I have two laptops, an old white MacBook that was running Snow Leopard and a new MacBook Pro running Lion. The white MB won't start up, gets stuck at the Apple logo with a spinning gear. The CD drive on the MB is broken so a USB drive is my only hope.
So on the MBP I tried to make a USB drive...
On a new MacBook Pro running Lion I keep getting a restore failure, error 206. It seems like it's ok though, as I can see all the files on it but when I use option to boot up on an old white Macbook that was/is running Snow Leopard (but not booting up anymore) the USB says EFI boot instead of...
Thanks a ton for the help! But it turns out that it was just the Mini DP to VGA adapter. Bought an official Apple one and all works now.
But since I have you here do you think you can help me on another issue I'm having involving a white MacBook not booting? It's the OS that's not loading...
When I turn on the monitor it shows a box that flashes the words "USB" then "Analog" a few times in rotation then goes black. I can't change any settings on the monitor or get to any menu.
Thanks a ton for responding btw. I've been posting so many messages for the past few weeks on so many...
I bought a mini displayport to VGA adapter for my MacBook Pro to hook up my Samsun SyncMaster LD220 -- a VGA and USB monitor.
Just hooking the monitor up with the Mini DP to VGA doesn't work, doesn't detect. Hooking up USB from laptop to monitor doesn't work either. But connecting both the...
I tried fsck. First time it said it fixed errors, second time said it was ok. Rebooted. Nothing. Tried it again. Says it's ok. Reboot and still get stuck at the spinning wheel. What the hell could possibly be wrong??