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  1. 1974darrenh

    What is going on? Macbook Pro 2011

    When I switch my 2011 Macbook Pro with High Sierra installed, I cannot boot into normal, safe mode, recovery etc, I just get the apple logo for about 2 minutes then goes to a blue screen (see pic) I've reset the PRAM and the SMC. All I want to do is reinstall the OS back on but I cannot think...
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    blue tint screen

    Finally the blue tint screen fix!! after trying and looking at hundreds of threads on the internet blogs and stuff I finally found my problem with my matchbook pro. I had opened my matchbook to replace the thermal paste and after putting back together my mac when I turned it on, there was a...
  3. Q

    Unable to Boot Windows from External Hard Drive on MacBook Pro

    Lately, I've been trying to create a bootable USB drive with Windows installed on it that I can plug into and boot on my MacBook Pro. I followed this tutorial to the word, right up the part where he modifies the boot security settings to permit booting from external sources. My Mac is old enough...
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    2008 iMac 10.5 boot stuck on blue or multicolor screen

    Hey guys, I'm having a huge problem. This morning I was working on a project on PT 8 LE on my 2008 iMac (10.5), when suddenly a plugin crashed. I had the multicolor wheel cursor for a while and couldn't force-quit or anything, so I rebooted my mac. Since that moment, the mac hasn't been able...
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    iPhone XR iPhone colours glitch please help

    Hey So for the last couple months every now and then my phone completely loses contrast and the screen has a slight blue tint, it looks as if the brightness is extremely low but even when I turn it up I can hardly see. It’s as if all the colours on my phone blend in together leaving a blue...
  6. kahlil88

    2011 MBP not booting and blue screens

    Got a 17-inch 2011 MacBook Pro that won't boot. Tested with hard drive connected via USB to rule out bad SATA cable. Usually powers off or restarts, but when I try to boot recovery mode or a USB installer it blue screens (doesn't shut off or reboot tho). Strangely enough I can boot Apple...
  7. ascender

    2018 13" MBP, screen takes on a blue tint

    I originally thought this was my external monitor playing up, but it looks like its an issue with the laptop. Any ideas what I could try other than the usual resets and a complete reinstall? I'll be working and the screen will suddenly just take on a blue tint, as if someone's added a blue...
  8. B

    Second display only showing blue screen

    I have a second display (Dell ST2410) connected to my 27" iMac via a Thunderbolt 3 to HDMI cable. This was working fine in macOS 10.14.x, but since updating to Catalina it's only showing a blue screen. If I disconnect and reconnect the cable I do see my desktop background display quickly...
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    MacBook Pro 2011 is it Graphics card or screen itself?

    First, it was random glitchiness, then weeks later became sudden horizontal gray and white lines on screen, like corduroy, and had to reboot. Now, can't even use it. Tried recovery mode, PRAM reset. After PRAM reset, screen came up with short random alternating horizontal blue and white lines...
  10. E

    Windows 10 install - blue screen (BSOD)

    So I'm trying to install windows 10 on my late 2013 macbook pro. I upgraded my SSD a few weeks ago from the apple SSD to a samsing 970 EVO 500GB. (can this cause a problem?) I'm using bootcamp to do it and everything works like it should. Windows loads the files, I enter keyboard and country...
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    Blue screen

    Hi, I had a blue screen on Mac Mini (well, on display, but I assumed Mac Mini may cause this). I read that it may be a problem with display or other hardware attached to Mac, but it can be Mac itself as well. There was never any issue with display, and I bought used Mac week ago (it was first...
  12. 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...
  13. nycgeo

    MBP TB 15" - Displayport more reliable than HDMI

    I have been having all sorts of sleep/wake issues and general unstable behavior between my external monitor and MacBook Pro 2016 Touch bar 15" since I got it. It would frequently wake to a blue screen and I would have to open the machine and /or disconnect/reconnect the HDMI adapter for it to...
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    iMac Blue Screen

    So I just got back to my desk after an hour away and tried waking up my iMac by tapping a key on the keyboard. Nothing happened for longer than usual, and then a blue screen appeared. I haven't seen this before but it didn't look good. There was also some weird pixel thing going on across the...
  15. d_an_2014

    macOS Sierra Installed, Bootcamp not working anymore...

    Hey, I have a 5K iMac which was running OS X El Capitan and Windows 7 (Bootcamp). I upgraded yesterday to macOS Sierra and now I can't boot into Windows 7. It keeps restarting and want's to start the repair assistant. When I try to launch the repair assistant, I can't do so because my keyboard...
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    Issues booting up / blue screen / graphics issues

    I have a mac pro tower 1,1 (which has had various upgrades done by the previous owner). The Mac has started to have some intermittent issues at start up. When booting up sometimes horizontal lines are appearing across the screen, and then it's either hanging on grey screen or blue screen...
  17. albylizhard

    Macbook pro 2011 15" grey screen during start up

    Hi everybody , my macbook pro 2011 stoped working today , I was opening a page with my browser and suddenly I got a white screen . I turn off the computer then boot it again but I always got a grey screen . Then I try with the recovery screen ( comd-r ) , I also try reboot from an external back...
  18. seahawksun

    blue screen loop HELP!

    To make a long story short, I was in the middle of downloading the update 9.2.1 but I restarted my iPhone 5s by holding the home and lock buttons because I did not have the time to update and now my iPhone just loops the apple logo and blue screen over and over again. My computer doesn't even...