![]() And recovery, safe or any other boot using the keyboard has no effect whatsoever, when I turn on the computer and hold down any key combination it is just grey for 10 seconds and then returns to the flashing folder. UFF! I should not have tried to turn on the mac from recovery mode, cause now it is stuck on this flashing folder icon. I thought maybe I should reopen the computer and turn off FileVault or something. I tried this in Disk Utility but kept getting an error: -69877. I did some googleing and realized that I should've erased the physical disk and not the partitions. Select Disk Utility, choose your startup disk or hard drive and select Erase. The computer language was in Danish, but the message was about not being able to reach the desired HD. Boot your Mac in Recovery Mode (turn it off via the power button, restart while pressing Command+R). Having done this sucessfully, I quit Disk Utility and started "Reinstall MacOS" on "Macintosh HD".Īfter approx. I thought I knew what I was doing and went on to erase "Macintosh HD" and "Macintosh HD - data". Finally I found a terminal solution using a sudo command to boot in recovery mode, and I went into Disk Utility to erase the HD. Neither could I boot in safe mode (shift) or any other "special" boot. ![]() Solution: the cheaper option is try to format and re install harddisk ssd. If you still need help, please contact Apple Support. it is because Your Mac cant read any valid operating system in your harddisk or ssd. If that doesnt help, reset NVRAM and check the setting again. ![]() However, the keyboard on this mac is not working properly (liquid in the keyboard) and neither using the on-board keyboard, a wireless or a USB-keyboard I was able to boot in recovery mode. If the question mark isnt persistent, but appears only briefly before your Mac starts up, make sure that your startup disk is selected in Startup Disk settings. onto an external drive) I went on to boot the mac in recovery mode (cmd + R). The folder with the question mark has come up, and I have tried to put it in Recovery mode, Target Mode, and even had my hard drive attach to see if it could recognize the external hard drive. Having backed up everything I needed (not using Time Machine, just copying photos etc. Level 1 9 points 11:35 AM in response to Torque1 I have accidentally deleted all the contents on my iMac late 2012, with no CD Drive. I tried to do a factory reset of the MacBook. In general, you can just open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. This is about a MacBook Pro Retina 2014 with Catalina. Here is a guide on how to troubleshoot when your Mac computer starts up with a flashing folder and question mark.More at.
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