What To Do If Mac Won’t Start After An Update

What To Do If Mac Won’t Start After An Update

What to do if your MacBook isn’t turning on – including how to force a Mac to start & what to do if it won’t start after an update

Your MacBook Won’t Start Up

There are lots of reasons why you might find that your Mac won’t turn on, or your MacBook won’t start up, but you probably just want to get it working again. We’ll run through the various checks and changes to make to get your Mac to boot up and start working again.

The fixes in this article apply to most recent versions of macOS. The menus and interfaces may look slightly different depending on which OS you are running, but their functions are in essence the same. Similarly, if you have an M1 Mac there are some changes to the way you perform certain functions – like starting up the computer in Safe mode or Recovery, we’ll detail these below.