If you mean attachments in emails, you need to have a program that can open that type of attachment installed in your computer. For example, if you were sent a MSWORD file, you will need either MSOFFICE or one of the other GNU free office suites installed prior to being able to open the file.
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Hello Jean, It depends on what kind of attachment. Normally your Mac would be able to figure this out if you just double-click the attachment on your email. If you have the program for it, it will open. If it doesn't, then it may mean this wasn't for a Mac, or that you do not have the application necessary for it to run.
SOURCE: what courses the hard drive to file on a mac book pro laptop.
Hi Stephanie
This is one of those questions that's virtually impossible to answer, it could be anything.
Your best option is to take to a mac specialist (the dealer where you bought it) or to an Apple Store if you have one near by.
It may not need a new hard drive, it may just be corrupted and need sorting out. On the other hand it could have failed mechanically and will need to be replaced - check your warranty. There have been a number of reports of HDs failing in some models and Apple have replaced them free of charge as there was a manufacturing fault at the HD factory that didn't come to light until the drives had been running for about a year.
You have been using Time Machine to back up your work haven't you?
SOURCE: On startup, my power book pro 17" will not open
Hold down Cmd-S as you start it up. You'll get 'single user mode', which is text only. See if there are any obviously bad error messages.
At some point you will hopefully get to a command prompt.
You'll see a message telling you which commands to type to mount the filesystem and check for errors - follow that.
You could also type the following to look at the last 50 lines of the log file - perhaps there's a clue to the error in there:
tail -50 /var/log/system.log
Restart with
shutdown -r now
This may not fix your problem but it might tell you where the problem lies.
Otherwise you can boot from your installation disc and restore from that. You'll then need to get all your documents etc. from your backup.
SOURCE: Lost install disk for Mac book pro My 13" Mac book
You will need some install disks to even begin working on your issue.
Your options:
Once you have a install CD, I would recommend backing up your system by making a disk image of the hard drive to an external drive. Then doing a clean install and then using the Migration Assistant to restore your user files to the clean install on your hard drive.
SOURCE: Mac book pro. Black screen cannot start but with boot sound
Have you tried connecting an external monitor.
A boot chime means the Mac has passed POST, that the screen remains black initially suggests there is a problem getting image to screen which could mean a bad cable to the LCD or the LCD display its self is having problems.
By connecting to an external display you verify the graphics on the logic board is functional, and it could get you up and running till the display problem is fixed.
Also try powering up and when you hear the chime, hold down the COMMAND+OPTION+P+R keys, and keep holding them till the machine has chimed 3 times, this will reset the 'BIOS' in case there is a glitch there stopping the display from showing up.
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