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My Mac Is Stuck on Booting Screen, What Should I Do

My Mac was working fine yesterday. But when I turn it on today, my Mac is stuck on the booting screen and doesn't show the desktop or files. How to fix it?

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Brithny· Answered on Jan 04, 2024

Suppose your Mac is stuck on the booting screen, don't worry! There are several reasons why your Mac is stuck on the booting screen, including the corrupt macOS, damaged hard drive, macOS Sonoma upgrade failure, RAM module failure, and more.

Some of the more serious failures can threaten the security of your data. So when the error occurs, use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac Pro, a professional software that integrates data recovery and backup, to back up your Mac data first.

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With the EaseUS software, you can back up your essential data first and recover permanently deleted files on Mac without the Time Machine backup. To avoid data loss during the fixing process, follow the steps below to back up your Mac disk:

Step 1. Click 'Disk Backup > Create Backup > Next' in EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac's main interface.

Step 2. Select an internal volume to back up, and click 'Create Backup'.

Step 3. Choose a place to save your backup files, and change the name of your backup file, then click 'Save'.

After backing up your Mac, refer to the following three methods to fix the Mac stuck on the booting screen error.

Method 1. Hard restart your Mac
Method 2. Reset SMC on your Mac
Method 3. Reboot your Mac into Safe Mode
Method 4. Run First Aid in Disk Utility to check the Mac startup disk

Use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to recover deleted or lost files easily and quickly.

Tutorials on how to recover lost, deleted, or formatted data from HDD, SSD, USB, SD card, or other storage media on Windows and Mac.

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