I have two mac desktops, one quit responding and when I tried to restart it, it wouldn't boot up except in safe mode. Then my other mac started having the same issue. I ran disk repair utility, but it hasn't helped. Running macos sequoia 15.6.1 Please help!
iMac 27″, macOS 15.6
You can't repair a disk while booted into the boot volume. You must boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down - Intel Macs) or (How to Boot a Silicon Mac into Recovery Mode), select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu and turn First Aid on all possible volumes.
If that doesn't help, boot into Safe Mode and do the following:
Please download and run Etrecheck. The free version is sufficient.
Copy and paste the results into your reply. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.
Copy the report
and after clicking on the Reply button use the Additional Text button to paste the report in your reply.
Then we can examine the report and see if we can determine the cause of the problem.
You can't repair a disk while booted into the boot volume. You must boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down - Intel Macs) or (How to Boot a Silicon Mac into Recovery Mode), select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu and turn First Aid on all possible volumes.
If that doesn't help, boot into Safe Mode and do the following:
Please download and run Etrecheck. The free version is sufficient.
Copy and paste the results into your reply. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.
Copy the report
and after clicking on the Reply button use the Additional Text button to paste the report in your reply.
Then we can examine the report and see if we can determine the cause of the problem.
This sounds more like some third-party software or a VPN that was installed on both of the Mac's.
To get to the bottom of that, please use the EtreCheck Pro utility that Old Toad suggested.
Well I got my main computer working by following your suggestions and also reinstalling macos, but still having the same issue with my other networked mac even after completing the same fix. Very strange how both computer would develop the same symptoms at the same time. Thanks so much for your help.
Will do, many thanks
Two mac desktop having the same issue
