![]() The first thing you’ll want to do resolve nearly every power related issue on a Mac is to reset the SMC, or System Management Controller. Release all keys at the same time, then boot the Mac as usual.Hold down the Shift+Control+Option+Power button at the same time for a few seconds.Shut down the Mac and connect it to your MagSafe adapter and a wall outlet as usual.On any modern MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with a built-in battery, which is just a bout all of them nowadays, this is how you do that: This will dump and reset settings for anything power management related, and is long known to resolve problems with things like fans, heat, sleeping problems, and of course, display issues. Older Macs can find directions here for the same process on their machines, it’s slightly different if you can take out the battery. Second, Try a Keypress Sequence to Ditch the Black Screen When the Mac boots, hopefully the black screen has gone away and you’re back to normal, but if it doesn’t… reader Nathan D. Regular readers may recall that we covered some OS X keyboard shortcuts for the Shutdown, Sleep, and Restart controls of just about every Mac, and this little key press sequence takes advantage of those. ![]() Wait about 15 seconds, then hit the Power button again to turn it back on.Hold down the Power button until a hard shut down is forced.Press the “S” button – this is the shortcut to sleep the Mac.Press the Power / OFF button once – this will bring up the dialog box which you can’t see.Oddly enough, it seems to work to resolve some of the mystery Mac booting into black screen issues. This key press solution was discovered by reader Nathan D., who found it tucked away on MacRumors Forums, and it has worked for several other commenters there as well. Try a PRAM Reset to Resolve the Black Boot Display Some other users on the MR forums suggest that resetting PRAM helped them too, but most power issues are resolved by the SMC reset. When you hear the boot sound again, the PRAM has been reset so let the Mac boot again as usualĪt this point your Mac should boot again as usual and no longer have the black display, loading Mac OS or Mac OS X as usual.Reboot the Mac and as soon as you hear the boot chime, hold down the Command+Option+P+R keys together.As a potential solution to the black screen on boot, this is done upon restarting the Mac similar to an SMC reset: If the above two tricks failed, a PRAM reset can often do the trick, as many of the commenters on this article can attest to. When the Mac boots into the black screen, enter the password you’d use to login to the Mac as usual.Some users in our comments report an interesting alternative finding if they hit the black screen on boot if they enter their regular login password and hit the Enter/Return key, the Mac boots up as usual and they’re good to go. Turn Off Automatic Graphics Switching (for black screens on dual-GPU MacBook Pro only) If this works, you’ll know rather quickly because the black screen will give way to the regular Mac OS desktop. ![]() Some MacBook Pro models have dual graphics cards that switch automatically. For whatever reason those models can sometimes boot directly to a black screen.
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