That’s not my case as my MacBook was not starting up at all, likely because it can’t find the SSD drive. And as I suspected, it means your Mac can’t find its system software. The page then suggests that if it only flashes for a few seconds, and then boot up, that means that the Mac is still able to find the system disk but it was perhaps no longer the startup disk. When I tried googling for this, I stumbled upon Apple’s support page on exactly this: If a flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac. Then when I try to start it up again, I get the flashing folder icon. When that happens, my MacBook would freeze and I had to then hold on to the power button to force shutdown the MacBook. It seems that the SSD would suddenly power off when I left my MacBook idle for a while, likely due to the energy saving settings. Initially, I thought that my MacBook might somehow have gotten damaged when the they replaced the display. I had this problem right after I got back my MacBook from Apple’s service center for a replacement of a defective display. If you’re reading this post, I’m assuming that you too have the same flashing folder with a question mark appearing on your Mac. If a flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac? Read on…
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