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Anonymous Posted on Sep 25, 2014

Installed OSX update, now computer will not restart

After entering my code and enter, the spinning icon appears and also the progress bar. It moves about an 1/8th of the way then disappears and computer shut down

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Try reinstalling using a different hard drive.

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SOURCE: powers down shortly after boot

Thank for contacting Fixya, I will be glad to assist you.

Here are some steps you can try to resolve the issue:
• First, hold in your power button for approximately 10 seconds to do a hard shutdown.

• Once your Mac is shutdown, you will need to perform what is called a PRAM reset (Parameter RAM)

• Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously .

• Turn on the computer.
• Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.

• Now, hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the third time.

• Release the keys and allow the Mac to start up.

• Please update me to let me know if this works.

Thanks.

-The MacTechTrainer

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