MacBook Troubleshooting

Like every product made by a human, even the mighty MacBook have some problems and bugs.  Yet, there are some simple steps to make to solve them.

One of the most common troubleshooting is the display problem that appear  to the MacBook, MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro models.

If your notebook won't see any picture on the display or if you don't hear any hard disk or fan activity, you can find in the next text  some easy steps to set them properly.

First of all you will need to unplug in every device attached to your personal MacBook. This could mean any printer, hub, keyboard, mouse. Than try to power on the computer again. If it still not working, you might have to check the battery level. Push the little button from the battery or on the right side of your notebook. You should see a light signal who will indicate you the battery level. If you will se on this sign only one line means that it is almost of and  you will have to recharge  it. It is properly to use the notebook with its adapter connected, just to be sure that you have enough energy.

If it is still not working, try this method: unplug the adapter from the MacBook and from the electrical outlet. Wait one minute before connect it back, but putting it first in the wall and after on the slot from the notebook. Make sure that your home it is powered trying with another device that you are sure it is working, a telephone or a radio device.  When you will introduce the adapter in the MacBook, a green LED should start to light.

If the computer it is powered properly but still the troubleshooting persists you maybe should check the MagSafe port. This connector it is held in its place magnetically and can be easily removed because of that at a simple trip over the cord, making your MacBook not working. Look also if there aren't some impurities like dust or some other debris and see if all pins are at their place. If you find some problems at this point you should go to someone professional to change your cable.

If the cable it is properly working but your computer it is still shut down and don't want to start, check if you are using the special adapters made for your model. If you don't know for sure or if you need a new one, go to a specialized market that it is selling this type of products. There you can find good advices and consultancies.

To try to restart your computer, there it is a key combination that it will help you and which involves the simultaneous press of the command key, the control key and the power button for three seconds.

If you will press for three seconds or until you will hear the startup sound at least two times the combination of Option-  Command -P -R keys you will restart your MacBook's PRAM and NVRAM.

f it is still not working, you maybe should reset the System Management Controller (SMC) . You will be able to do this by removing any energy source, like the adapter cable and the battery and press the power button for 5 seconds. For the MacBook Air models, this can be done by pressing simultaneous the Shift-Control-Option buttons in the same time with the power one.

If you recently installed some additional components, like a memory board, make sure that it is properly plugged in its slot and that it is compatible and  good for your notebook. Remove the new added component and see if the computer it is starting.

If you still can't start your MacBook after following all of these steps you should check for the most appropriate Apple store or an Apple service provider. This are usual troubleshoots to MacBook systems and they will solve your problems in a couple of minutes.

If you are experiencing login solutions on the MAC OS X system after you upgraded your operating system to Leopard, this should be because your password, made previously on the first system, contains more than eight characters. Make sure that your passwords are ok for this bug before you will upgrade your MacBook and you will not experiment any troubleshoot.