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  1. J

    Iphone 7+ Apple Logo, Then Black Screen, 4005 Error.

    I've searched, but have not found anyone else with this same series of issues. My iPhone 7+ suddenly went to the Apple logo screen, I pressed a few buttons and got it back to the home screen. Moments later it went back to the apple logo, home screen, apple logo....then black. I tried all of...
  2. G

    Apple TV 4k - black screen & lag when starting videos

    Recently I've been getting a black screen & lag when starting videos on my Apple TV 4k 64 gb. It's frustrating. I don't know if it has to do with HDR settings? Maybe a recent update broke something? Anyone else having this issue?
  3. GullMoli

    iPhone 7 rebooting, apps crashing, black loading screen

    Hi all. I've been having mayor issues with my iPhone 7 these past 2-3 days. Started with it dying over night when it shouldn't have (I went to sleep when it was at 30%). In the morning I plug it in and charge it up to about 30-50%. Then Snapchat starts crashing, maybe works for 2-3 seconds...
  4. C

    Macbook Air 2014 Black Screen

    My MBA 2014 recently becomes black screen during start up. I can hear the startup sound and the apple logo glows. But the screen just blackened. Then I connected an external monitor and the external monitor also has black screen. Could anyone advise what is happening to my MBA? Thank you.
  5. AppleMacFinder

    MBP 1,1-10,2 Force 2011 MacBook Pro 8,2 with failed AMD GPU to ALWAYS use Intel integrated GPU (EFI variable fix)

    If you don't have time to read my story (which also describes some interesting technical approaches) just scroll down this thread until a "100% WORKING SOLUTION" text Discrete AMD GPU of my 2011 MacBook Pro 8,2 has finally failed because of the reasons mentioned here (...
  6. K

    2011 iMac with Black Screen Problem

    I have a 2011 27" iMac, which has started to display (?!) a black screen on a very regular basis. When this happens, any processing which has been going on, appears to continue successfully in the background. If I press the power switch on the back of the unit, the screen returns to a normal...
  7. mdnyates

    Macbook Air black screen after updated

    I have a MacBook air that was purchased for my daughter for college in August 2017. Recently she did an update and since then it will turn on and we here the chime but the screen stays completely black. I have tried various steps such as hift+Control+Option+Power button at the same time for a...
  8. Queen__6

    SMC Reset With Broken Keyboard

    My laptop has been having some serious issues. It was all working fine until one day, the trackpad no longer worked (I could click but couldn’t move the mouse) and the power button- ONLY the power button- wouldn’t work. I accidentally let it run out of battery, and when I finally turned it back...
  9. H

    Macbook Air will not turn on

    MacBook Air (bought Seot 2016) will not turn on. Blank screen. I was using it and left it for an hour, came back and pressed power buttom but it wo't start. Power charger is working and shows light. Was online with Apple Support chat and tried resetting the SMC but that did not work either...
  10. P

    2015 MBP 15, High Sierra, Black screen after waking from sleep.

    Hey there, I noticed that the 2015 MBP 15 does not wake up like it used to from sleep. It goes straight to a black screen and will not come out of that state until it's hard reset with the power button. I have seen a few others mention this issue but only workarounds as solutions. Has anyone...
  11. Ron Harrison

    Mac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010) GTX 770 black screen in Windows 8

    Hi, I've got a Mac Pro 5,1 (mid 2010) and I've put an Nvidia GTX 770 in it and I'm trying to get it to work in Windows 8.1. I got into the installation yesterday by booting off of the W8.1 DVD with the 770, but I had to exit it because I had multiple drives plugged in and it wouldn't let me...
  12. M

    Macbook Pro 13' w/ TouchBar login flicker/black screen.

    I got my Mac about a month ago and I haven't had any issues with it. Recently I've been shutting down my Mac more frequently only to notice that upon login, my Mac will show the loading bar and once halfway, flicker and become a black screen with the loading bar in the center. I've contacted...
  13. m0therzer0

    Mid 2011 Macbook Pro - Black screen when returning from sleep

    Hi MacRumors folks! So, a while ago, my wife accidentally spilled a small amount of soup onto our Mid 2010 Macbook Pro. I shut it down and tried my best to dry it out, but when I went to start it up a few days later, it refused to turn on. I assumed the machine was dead at this point. A few...
  14. ragtopss

    iPhone SE (2016) Iphone SE not responding - need to recover notes

    This morning, while I was on my phone, the screen went black and a spinning circle appeared. My first thought was to do the hard reset by holding down the power and home button. This solved nothing, the apple logo came on and then it went back to the black screen. I contacted apple support and...
  15. joshnapoli

    iMac/Windows bootcamp logs in but flickers and goes to black screen

    Hey guys so I've been using Windows on my Mac for a few months now with bootcamp and it's been going great, I love it. However today I was doing some graphics work using photoshop and I kept getting notifications about memory and that I should close photoshop to free up memory and not lose my...
  16. H

    Black Screen of Death

    Hello! I recently bootcamped my mac with windows 10. (about a month or two ago). One day my son knocked my mac off of my counter and it fell. When I turned on the comp. it looked like the screen was cracked. I was able to still see (kinda) and I was able to reset the display driver (at least I...
  17. M

    Getting stuck with a cursor on a black screen

    Hey guys, Ever since the jump to Sierra on a few of our Macs (Mac Pro Late 2013 and iMacs Late 2013, 5K 2015) that sporadically they will while you are in the middle of working go black with the cursor still showing. I have found that if I use Remote Desktop and send a Wake command to the...
  18. strickolas

    Can't Install el Capitan on InternalSSD

    So I have recently cracked open a Macbook Pro mid 2012, and swapped out the optical drive for a Corsair 120GB SSD. I have downloaded the "Install El Capitan" app from the app store and burned it to a thumb drive using a sudo command that I've seen on the forums. Tried alt-booting to the thumb...
  19. F

    MacBook Pro Retina black screen on swap

    I have purchased a replacement LCD because my original was cracked. The replacement is for a1398 as is the MBP I put it in. When booting there is no light or power to the new LCD assembly. I have checked the cables over and over, all connecting fine, reset nvram and pram, mac chimes and...
  20. redff

    Macbook Pro after start up: flash, black screen and continues beep, "13 mid 2010

    Hi, I have a Macbook Pro "13 mid 2010. Upgraded my RAM (from 4 to 8), replaced my battery and placed a second hard drive a year ago. My Macbook was as new until a few days ago. It started crashing a few times. giving sometimes black screens, white screens, blue screens, green stripes all over...