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Imac not booting

my imac has failed to boot for three hours from 6am in the morning and it’s now 9:36 still stuck on the apple sign

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 7, 2022 11:36 PM

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Posted on Jan 7, 2022 11:48 PM

mongameli Said:

"Imac not booting: my imac has failed to boot for three hours from 6am in the morning and it’s now 9:36 still stuck on the apple sign"

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Two Things...

I. Re-Mount the Drive:

Boot into Recovery Mode (Intel or Silicon) . Then, using Disk Utility, see if the Hard Drive is seem. If it is, then see if you need to click the “Mount’ button for it. Try rebooting once more. If of no success, then click unmount button, and then the mount button. Try rebooting once more.


If No Success...

II. Reinstall the macOS:

Go Here: How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple SupportImportant: Be certain to create a backup of your Mac prior to all of this. That way, you can have something to restore from the Mac from, should anything go wrong with the reinstall. Once reinstalled, try this once more.

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Jan 7, 2022 11:48 PM in response to mongameli

mongameli Said:

"Imac not booting: my imac has failed to boot for three hours from 6am in the morning and it’s now 9:36 still stuck on the apple sign"

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Two Things...

I. Re-Mount the Drive:

Boot into Recovery Mode (Intel or Silicon) . Then, using Disk Utility, see if the Hard Drive is seem. If it is, then see if you need to click the “Mount’ button for it. Try rebooting once more. If of no success, then click unmount button, and then the mount button. Try rebooting once more.


If No Success...

II. Reinstall the macOS:

Go Here: How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple SupportImportant: Be certain to create a backup of your Mac prior to all of this. That way, you can have something to restore from the Mac from, should anything go wrong with the reinstall. Once reinstalled, try this once more.

Imac not booting

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