Hello follow SMUG members, I hope you can advise me.
I have a mid2012 MacBook Pro which today has given me the flashing folder with questionmark symbol and refuses to boot into Mac OS. Historically when this has happened it has been the HDD cable which once swapped out fixes the issue. I have booted into internet recovery, opened disk utility and I can see the SSD. Therefore it cannot be the HDD cable at fault on this occasion. I can not verify or repair the drive. Remaining in internet recovery I go to start up disks and this does not show the SSD as a boot option. I have also tried selecting reinstall OS X with a view of repairing the OS files but again there is no valid install location. It is also important to note that the SSD has been protected using FileVault. My questions are: What affect will FileVault have on getting my Mac to boot again? Can this be fixed and if not what is likely to be the component at fault? Does anyone have any recommendations on what the problem is and steps to fix this? Ideally I’d like to get this Mac working again as it is such a great computer. I have looked at the new MacBook Air but the only thing that stops me swapping is the lack of ports and I prefer the old keyboards which have travel on the keys. But if you have experience of this Mac I’d love to hear your experiences as if this Mac is beyond ecenomical repair then the Air is my first choice for replacements. Thank you for all contributions in advance. Ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
