WebSocket and node.js. It works fine for about 5 minutes and then all of a sudden the game stops and I can no longer connect to the internet.
When I hover over ...
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How to update Late 2011 Macbook Pro past 10.7.5
I have a late 2011 Macbook pro, 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, with 4 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM. It is currently running version 10.7.5. According to EveryMac "... this model is capable of running macOS High ...
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MacBook Pro frequently reboots
I'm going to describe the symptoms I'm seeing, diagnostic steps I've taken, then give the hardware configuration below. I would love to have any suggestions on how to fix this, or where to take my ...
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Mac Mini 2011 freezes and reboots
My Mac Mini (mid 2011) frequently freezes under medium to heavy graphics load (e.g., while using Citrix RDP or playing games). Until today I used to think this was caused by overheating but after a ...
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Sierra 10.12.6 incremental update caught in reboot loop
I have automatic updates turned on.
This morning I was prompted to reboot in order to install a new (incremental) update. However each time I reboot I get the Apple logo + installation progress bar ...
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Macbook Pro fails to reboot during updates
Ok, this is a bit confusing and has been happening for at least the last 5 macOS updates I've done (both public beta and full releases in Sierra). Here's what happens:
I go to the App Store and tell ...
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iPhone 6, charged overnight and now stuck in bootloop
I left my phone charging overnight, and in the morning I woke up and the phone was stuck in bootloop.
The Apple logo came on, then the screen turned white, sometimes with 1 black horizontal line or ...
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How do OS X terminal sessions persist through reboots?
Being an avid Linux user prior to buying a MacBook Pro, I typically have several terminal tabs open at any one time.
In the past, crashes and reboots would generally trash my workflow, and the ...
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Shutdown mac with kill all processes
Is it possible to shutdown/restart the Mac completely (processes-wise)? My problem is that I'm having issues with terminating a service (pkill and kill are not doing the job, I don't know why), and if ...
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Is there something in a Mac Pro that could make it sensitive and reboot when bumped?
Bear with me here for a second...
I have an early 2008 MacPro3,1 that has been my work horse for many years and for the last several years has been running continuously as the home server. I've ...
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MacBook Pro RAM upgrade causes endless reboot
I recently acquired a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2010) that has 4GB RAM (2x2GB) and according to Apple, the unit should be able to handle 8GB RAM. I bought 2 DDR3 PC3-8500 4GB from memorystock.com and ...
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How to prevent reopening of all programs after power outage
When shutting down or logging out regularly, there is an option to reopen, or not, all the programs and their respective windows upon logging in again.
That option for me is unchecked, and the OS ...
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macOS Sierra slow reboot
my MacBook Air (Early 2015) with Sierra (10.12.2) is rebooting very slow (more than 10 minutes).
How i can fixe this issue?
How i can see the log file, when MacBook is rebooting? (to understand ...
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Launchpad keeps rearrarining icons
Every time I reboot my Mac running macOS Sierra I lose my Launchpad layout. I’ve tried different apps, tried removing some preferences. All of the apps are reset to their default position.
Anyone ...
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How does iMazing reboot/shutdown iPhone remotely?
I was playing arround with iMazing and found out that it can reboot/shutdown my iPhone 6s without it being Jailbroken.
Does anyone know what commands it uses and how I could do this myself from my ...
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HDD on the verge of dying?
So, I've found myself in a quite tight spot regarding my internal HDD.
I've got a 13" Late 2011 MBP, running macOS 10.12.1, which is behaving very strangely lately: Mail will refuse to open, with an ...
