I turn the laptop on and boots up and gives me my password box. Once I type it in the screen seems to get stuck with what looks like a loading bar then does nothing. My background is still visible and my login icon is there also. Tried restarting it also and it just does the same thing. Help, it worked fine yesterday and I haven’t done anything out of the ordinary.
A Troubleshooting Protocol to Identify Problems or Fix macOS El Capitan or Later
You should try each, one at a time, then test to see if the problem is fixed before going on to the next.
Be sure to backup your files before proceeding if possible.
- Shutdown the computer, wait 30 seconds, restart the computer.
- Disconnect all third-party peripherals and remove any support software like drivers and plug-ins.
- Resetting your Mac’s PRAM and NVRAM
- Reset the System Management Controller (SMC)
- Start the computer in Safe Mode, then restart normally. This is slower than a standard startup.
- Repair the disk by booting from the Recovery HD. Immediately after the chime hold down the Command and R keys until the Utility Menu appears. Choose Disk Utility and click on the Continue button. Select the indented (usually, Macintosh HD) volume entry from the side list. Click on the First Aid button in the toolbar. Wait for the Done button to appear. Quit Disk Utility and return to the Utility Menu. Restart the computer from the Apple Menu.
