Title: How to fix a long pause with a black startup screen in OS X Post by: HCK on July 13, 2016, 04:05:14 pm How to fix a long pause with a black startup screen in OS X
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Steven Seiden wrote in with a situation he’s having with his Mac:</p>
<p> I’ve seen this before with faulty RAM, as a startup test doesn’t fail, but it generates errors that aren’t severe enough to halt launch. (You can consult our 2014 rundown (http://www.macworld.com/article/2362040/do-you-have-bad-ram-how-to-find-it-and-how-to-fix-it.html) on troubleshooting RAM problems.)</p><p> However, in subsequent email, Steven said he has an 2013 MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM, and that model cannot be upgraded by a user (or even Apple). After additional testing, Steven discovered that the Startup Disk had somehow become deselected. As a result, his Mac didn’t boot off its internal drive until some time had passed—also a common problem.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3089488/macs/how-to-fix-a-long-pause-with-a-black-screen-at-startup-in-os-x.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: How to fix a long pause with a black startup screen in OS X (http://www.macworld.com/article/3089488/macs/how-to-fix-a-long-pause-with-a-black-screen-at-startup-in-os-x.html#tk.rss_all) |