When I open my MacBook Pro after it has been closed (usually for more than 1 hr) I get a slow response.
One of the following happens:
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I hear a mechanical startup sound, and grey screen appears.
Then once that loads I get my login screen, but it's frozen. Mouse won't move and can't type. If I don't touch anything then the screen will turn off after 1 minute. Then if I do anything, touch the trackpad, or the keyboard, it will open like it should. Instantly to the login screen and I can type my password no problem.
This takes about 2–3 minutes to get up and running.
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The screen is opened and the computer goes straight to the frozen login screen.
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Screen does not respond. Stays black. I have to hold down the power button to do a hard restart.
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This happened for the first time yesterday. The grey screen shifted to a darker grey and took me to a welcome page where I could choose the language and then it had options for a forgotten password etc.
MacBook Pro 13″, Mid 2012
Best Answer
What you describe indicates a failing disk. Here are 3 methods to fix that.
If you can start in Safe Mode then use Disk Utility to try to repair it.
Alternatively use the cmd+r to boot in to the recovery mode and use the Disk Utility
If that did not work start in Single user mode and run
fsck -fs
to try to repair it.See this Apple KB article here: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT203176