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Mac booting to black screen
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I'm confused here…
What exactly about "otherwise works great" do you think needs fixing?
I recall the old saying: If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Booting through a black screen (you get a white Apple and white progress bar) is the new normal - since 10.10.4 and later. I'm not sure if all Macs got the firmware update to provide that change.
What exactly about "otherwise works great" do you think needs fixing?
I recall the old saying: If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Booting through a black screen (you get a white Apple and white progress bar) is the new normal - since 10.10.4 and later. I'm not sure if all Macs got the firmware update to provide that change.
Sorry I meant that it never leaves the black screen if the external monitor is plugged in while booting
I have to boot up and then plug it in
Ah, OK... that works, too...
There's really no problem with plugging in your video cable while power is on, unless that makes you nervous.
If it used to work differently for you, the it could be something that will be fixed when El Cap is released. Or, you should report it as a bug.
Have you tried a different cable?
There's really no problem with plugging in your video cable while power is on, unless that makes you nervous.
If it used to work differently for you, the it could be something that will be fixed when El Cap is released. Or, you should report it as a bug.
Have you tried a different cable?
Fixed it
Turns out I had set a login password rather than logging me in automatically
So when the password screen came up, it never displayed
Set it back to log me in by default and boots normally again
