Mac is Stuck on Apple Logo or Progress Bar. Try This!

[@kaitlyndoherty8054]

THANK YOU SO MUCH MY MAC HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR 7 YEARS!! Even Apple said it was done. Last option worked for me!!!

[@compixeI]

wait srsly....

[@itspaintosee]

I hate Macs, why did I buy one 😭

[@samdi1794]

Got any issue?

[@itspaintosee]

It wasn't charging for a month and now it's charging fine again 🤔😂

[@lukundokampeshi7822]

@@itspaintosee what did you do? Mine has been stuck on 1% for almost a week now. It’s not charging. I don’t know what to do Edit… I had to get a new battery, hooray

[@Jha_894]

We all thought it was better than windows😂

[@peeonthe3rdrail414]

To put Linux on it.

[@umahieche4313]

Unplugging the accessories solved mine 😅 thank you

[@RDDall]

Thank you! Unplugging all the hard drives and accessories did the trick!

[@tommylombardi895]

Absolute legend. Was troubleshooting for over an hour, and all I had to do was pull out my hard drive.

[@FUELTHEFLAMEII]

Thank you so much brother was stuck for an hour or two, all I had to do was remove the charger & mouse!! ❤

[@GuilhermeNunes-rb5ms]

[SOLVED] My MacBook Pro 2019 with Intel i9 encountered an issue while in Recovery mode, becoming stuck in an infinite loop with the logo. (Running OS Sonoma) After reading a comment suggesting erasing the main drive in Recovery mode (by holding down Cmd + R after turning on). I erased and, then re-installed the OS, and to my relief, it worked. I realized that it was stuck during the installation process and not actually booting up the OS. Typically, after restarting, it should also take some time... It displays something like "About 25 minutes remaining." I didn't use the power cable during the installation process, so I'm not sure if that might have caused any issues. Man, I just bought this laptop this week from someone, and I regretted it almost immediately. Hopefully, I can use it for work for at least a year or more. Tip: If you can't buy from a store, at least purchase a product that still has a warranty. I learned my lesson.

[@projectgibb9580]

2end one worked 💪🏽💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥 u a beast bro happy holiday

[@dollartowerinvestments3186]

Thank You So Much! Life Saver

[@rjeption]

What if Cmd + R doesn’t work and the Apple logo is still stuck?

[@monkey5092]

did you find a solution?

[@Loveslayernasami]

@@monkey5092 I heard before you start your Mac book press shift, option, command, and R all at the same time and it’s gonna reset everything cause the internet will download everything you need

[@monkey5092]

@@Loveslayernasami lol i've already tried that

[@benbencai8208]

cmd R is for intel processor macs

[@y_symbol]

Try to do several attempts, i had this issue not a long time ago

[@LeibstandarteBorisYeltsin]

Second method worked perfectly, thanks!!

[@maddmaster]

Thank you so much! :) I just held the button for 10 seconds to turn it off...and another 15 seconds until theres a message below the apple logo. It lead to a window where "macintosh hardrive" and "settings"..I nitially pressed settings and worked form there :). Thank you again! :)

[@edmonddebourbon8543]

My daughter broke her screen on her Mac Pro 16 $3400 new by the power cord connector was in the hinge so she used our tv for a week then backed up the unit and brought it to Apple they hooked it up to test then gave her a $1,000 estimate she took it home to find out it no longer powers up she brought it back and said it’s cycling and now needs a logic board also at $2,000 so how could they have screwed it up with their test jig ?

[@orlandow1723]

Man thank you brother!!!! Mine was sitting for 6 hours and I have class coming up… turns out it was still plugged into the docking station. Once I unplugged it was fine!! Thank you!!

[@Natcho92]

It works with holding power button, thank you for the video 🎉😘💪🏻

[@shakaofthezulu]

Wow, as soon as I unplugged accessories the update finished. Thanks!

[@stylishthriftye]

Thank you so much for this quick and to-the-point tutorial. I use my older mac as second monitor and every so often when it does this and I have to reinstall the OS onto an external drive I have velcroed to the back of the Mac. Thanks again!

[@BobiLennox]

I have iMac 2012. After power cut it was stuck on loading screen and very slow and unresponsive. I tried everything but only thing that worked on the end was cabled keyboard and mouse (Bluetooth did not work) I had to erase the disk and install the OS from recovery (command + R on start up). Now works better than ever.

[@ismailplayzyt7886]

The second option worked thank you so much❤❤

[@DavidELloydJr]

My macpro is having trouble loading and I’m sure it has something to do with an external hard drive but according to your video I’m assuming I suppose to trash my hard drive?

[@Mr.DWHO96]

Thank you. Mac froze during update for an hour and step two worked 😊

[@bjornwegener3233]

on MB-air, 11" early 2014: nothing helped. all Cmd+r resets recovery resets etc., even disk repair and install new option from recovery menue all got me stuck on logo-screen. here is what resolved my issue: boot into safe mode and navigate in finder to /users. Copy your data if you don't have a TM backup that is reliable. then boot with cmd+r into recovery mode and go to disk utility. Select Macintosh HD (NOT the data partition!) and hit erase. Create the volume with the default AFPS settings. Then do a new install from the cmd+r menue and wait.... restore your data should it be missing from TM backup or your manual backup

[@ilablack7946]

How do you back your stuff up if it’s not turning off? I’m so scared of loosing everythjng

[@corknakovastein]

mine gets stuck with a full loading bar and never restarts, I cant seem to get into the recovery mode, also there are no devices attached to it

[@libbylizluke]

I’m exactly the same. Did you fix this issue?

[@deepaksingla4394]

@@libbylizlukesame here, were you able to resolve it?

[@BC19572]

I did the reinstall and though it made it through that but on the next screen was the apple icon and progress bar. The progress goes to about 40% and doesn't move any more. It's been sitting there for 2 hrs. Any other options? Thanks 😊

[@JBadge]

Same

[@JBadge]

Did you fix?

[@BC19572]

@JBadge no, I got tired of messing around with it. It was ten years old, and that was the third time having a hard drive issue. Luckily, I had a new dell laptop as a backup pc. I'll never buy an apple pc again. They are overpriced, so its back to windows. 😊

[@margoduarte-warren1790]

Thank you so much! I’m waiting on it to do a recovery. This MacBook belonged to my husband and he passed away September 2021.

[@photographynews5155]

Thanks bro helpful

[@AhiNama915]

Thanks! I used a mix of both the first & second solution, and it worked perfectly!

[@poojamahindrakar4723]

Thank youuu for your help😁💃🏻

[@Quinn_2623]

Thank you for the help. I waited all day and it was stuck in the apple logo. I followed your first instruction to restart then unplug any wireless mouse etc and it worked. 😭

[@MR_OREO18]

Thanks!! You saved my day

[@Victor_Razkn]

Wow!.. I had giving up on mine!! Unplug the usb drive and it worked

[@sliderdriver1]

Hi. I'm stuck on the apple logo and the chanel bar screen. It seems to have got to a certain point and won't go any further. (macbook air i5). I'm trying to do an Internet recovery but it ain't happening 💁🏼‍♂️

[@ROMANEMPIRE69]

I wish I never bought my Mac book pro. Had issues with it while under warranty and nothing was ever found or the help I got was lame. After warranty I needed up having to pay for a repair. And bring it in again for another repair under that service warranty. Now it’s stuck in the loading screen and shutting it off won’t do anything.

[@cprepairslab6465]

what MacBook Pro do you have - im expecting you have hard drive issue

[@Rover_playz]

Thank you so much it worked when you said to hold the power button for ten seconds

[@maztergee]

Thanks for the video, we've got a Macbook pro A1502 2015, that seems to hang on boot up with Catalina and above. Even after an update it will hang. It does this on the Internal Storage and from a USB hard drive booting. We've fully tested the RAM but it intermittently continues to do this. , so strange. It does eventually start in Safe Boot but takes a while.

[@cprepairslab6465]

You may have hard drive issue , have you tried new hard drive yet

[@Bruhvant]

Same here. Whenever I have to restart it I have to put it into safe mode.

[@vivekchilkoti]

Thanks ❤, 2nd one worked 😊

[@zaneizakdeanandameen1sd]

Thank goodness you exist my dads Mac with all his data froze and it’s not anymore

[@rockmylife2011]

1st Option Helped my Macbook M1 2021 16inch Thank You👏😍

[@10xtradingkenya49]

It wooooooooooked !!!!! Thanks alot sir

[@iksayaki]

It helped mine .. thank youuu

[@wilkokitesurfing93]

Solved my problem, thank you

[@PartnerWithAngela]

First option worked for me too... Thanks 😊

[@yasinarosyidi]

Thanks brother

[@LJefferihno]

Thank you bro 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@BroomyTV]

Hey guys if none of these work just try waiting, patience is the key. I was so worried, cause the Mac that I was using wasn't mine.. 😬 I got really scared that I was gonna get in trouble, but I stayed there for around 5 minutes and it finally turned on

[@akikop6310]

me who waited 2 days: 😠😠

[@rocorpian8034]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I WAS SOO WORRIEE THE 2ND OPTION WORKED FOR ME

[@bryantubola9436]

Thanks!! 2nd option worked for me. I didn't removed my external drive

[@sphamandlaclayton4905]

I turned on my iMac then the logo and progress bar appears when it's almost done loading it switches off, don't know what to do, please help

[@ForMySon.]

Did you ever find a fix?

[@sphamandlaclayton4905]

@@ForMySon. Hi i haven't found any solution brother

[@imraniftikhar6967]

Did you find any solution. Facing same problem

[@imraniftikhar6967]

Any solution yet

[@sphamandlaclayton4905]

@@imraniftikhar6967 no the only thing I'll have to do is to get it fix at iStore

[@MetabolicParamedic]

great fix unplugged drive pressed and held power button, all sorted and back working, thanks so much

[@roletetube]

This is my Solution: im on a MacBook Air 2024 …. I only had a power usb c adapter plugged in not usb hub or anything like that, I unplugged power adaptor and all progressed as normal ..

[@Hssrecords312]

Thank you so much. It worked!

[@renaspromise]

i tried to do an update and I can't get my macbook air to reboot. It is truly stuck! any ideas?

[@shellsdbnsherryl]

I can’t get past the black screen with the logo and bar for 3 days

[@BabyGalRafz]

Same, please help

[@clovx45]

did you fix it? same here​@@BabyGalRafz

[@gopeshbhatt4129]

Works the first one 😊

[@jamespeter570]

Thank you wireless keyboard was the problem

[@qbnmusica]

Im having this problem but my progress bar stops and my imac shuts off completely! Ugh… I’ll try your 2nd step hoping thats it. Or I will hop to step 3. I’ll keep you posted thanks!!

[@benejix]

Did you finally get this solved? Please what did you do about it?

[@ODBTED]

@@benejix did you get yours solved ?

[@PaulTCain]

Thank you.

[@DevBlissful]

What recording app do you use

[@SkyVisionStudiosLLC]

You rock!

[@d947]

Saved this video, you never know

[@chachrod]

Thank you kind Sir.

[@djgee254]

Number 1 worked

[@Failuren]

Tyyy it worked

[@youtubename2671]

I turn on my mac and press cmd + R but unfortunately no menu appears or even the apple logo or the progress bar. The screen just gets a lighter black colour. Any help?

[@aquachicken9297]

I have the same problem, i haven’t yet found a solution

[@ODBTED]

@@aquachicken9297 did you fix it ?

[@ODBTED]

Did you fix it ?

[@aquachicken9297]

@@ODBTED yes. I had to completly wipe it though… I learned that the issue came from updating my laptop without the free storage needed to do the update

[@ODBTED]

@@aquachicken9297 how did you complete wipe it ? I tried to wipe mine a day ago and now nothing will load ?

[@haiderriaz2115]

I installed sonoma using open core Not its stuck on the loading bar Do you know the solution to this problem?

[@Brandnewflix]

I unplugged my charger and it worked WTF 😮😮

[@triciaedmondson3544]

I think this may work. It is still reloading. Thanks!

[@nanakwaku7850]

i had my charger plugged in. i took it out and restarted it. it’s working now

[@syafindaniel]

i wanna cry

[@sravyamuvva3221]

Thanks a lot!! First option worked for me

[@dr.thaliaw9881]

Thaaaaaaaaanks. The first step worked!!

[@FixItWithMe]

All Apple products have a time limit before they fail installed into their program. They have been sued for this and lost. Usually Apple phones have problems in 3-4 years. Apple laptops 5-7 years.

[@MitsubishiEvoXFQ]

Thanks - mine was the Hard-drive 👍🏻

[@DylanEdmunds]

if you reinstall the operating system does it wipe your drive?

[@AshutoshKanaujia]

i also have the same question

[@straybulletspin]

No it does not.

[@straybulletspin]

It only wipes your drive if you hop on the Disk Utility and erase or wipe the container

[@DylanEdmunds]

@@straybulletspin doped thanks!

[@Sylphadora]

I’m installing High Sierra in an early 2011 MacBook Pro and it keeps getting stuck on the logo with no progress bar. I tried rebooting into safe mode and into recovery mode but nothing happens. It’s the logo every time.

[@rjeption]

Hello! It’s been 4 weeks… did you find any solution? It’s been 4 days and I’m experiencing the same exact issue

[@Sylphadora]

@@rjeption Yes, I was finally able to install High Sierra. I didn't do anything special, just kept trying with both the safe mode and the recovery mode until it worked. It took a looong time.

[@rjeption]

@@Sylphadora seriously? That’s great to hear! Did you have to connect a usb with High Sierra downloaded in order to reboot?

[@Sylphadora]

@@rjeption No, that's a funny story. I wanted to download High Sierra directly on my MacBook but the link to the App Store didn't work, so on I whim I tried something I thought wouldn't work - I opened the download link on my iPhone, sent myself an email with the link and opened the link on my laptop. It worked! Thank God, because I didn't have any other laptop to download it from. Luckily this is the last time I have to update the OS in this MacBook. High Sierra is the last OS it supports so no more updates for this baby. I was updating it from Yosemite. I hate updating operating systems!

[@rjeption]

@@Sylphadora I also hate updating OS. Hence why I’m here because I’m stuck on that Apple logo…. So just to recap so I understand. You eventually got safe or recovery mode to work after a very long time. Afterwards, you were able to access your MacBook normally and then that’s when you sent the link to your email from your phone to update OS?

[@Chris-dj4vc]

Hey yesturday I deleted something in the files to clear some of my “other gb” I deleted something that I’m not suppose to and now it doesn’t let me sign in to my apple account

[@ekwedorfilms]

thankyou so much

[@susanquirk4353]

I have used all of this and tonight I just tried option, command, P, R again. Now I have a new problem! I hear the tune and the screen lights up some and nothing! It just keeps doing this!!!! What do I do now?

[@TheVoyager830]

Hey there did you fix the problem, im having the same too

[@gabriellafrantz7486]

Same!!!!

[@jessicat9220]

Same did you ever get it fixed?

[@jessicat9220]

@@TheVoyager830mind too Did you find a fix?

[@TheVoyager830]

@@jessicat9220 no nothing

[@Yunjinlikestea]

Tysm it just loaded for me

[@gregoryrogel]

Life saver! 🙌

[@marcmaura8396]

thank you ! 10s press and hold worked

[@baseballbatkid1493]

What did you use to record this?

[@pmurphy1986]

Thank you so much this helped

[@AsianFlex]

Recovery mode or internet recovery mode won’t work…

[@jonc8561]

What if this happened during a MAC OS Update?

[@intothedarkabyss8128]

Did you solve this already?

[@3jrivera928]

were you able to fix this? my mac just keeps on restarting after an OS update.

[@lapertica8258]

THAMKS .It worked with command R and I reloaded the computer.

[@muhammadmalik884]

Very helpful

[@alexsnow6971]

Mine is still stocked, i tried the recovery mode and it's only showing me available WiFi, i connected to wifi but it just keeps loading 😢

[@Samirabhram]

Omgg!!!! I was about to freak out thank you som ich oh goodness this is my dads 2017 MacBook Pro and his MacBook Stucked too much if that happens to it my dad will kill me but he was in work oh my god!

[@iceberg220]

Mine is an iMac 27" 5 k late 2015; I got it in a bundle from one of the auction sites and have no idea what's in it, nor the specs, as I haven't been able to make it boot up; I tried 2 different HDDs, thinking the problem would be with the original one, with the same results, it gets stuck on the Apple logo and no loading bar movement; recovery disk, internet recovery all end up the same, no option to Disk Utility or OS reinstalling; Apple Hardware Diagnostics, by pressing Option + D or just D starts and freezes at the "2 minutes remaining" message; any idea of what I might be dealing with?

[@rjeption]

Hello! It’s been 3 months, have u found a solution to this yet? I’m experiencing the same exact problem

[@iceberg220]

I have not, unfortunately; to be honest I just gave up after so many frustrating tries

[@rjeption]

@@iceberg220 I’m considering that too 😩 I’ve tried everything I’ve found on the internet

[@cprepairslab6465]

have you tried to open up the iMac - put a new internal hard drive in ? this is a big risk of damaging screen but we got to try

[@iceberg220]

@@cprepairslab6465 yes, I did; I mentioned in my comment that I tried 2 other HDDs and same result; I even tried an external HDD; anyway, I ended up just taking it apart for spare parts and trash the rest; thank you!

[@florenceaferi]

What if you don’t have an apple keyboard? I can’t do command anything, just ctrl.

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

on windows keyboards the left windows button is the CMD button on macs, give it a try

[@MackenMusic]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@wooden_cactus]

This helped thank you so much 😊

[@sabrinasingh0121]

THANK YOUUU

[@desiawesomechannel3315]

Hi.! My MacBook pro stuck on apple logo and then went black without showing anything...

[@澳洲龍蝦芝士焗]

sometimes we just want to hear which keys we need put on........in a 3second ans.

[@tanjion264]

Ty sm I help me

[@tanjion264]

It**

[@monicazetta2354]

I can’t select the user, it won’t be clicked. How can I solve this?

[@Nobody-wu7tv]

Thank you that worked!

[@braddalton1951]

If you turn off your keyboard, you can't use Command R