MAC dummie needs help..

andrewsmc · Jul 14, 2009

So my neighbor has a macbook.. Not sure what os or anything like that. All i know is that when you go to boot it it will just go to a loading screen and just stay there until you turn it off. He has no cd's or anything. And i coudnt find any bios options before the loading screen. Sum help plz?

twicksisted · Jul 14, 2009

ok first things first... does he have a trashcan?

hehe

nah just kidding..
maybe this'll help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1411

andrewsmc · Jul 14, 2009

Lol... Cmon seriously. Im pc.. He mac guy.

TheLaughingMan · Jul 14, 2009

reinstall the OS. He will need to call another Mac guy for a disk or something

twicksisted · Jul 14, 2009

try this: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1411

this is to do with the no boot issue on the mac support site

Dippyskoodlez · Jul 16, 2009

andrewsmc said:
So my neighbor has a macbook.. Not sure what os or anything like that. All i know is that when you go to boot it it will just go to a loading screen and just stay there until you turn it off. He has no cd's or anything. And i coudnt find any bios options before the loading screen. Sum help plz?

There is no bios.

Intel based macs use Intel's BIOS replacement, known as EFI.

Holding down S or V for single user mode, or Verbose will help you troubleshoot the problem.

I would go with Verbose mode first, see what errors it gives since it is hanging on boot. Single user mode will give you a command line. Most linux/BSD commands work in OSX just like Linux/BSD.

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MAC dummie needs help..

andrewsmc

twicksisted

andrewsmc

TheLaughingMan

twicksisted

Dippyskoodlez