Flashing symbols on startup: apple logo, circle with slash, folder with question mark

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• 2008 mac book pro screen flashing folder with question mark at startup

  2008 mac book pro screen flashing folder with question mark replaced boot hard drive and cable, continues to do the same.  any ideas to fix?

  Start your Mac by holding down the button Option. The should launch the window of Boot Manager where you can select the startup disk, and then click on restart.

  How to choose a boot on your Mac - Apple Support drive

• How to fix the folder flashing with question mark on mac pro

  I have a problem with my mac pro.  When I press the power on button, the grey of the screen become a folder flashing with question mark appears and it does not start.  What should I do?  I don't have an os x on a cd so I can not ignore the system...

  See:

  If a flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac - Apple Support

  What model Mac? What OSX version was on the Mac?

  If you do not have a partition recovery or restoration of the Internet

  On OS X Recovery - Apple Support

  Then you install an installation DVD

• After update Macbook, I had a folder with question mark on it

  I was forced to upgrade my macbook, and then I saw a folder with question mark in this regard.

  Start your Mac by holding down the button Option. Who should start the Boot Manager window where you can select the startup disk, and then click Restart.

  Startup Manager: how to select a boot volume

• iMac G3 tray charger stuck on the gray screen with question mark flashing folder

  I recently bought an iMac G3 (charger tray, 333 MHz, M4984) and when I try to boot from an OS installation disc 10.3, there will remain only blocked on the gray screen with folder flashing with the question mark. Not only it does not maintain the keys C or Option, but it will not start up any combination of keys, such as resetting the PRAM or the NVRAM. It just starts and stays on the screen with the flashing folder does nothing. It CAN read the keyboard, because I can turn on the computer with the keyboard, it just won't start to the top of any disk or any combination of keys. Any ideas on what could be the problem? I just replaced the hard drive, but it was the same before I replaced the hard drive as well. In addition, the iMac had apparently OS 8.6 installed on it when it came, and I think I need to move to OS 9 and do a firmware update before you install OS X (correct me if I'm wrong), but I can not do because the iMac does start not in general of any combination of keys. Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated.

  I recently bought an iMac G3 (charger tray, 333 MHz, M4984) and when I try to boot from an OS installation disc 10.3, there will remain only blocked on the gray screen with folder flashing with the question mark.

  Valid operation system not found.

  Not only it primer not leave now pressed the C or

  Place the cd in the drive.  power off.  Hold c power key on & while in the startup is underway.
  

  Keys options,

  key option is not supported on tray loading imac g3 333

  In addition, the iMac had apparently OS 8.6 installed on it when it came, and I think I need to move to OS 9 and do a firmware update before you install OS X (correct me if I'm wrong), but I can not do because the iMac does start not in general of any combination of keys. Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated.

  It took charger slot, but I think that optional for the bin.  I think that you can upgrade the firmware with 8.6 for trays.

  You may need to reset the PRAM and NVRAM and Mac's Open Firmware. Stop the Mac, then it turns on and before the screen lights up, quickly down the command, Option, P, and R keys, until the Mac rang twice more after the power to chime.

  Then, before that lights up the screen, hold down the command-Option-O-F until the Open Firmware appears. Then enter these lines, and then press return after each of them:

  Reset-nvram

  Configure default

  Reset-all

  "The reset-all command should restart your Mac. If so, you have successfully reset the Open Firmware settings. »

  http://support.Apple.com/kb/TS1812?viewlocale=en_US

  In the case of the...

  Try taking the battery for 10 minutes.  Put back in the battery.  Fingers crossed. Turn the machine back on.

  How do I eject the cd from the internal drive:

  eject the cd

  List of devices:

  devalias

  List of variables:

  printenv

• image folder of the file with question mark flashing on the screen

  I just bought a 2 month old 15 "macbook pro to an individual. I turned it on this morning and there is a picture of a small folder with a question mark in the Center, flashing on and outside. does anyone have a solution for this?

  Hi Hotrod45:

  Was this before start or is this the first time you the active since buying it?

  Check out this technical note. If flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac - Apple Support

  Kim

• Safari with question marks instead of the text

  Several Web sites in Safari 9.1 showing many points of question marks instead of the text. I just proposed by Apple and done nothing. I have Imac (late 2009) OS X El Capitan 10.11.4.

  Question marks instead of the text is an indication of a problem with fonts.

  Open the book fonts in your Applications folder.

  In the fonts start menu bar click book fonts > Preferences and then click: resolve duplicates by moving the files to the trash

  Quit and then restart Safari to test.

  If this does not help, back to the font book menu bar click file > restore to the Unicode Standard

  Quit and then restart Safari to test.

• When I use the Google search bar result is a page of random letters with question marks. Why? All other search engines are OK.

  The question didn't need to be expanded really.

  The screen I see is full of Black diamonds with points mark with numbers and random letters.

  First of all, try resetting Firefox. Refresh Firefox – reset settings and Add-ons. This simple step will eliminate the many problems in Firefox with just one click.

  A few other basic problems you can try things is the following:
  Run all Windows updates, install all required service packs, etc.

  Updating your graphics driver (Firefox uses the graphics card for rendering and an outdated graphics card driver can cause problems. Update your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL

  Update all of your plugins (Flash, Java, etc.): http://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/.

  Download and install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware, run a full scan. http://www.malwarebytes.org/. This check allows that there is no virus on your computer, causing problems. You can uninstall this program after having cleaned the infections.

• Web sites only loaded with question marks.

  Some websites is charged only with the question marks, after that I updated to Firefox 4.0.1. I have attached a screenshot in the link below.

  http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2462/wmarks.PNG

  Try to create a new profile. See profiles of boards - where Firefox stores your bookmarks, passwords and other data from the user and use the Profile Manager to create and delete profiles Firefox

• Gray boxes with question marks

  When I find some PDF files, a grey box with a red question mark inside appears. I can't move, modify or delete these boxes. I searched on the web and most of the responses indicated that these boxes indicate corrupted images, but my documents have no images. Mine appear at the beginning and end of text blocks. They do not appear in the thumbnail view. I am running Acrobat Professional, version 8.1.

  What are these boxes and how do I get rid of them?

  A screenshot of what I see is attached.

  Robert

  

  A little more information, to ensure the excellent diagnostic monitoring.

  When Acrobat opens a PDF file and it finds the annotations of an unknown type it shows these boxes. How have to disappear (or anything else) is to install a plug-in of specific designed to show them.

  Older versions of Acrobat just show nothing at all.

  Acrobat 5 would show nothing.

  Acrobat 7 would show the boxes.

• MacBook Pro with question mark inside a folder after fix

  So I have Macbook Pro 2012 13 "with a 500GB SSD and 8 GB of ram. In may, my computer would not boot into the operating system without previous indications of possible failure. It would display an exclamation mark inside a folder at startup (later, I thought means that the hard drive is a problem). I took it to Apple-authorized repair Tech on my campus and they were unable to understand the source of the problem, but said it was possible that my OS has been corrupted. After some searching myself, I started to think it was the TRIM bug which has been a known issue with Samsung. Samsung has gladly replaced my hard drive. I have connected the new hard drive and I fell again on the same issue. I started to consider the water of the hard drive has been the question... So I replaced that and was able to start again! Fast forward to today, several months later, and I have the same problem. However, now I can start in the OS sometimes while sometimes it will show the flashing icon. If the hard drive ribbon cable I bought was of bad quality, or that would indicate a bigger, more serious problem? I'm confused as to how to proceed to solve this problem. Any help is greatly appreciated!

  Yes, I suspect a problem with the new ribbon cable or its connection to the logic board.

  This is the Office Mac Pro forum. I asked that your post be moved to the MacBook Pro laptop forum.

• showa MacBook with question mark folder

  My oldmacbookdoes not start instead, I get a folder with a questionmark

  This means that it cannot find a valid boot system.  Either the disc is damaged or broken.

  Get more information on your computer. Go to the Apple in the upper left corner of any window, then 'about this Mac '.  Note what he says about 'version' and that relevant here.  Now continue to "more information... "Copy and paste the information here, but omit the serial number and UUID (if present) material.

• iMac 8.1 stuck on the apple logo

  Model: iMac8, 1

  2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

  At 2BG memory when the problem started

  Mountain Lion 10.8.5

  Is in trouble with occasional frosts. Would be closed and it should restart very well. About 2 weeks ago, the computer froze. I shut down the computer and restarted. The apple logo came with the spinning wheel, and then just the apple logo.

  I can start safe mode. Tried resetting the PRAM, reset of SCM. Tried to start with all peripherals except keyboard and mouse disconnected. Use the command R to start the computer and went into the disc utilities. Disc checked and it said disc looks OK. Verified permissions. Mistakes came for iTunes more a warning which was not repairable. Fixed permissions. None of these permits to start properly.

  Parle talked anyone computer repair who suggested to unplug the computer, hold the power button while up to one minute, plug the computer back in and pressing the Start button. It came in fine. A few days letter that the computer froze and I had to stop it. You press the Start button, got the spinning wheel, so only the apple logo and apple logo. Start the computer by pressing command + R and reinstalled Mountain Lion. Installation once it stuck at the apple logo again. Active disk. Drive seems to be OK. Permission verified. Permission with iTunes but issues no warning this time. Repaired permissions. Nada.

  Inserted the installation disk, turned on the computer while holding D key. A ran Apple Hardware tools (tests of short or long). This error message came up twice with different numbers of rpm: 4MOT/1/40000003: drive HARD-110. I know that it's the hard drive fan. Computer repair man came out. Thought problem may be because I only had 2 GB of memory and ran only to open the Lion of mountain with several programs. Upgrade to 4 GB memory, which is recognized by the computer. But the computer still does not start correctly. Tried the Single Mode and run/sbin/fsck - fy. Said it seemed OK, but changed the volume. Ran he says once again and everything seemed OK. Still will not start.

  When I start in the disc, part of the grey background Utilities is missing. If you move the cursor on the screen, the gray background fills.

  Also, when I try from normally I get startup chime, the apple logo and the spinning wheel. After that make a spin the wheel stops, there is sort of a Flash, then the wheel goes and remains the apple logo. I can hear the computer tries to do something, then the arrow cursor appears and can be moved around the screen. It's like that.

  Also installed Mountain Lion on a USB key, it made the startup disk and tried to start the computer normally. Still will not start.

  Any ideas or suggestions for what could be wrong or other things to try?

  1. the present proceedings is a diagnostic test. It doesn't change anything for the better or worse and therefore, by itself, will not solve the problem. But with the help of the results of the tests, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.

  The test works on OS X 10.8 ("Mountain Lion") and later versions. I do not recommend running it on older versions of Mac OS X. It will do no harm, but it will not do not much good.

  Do not be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You make the tasks more complicated with the computer all the time.

  2. If you do not already have a current backup, please back up all the data before doing anything else. The backup is needed on the general principle, not because of what anyone in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you encounter any kind of problems with the computer, you can be more than the usual loss of data, if you follow these instructions or risk not.

  There are ways to back up a computer that is not fully functional. Ask if you need advice.

  3 here is instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it doesn't change anything. It does not send or receive data over the network. There is no to generate a report on the State of the computer human readable. This report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents for me or someone else.

  You should ask yourself if you can believe me, and if it is safe to run a program at the request of a foreign national. In general, no, he's not sure, and I encourage it.

  In this case, however, there are ways for you to decide if the program is safe without having to trust me. First of all, you can read it. Unlike an application that download you and click to start, it is transparent, anyone familiar with the code can check what it does.

  You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of it have been posted on this site several times over a period of years. One of the million registered users to have read the script and set off the alarm if it was dangerous. Then I wouldn't be here now, and you would not be reading this message. See, e.g., this discussion.

  However, if you cannot satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, do not follow them. Ask other solutions.

  4. here is a general summary of what you need to do, if you decide to go forward:

  ☞ Copy text from a particular web page (not this one) to the Clipboard.

  ☞ Paste into the window to another application.

  ☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.

  ☞ Stick the results, which will be copied automatically, in a response on this page.

  These are not specific instructions; just a glimpse. The details are in parts 7 and 8 of this comment. The sequence is: copy, paste, wait and paste it again. You don't need to copy a second time.

  5. try to test in conditions that replicate the problem, to the extent possible. For example, if the computer is slow intermittently, run the test during a downturn.

  You may have started up in safe mode. If the system is now in safe mode and works pretty well in normal mode to test run, restart as usual before running it. If you can test only in safe mode, this.

  6. If you have more than one user and a user is affected by the problem, and the user is not an administrator, and then run the test twice: once under the affected user and one administrator. The results can be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer, when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you are unable to log in as an administrator, verify that the user concerned. More personal Mac have only one user, and in this case this section does not apply. Don't log in as root.

  7 load the linked web page (the site "Pastebin.") Press the combination of keys command + A to select all the text, then copy it to the Clipboard by pressing command-C.

  8. start the Terminal application integrated in one of the following ways:

  ☞ Enter the first letters of his name ("Terminal") in a Spotlight search. Select from the results (it should be at the top).

  ☞ In the Finder, select go utilities ▹ of menu bar or press the combination of keys shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

  ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

  Click anywhere in the Terminal window to activate it. Paste from the Clipboard into the window by pressing Command + V, then press return. The text that you pasted should disappear immediately.

  9. If you logged in as an administrator, you will be prompted for your login password. Nothing displayed when you type. You won't see the usual points instead of the characters typed. Make sure that caps lock is turned off. Type carefully, and then press return. You can get a warning to be careful. If you make three unsuccessful attempts to enter the password, the test is still running, but it will produce less information. If you do not know the password, or if you prefer not to enter, just press back three times at the password prompt. Yet once again, the script will run.

  If the test takes much longer that usual to run because the computer is very slow, you can be prompted for your password a second time. The permission you grant by entering it will expire automatically after five minutes.

  If you are not logged as an administrator, you will be prompted for a password. The test will run. It just will not do anything that requires administrator privileges.

  10. the test may take a few minutes to run, depending on the number of files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that is abnormally slow may take more time to run the test. During execution, a series of lines is displayed in the Terminal window like this:

      Test started

          Part 1 of 4 done at: … sec        …        Part 4 of 4 done at: … sec

      The test results are on the Clipboard.

      Please close this window.

  The intervals between the parties will not be exactly the same, but they give an approximate indication of progress.

  Wait for the final message "Please close this window" appear - again, usually within a few minutes. If you don't see this message in about 30 minutes, the test probably won't be completed within a reasonable time. In this case, press the Ctrl + C key combination or the point command to stop it. Then go to the next step. You will have incomplete results, but still something.

  In order to get results, the test should be allowed to perform or be stopped manually as shown above. If you close the window of the Terminal, while the test is still running, the partial results will not be saved.

  11. when the test is completed, or if you manually stopped, leaving the Terminal. The results have been saved to the Clipboard automatically. They do not appear in the Terminal window. Please do not copy from there. All you have to do is start a response to this comment and then paste it again by pressing Command-V.

  At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words «Start time.» If you do not see that, but rather to see a mass of gibberish, you wait for the message "close this window". Please wait and try again.

  If personal information, such as your name or e-mail address, appear in the results, make anonymous before posting. Usually it will be not necessary.

  12. in the validation of the results, you see an error message on the web page: "you have included content in your post that is not allowed", or "the message contains invalid characters." It's a bug in the software which manages this website. Thanks for posting the results of the tests on Pastebin, then post here a link to the page you created.

  If you have an account on Pastebin, please do not select private in exposure menu to paste on the page, because no one else that you will be able to see it.

  13. When you are finished with the test, it is gone. There is nothing to uninstall or clean.

  14. This is a public forum and others can give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak for themselves, not for me. The test itself is harmless, but all that you can not be. For others who choose to run it, I do not recommend that you view the results of test on this Web site unless I ask.

  15. the related UNIX shell script is a notice of copyright. ASC readers can copy for their personal use. The whole nor any part can be redistributed.

• My ipad air stuck in the black apple logo and keep turning it back on

  My Ipad air 1 (9.0.2) met black apple logo and keep re - feed in question when I use it on the Internet today.

  I tried to connect with itunes (12.3.2.35) and try to restore from a backup, but was unsuccessful, it cannot recognize my ipad

  Can I use power + Home key, the ipad is going to connect the itunes screen, itunes can recognize my ipad

  I tried to restore from a backup-> a failed

  I tried to download the new firmware (9.1) ipad and the ipad update failure->

  Each of them failed when Ipad beginning of installation of the firmware and the screen change connect itunes screen for apple-black screen

  The info from the failure is unknown error 9, I checked my USB port and cable, but they have no problem

  Can anyone know how to fix it?

  Thank you and thank you for your help.

  Hello!

  I also had this problem on my iPad 2 Air. This is a bug Apple don't want trouble. It was introduced with iOS 9, I hate the time when I clicked on the button "update".

  To resolve this problem you must:

  1. Press and hold the power button on the right side (iPhone 6 or later version) or high (all other iPhones, iPods and iPads) for 3 seconds.
  2. Drag the slider to slide to turn off right confirmation.
  3. Press and hold down the Home button on the front of your iPhone, iPod touch or iPhone.
  4. Plug in your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad to your Mac or Windows PC and make sure that iTunes is running.
  5. Release the Home button when you see the connect to iTunes screen.

  Then, connect your iPad to iTunes and restore. Unfortunately, you will lose all your info.

• MacBook (2010) starts with black screen with flashing Apple logo

  I recently got ahold of a Macbook Pro 2010 running very slow so I did a reinstall of the operating system (which was a living nightmare, Macintosh is not as easy to manage as it was at the time of PowerPC) once I got to the top and running, I decided to upgrade to the latest version of El Capitan (an update (not an upgrade I already had a version out there) once I rebooted and let the computer do its thing he began to start up normally, but after finishing the progress bar, he went to a black screen (with the screen still on) that flashed the boot from time to time Apple logo. I forced shut down the computer and start in safe mode with success (that's how I'm typing this post now).

  Thanks in advance.

  When you reinstalled, did you remove any third-party system before reinstalling.

  A Mac that runs in Mode without failure, but are generally not normally indicates some incompatible system changes.

  Software common problems are things that are intended to clean, protect, optimize, accelerate, or otherwise maintain your Mac.