? FILE, won’t restart, opened and ran repair, no repairs needed/nothing found, apparently no time machine backups? (Do we have to manually create backups in 2022 ***, what’s the next step here
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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6
Hello Fumblepop,
If your Mac is starting up to a folder with a question mark on it, this page will help to cover the needed steps: If your Mac starts up to a question mark - Apple Support
If the question mark is persistent, and your Mac does not start up normally:
1. Press and hold the power button on your Mac for up to 10 seconds, until your Mac turns off.
2. Every Mac has a power button. On notebook computers that have Touch ID, press and hold Touch ID.
3. Use Disk Utility to repair your startup disk. Follow the steps for a Mac with an Intel processor.
4. If Disk Utility found no errors or repaired all errors, reinstall macOS.
5. If you still need help, please contact Apple Support.
Take care.
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