White screen with ?

White screen shows up with folder with ? Mac Desktop

Posted on Sep 12, 2020 10:41 AM

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Zahilla

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Posted on Sep 12, 2020 12:15 PM

Most likely hard drive failure, if not then the operating system is corrupted

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204323

try following this ^

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Zahilla

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Sep 12, 2020 12:15 PM in response to Rmertz19

Most likely hard drive failure, if not then the operating system is corrupted

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204323

try following this ^

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