How to Fix Flashing Folder With Question Mark on Macbook? (3 Methods)
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Date: 2022-03-21
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Lady
I need help-.. I-m new to MacBook Air! I have been trying to reset it to factory. So far it has let me connect Wi-Fi. It has a globe that spins and has hours to do-.. I don-t know what I am doing wrong. I was using with my friend sign in. She passed away and I-ve taken care of all her affairs. I no longer need her not and it was given to me by her husband. I wanted to reset it for my use. That sounds horrible, but I wanted to clear out her -info-. To change it to mine. I had that ? Folder and I don-t know how to fix it. I-m in tears trying to do this. What am I doing wrong or missing! Any advice or help would be amazing. Mandy
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I need help-.. I-m new to MacBook Air! I have been trying to reset it to factory. So far it has let me connect Wi-Fi. It has a globe that spins and has hours to do-.. I don-t know what I am doing wrong. I was using with my friend sign in. She passed away and I-ve taken care of all her affairs. I no longer need her not and it was given to me by her husband. I wanted to reset it for my use. That sounds horrible, but I wanted to clear out her -info-. To change it to mine. I had that ? Folder and I don-t know how to fix it. I-m in tears trying to do this. What am I doing wrong or missing! Any advice or help would be amazing. Mandy
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Jade
Thank you so much. I accidentally decreased volume in my drive and the mac cannot detect the drive. I was panicking and shut down the mac. Then when I restart it, it shows support and flashing folder. I did command r and it connects to the internet and restored the drive. Now I'm downloading the macOS high Sierra, the year I bought my mac. This saved my life.
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Thank you so much. I accidentally decreased volume in my drive and the mac cannot detect the drive. I was panicking and shut down the mac. Then when I restart it, it shows support and flashing folder. I did command r and it connects to the internet and restored the drive. Now I'm downloading the macOS high Sierra, the year I bought my mac. This saved my life.
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Jake
Welp the first option did not work. I hold the option key for like 15 min and it just did not work... the second option also did not work cus it was already healthy and so i had to reset the macbook.. The sad thing about it that this was our very first laptop for our family and the only important files in the laptop were the pictures of our selfs younger :(
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Welp the first option did not work. I hold the option key for like 15 min and it just did not work... the second option also did not work cus it was already healthy and so i had to reset the macbook.. The sad thing about it that this was our very first laptop for our family and the only important files in the laptop were the pictures of our selfs younger :(
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Wayne
Help needed. After power outage I have the flashing folder, I started in recovery mode and found the HDD has been corrupted and shows as unformatted. I tried to use Terminal to download -Testdisk- but it didn-t work.
Can I create a USB or CD boot volume with testdisk on it or some other software to recover my patitions. Thanks-
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Help needed. After power outage I have the flashing folder, I started in recovery mode and found the HDD has been corrupted and shows as unformatted. I tried to use Terminal to download -Testdisk- but it didn-t work.
Can I create a USB or CD boot volume with testdisk on it or some other software to recover my patitions. Thanks-
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K-Dot
This totally worked for me, thank you!! I had to go with method number two but was taking over the laptop from a family member and was erasing the hard drive in the first place. Scared me quite a bit after step one didn-t work, but kept trying.
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This totally worked for me, thank you!! I had to go with method number two but was taking over the laptop from a family member and was erasing the hard drive in the first place. Scared me quite a bit after step one didn-t work, but kept trying.
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warrnej
none of the methods worked for mine. just bought a used mid2014 that already had big sur installed. tried all the methods, and I still get the flashing folder. Am I just going to have to bring it in to apple?
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none of the methods worked for mine. just bought a used mid2014 that already had big sur installed. tried all the methods, and I still get the flashing folder. Am I just going to have to bring it in to apple?
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Tony
Thanks man.. my early 2015 macbook air have same issue. I try delete the Machintosh HD, create macos journaled partition, and then reinstall my mac os. Now everything is fine -
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Thanks man.. my early 2015 macbook air have same issue. I try delete the Machintosh HD, create macos journaled partition, and then reinstall my mac os. Now everything is fine -
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Joseph
Hello sir, I accidently deleted MACINTOSH HD under INTERNAL and all I have now is the Apple Disk Image. How do I get back the HD so I can reinstall the OS. Please help sir!!!
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Hello sir, I accidently deleted MACINTOSH HD under INTERNAL and all I have now is the Apple Disk Image. How do I get back the HD so I can reinstall the OS. Please help sir!!!
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Twix
whenever i try to reinstall macos, it doesnt give me any locations to install it. but in the disk utility part, it shows file locations
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whenever i try to reinstall macos, it doesnt give me any locations to install it. but in the disk utility part, it shows file locations
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Dr.
I have done all the process but selecting the final disk to install is the problem as the disk is not clickable. What should I do
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I have done all the process but selecting the final disk to install is the problem as the disk is not clickable. What should I do
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