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The easiest first step on that front is to run Disk Utility. But the one I like to rule out right away-or repair, if possible-is any problem afflicting the hard drive.

If your Mac won’t boot, there could be many issues at play. Step 1: Run Disk Utility IDG Recovery mode offers a number of useful troubleshooting options. Let me share them with you too, since you may not have my number. Over chat, phone, and then in person when he made the trek from Brooklyn to my New Jersey home, I walked JV through my steps for resuscitating a Mac that won’t start up. When Julian called late last week, his MacBook Pro wouldn’t turn on it would get stuck on the Gray Screen of Stomach Pain Inducement and never move forward.
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(Fair’s fair: If I can’t remember how to play a minor major seventh, Julian’s the one I call. But as hard as JV drives his MacBook Pro-and he does push it to its limits, using live audio plug-ins for his keyboards onstage–when the computer acts up, I’m the one he texts for support. My friend Julian Velard is a musician and a geek.
