my apple mac shows a symbol of folder with a question mark on the screen and beeps

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• I get a folder with a question mark symbol when I turn on

  I'm giving my daughter my MacBook Pro retina (2013) so I'll try to get it to the factory settings.  I tried reloading ElCapitan and downloaded for half an hour and then says that the download failed.  This happened twice, and now all I get is a folder with a question mark symbol.  What should I do?

  Hey! Take a look at these articles Support from Apple and try basic troubleshooting steps.

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

  On the screens, you see when you start your Mac - Apple Support

• I recently dropped my laptop and it is weird, one day he int open up to 4 start times and sometimes it shows me a folder and a question mark in the interface and sometimes asked to reset my password, what are the steps to take?

  I recently dropped my laptop and it is weird, one day he int open up to 4 start times and sometimes it shows me a folder and a question mark in the interface and sometimes asked to reset my password, what are the steps to take?

  Anything can be corrupted on your MacBook Pro, but from what you say, it seems that the cable drive/SSD/flash memory/SATA hard was seriously damaged. Him "question mark" means that your Mac is unable to find any bootable device, meaning that it does not yet detect your OS X drive.

  You should make a backup of your files (if you can still do it) and take the Mac at the Apple Store or dealer to get a diagnosis. There may be several damaged parts.

• Safari on my MacBook Pro retina 9.0.3 15-inch Version 10.11.3 do not show images on some Internet sites. They appear for a fraction of a second then disappear with a question mark in the Center. The same sites work fine on Chrome and Firefox.

  Safari on my MacBook Pro retina 9.0.3 15-inch Version 10.11.3 do not show images on some Internet sites. They appear for a fraction of a second then disappear with a question mark in the Center. The same sites work fine on Chrome and Firefox.

  I suggest you only begin by taking the measures recommended in this support article.

• Just in case my MacBook pro is off. When I turn on the screen becomes black and a folder with a question mark symbol starts to Flash. ¿Anyone know what to do?

  My MacBook pro retina just turned off. whenever I try to turn it back on, a black screen with a folder symbol and a question mark starts blinking. Can anyone help please?

  The? a mark indicating that it cannot find your hard drive. Sounds like your hard drive is dying/dead. You have a recent backup?

• Start with blinking question mark folder

  Hey guys, English is not my mother tongue and so I must apologize for my bad English, everything first.

  Okay so here is my question:

  I had a folder of flashing question mark when I rebooted my macbook pro retina (13.3 "end 2015, OS X 10.11.4 beta 6) last week.

  So I get in recovery HD to see if if I can do a clean to fix install, but I can't find my disk to reinstall OS X, he showed is nothing.

  Then I restart my mac again and again, sometimes I can boot normally.

  But I can't found anything wrong, he just worked as usual, until what I restarted again, dead again.

  I took it to the authorized service provider Apple to fix my mac. Yes, there is no official bar of the Apple Store and genius in my country.

  They thought that my drive was dead, so they substitute a new drive for my, it took me a week to get my mac.

  It seemed to work perfectly, so I restore my data by Time machine and upgrade to 10.11.4 beta 7.

  Yesterday the 10.11.4 came out, so I updated my mac to this version.

  But when it is restarted during installation, it showed the issue of question mark again.

  After a few attempt to reboot, it finished installing. then I tried to reboot to see if it's good or not.

  Unfortunately, it came with this folder again. So I turn it off.

  After half an hour, I tried to start it again, it starts.

  Everything seemed normal, I checked the S.M.A.R.T by DriveDx and the data were all good.

  I fix the permission by DiskWarrior and it says no need to repair.

  But I always get the record of question mark with 1/10 chance when it start.

  I don't know what happened to my mac, is there anyone has a suggestion?

  Thank you

  A,

  Is correctly selected in system preferences Startup disk > startup disk?

  Apologies is not required, your ability to speak English is commendable.

  

• A Message in a rectangular box "Messages Agent wants to use the 'Local products' kenchain. appearing on the screen and ask for Keychain password password.  This started after I changed the password of Apple resulting for the purchase of a new iPhone

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  Hello remy!

  I see that you are either prompted by iCloud Keychain with various alert messages.  I know it's important to have iCloud Keychain works correctly and I am pleased to offer you an article that should help you.  Please follow the instructions in the following support article:

  If your Mac keeps asking for the password in the keychain

  Thank you for using communities of Apple Support.

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• in the folder windows images, photo icons are the same and are not actually see a little image of the image. How to make this happen

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  Hi tonutot,

  1 when was the last time it was working fine?

  2. did you of recent changes on the computer?

  3. only happens in the pictures folder?

  Check and make sure that the bottom of settings is set correctly on the computer.

  (a) in the currently open folder, click organize on the toolbar, and then click folder and Search Options.

  (b) click on the view tab, and then deselect the always show icons, never thumbnails check box.

  (c) click on apply and OK

  Behavior and change folder views

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  Samsung Estool: http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/ES_Tool.html
  Samsung Disk Manager software: http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm
  Hitachi Drive Fitness Test Software: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
  Diagnostic tool available for use by customers who feel their Toshiba brand Fujitsu hard drive:
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  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com