MacBook Air boot loops, won’t boot from external Drive
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So this MacBook Air is in a constant Boot Loop,
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So this MacBook Air is in a constant Boot Loop, but ***the symptoms are unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.***
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I can bring up the list of drives by holding the option key, but as soon as I select any drive, it just goes black and boot loops.
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I get the chime and the logo for a few seconds, but then it reboots itself. (OK, typical symptomsi’ve crashed drive or corrupt OS)
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No logo, no progress bar or anything.
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AS I expected, it’s responsive to key commands, so I bring up the list of drives by holding the option key, pop in an external drive, select my installer and… ***NOTHING 😳***
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I’ve tried multiple external drives and it’s the same result.
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As soon as I select any drive, it just goes black and boot loops.
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When booting from Recovery mode, it goes through the whole 15 minute countdown only to just reboot itself again 😠
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IT won’t even try to boot.
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No Apple logo or progress bar, just instantly goes black and restarts. (I’ve tried 6 drives)
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🙄OTHER NONSENSE….
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When booting from Recovery mode, it goes through the whole 15 minute countdown only to just reboot itself again
It seems like it has the capability to boot, but something is saying “No, not today” 🙄
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***NOW HERE’S WHERE IT GETS REALLY REALLY REALLY WEIRD…***
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I put it into TDM and connect it to another Mac via thunderbolt 3. The window pops up asking for the password, and when I enter it, THE MACBOOK AIR RESTARTS! 😠
MacBook Air boot loops, won’t boot from external Drive
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
So this MacBook Air is in a constant Boot Loop,
I can bring up the list of drives by holding the option key, but as soon as I select any drive, it just goes black and boot loops.
No logo, no progress bar or anything.
I’ve tried multiple external drives and it’s the same result.
When booting from Recovery mode, it goes through the whole 15 minute countdown only to just reboot itself again 😠
It seems like it has the capability to boot, but something is saying “No, not today” 🙄