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#catastrophe #boot #frustration

  1. annatheg

    HELP, please HELP

    I need some help, because I'm not tech-savvy. I tried to use Dosdudes1's Catalina Patcher to update my late 2008 aluminum macbook, using a 32 gigabyte flash drive. When it updated, my mac popped up as a recovery page, however the new catalina button styles were on the buttons, and there were new...
    • annatheg
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    • #catalina #catastrophe #boot #frustration #mac #reset #help #macbook #mavericks
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    • Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
  2. potassium507

    Startup Disk Update Error Doesn't Go Away

    I have a 2018 Macbook Air that is running the latest version of Catalina, which I want to downgrade to Sierra (10.12.6). I followed these instructions: https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/downgrade-macos-3581872/ Everything worked fine until it came time to actually boot from my...
    • potassium507
    • Thread
    • #catastrophe #boot #frustration #help #macbook
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: macOS
  3. beachball doom

    sudden macbook fail no warning just grey screens please help! panic

    Less than two months after my previous catastrophic without warning mac fail (see here: http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-wont-boot-no-warning-given-fsck-good-so-whats-up.1953921/ ) and I'm back watching grey screens fail to load. This time I can't get to any of the special modes -...
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