How do you reboot a apple laptop, my laptop is
When you mentioned in the issue detail, that your Macbook portable "is messed up", without more details, I honestly cannot tell to what extent you are having issues with your Macbook.
So to better assist you, I am going to provide a few troubleshooting steps to see if this can help with your Macbook's rebooting up to the desktop normally.
Procedure #1
Here are some steps you can try to resolve the issue:
• First, hold in your power button for approximately 10 seconds to do a hard shutdown.
• Once your Mac is shutdown, you will need to perform what is called a PRAM reset (Parameter RAM)
This should help with the freezing issue:
• Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously .
• Turn on the computer.
• Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
• Now, hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the third time.
• Release the keys and allow the Macbook to start up.
If the PRAM reset still does not help, try this second procedure below.
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Procedure #2
-SMC RESET-
The System Management Controller is an integrated circuit (computer chip) that is usually on the logic board of your Mac portable.
It is responsible for power management of the computer. It controls backlighting, hard disk spin down, sleep and wake, some charging aspects, trackpad control, and some input/output as it relates to the computer sleeping.
Shut down the computer.
• Disconnect the MagSafe power adapter from the computer, if it's connected.
• Remove the battery.
• Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
• Release the power button.
• Reconnect the battery and MagSafe power adapter.
• Press the power button to turn on the computer.
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Give this a try and you should be able to boot up normally. If not, let me know.
Thanks!
Regards,
-Mactechtrainer