Stuck in safe mode
By Kristen Howe
@KristenH (33591)
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
May 6, 2017 11:55am CST
That's what my computer have been in for the past week. Somehow I'm not able to get unstuck from it. Safe mode is used for trouble-shooting only. I've tried restarting it multiple time and pressed P-R-option and Command on my external keyboard. I was able to get it out of it briefly. But I didn't press the shift button. It's not stuck or anything. 
But when my computer when to sleep this morning, I couldn't get on log in. When I was able to log in, it was either safe mode or the OS X Utilities page for some reason. So I restarted and rebooted my laptop numerous times and called Apple. I told them about my water spill issue from last fall. After we rebooted it together, it went back to safe mode unfortunately.
He suggested to compress air on the laptop keyboard around the area. And if it doesn't work, I might be stuck in safe mode for the time being. 
I'm fine with it for now, but the flickering screen, it can be a nuisiance. I know my only option is to buy a new one. And it would cost me $1300-1500 to buy a new MacBook Pro. Almost 4 years ago, it cost me $1000 for a new laptop. 
At paypal, I have a little over $1500 with my Upwork earnings so far. Like my brother told me earlier this year, he wants me to save money to get to $2000. And that would be until toward mid-summer, if I can make more money with Upwork, Mylot, HubPages and Swagbucks combined. I don't have enough in savings to make ends meet.
Until then, I would have to grin and bear it with my laptop and hope I can get out of safe mode soon. Unless there's a sale between now and Labor Day, I might get it earlier. And if I have to do it soon, I would have a little over $200 leftover in Paypal. I just hope this partial R&R for Venom goes through, when I send it out next week and then land an pub deal by mid-summer, so I won't have to save money to hire a pro editor this sumnmer.
Have you any computer-related issues lately or been in safe mode?
But when my computer when to sleep this morning, I couldn't get on log in. When I was able to log in, it was either safe mode or the OS X Utilities page for some reason. So I restarted and rebooted my laptop numerous times and called Apple. I told them about my water spill issue from last fall. After we rebooted it together, it went back to safe mode unfortunately.
He suggested to compress air on the laptop keyboard around the area. And if it doesn't work, I might be stuck in safe mode for the time being. I'm fine with it for now, but the flickering screen, it can be a nuisiance. I know my only option is to buy a new one. And it would cost me $1300-1500 to buy a new MacBook Pro. Almost 4 years ago, it cost me $1000 for a new laptop.
At paypal, I have a little over $1500 with my Upwork earnings so far. Like my brother told me earlier this year, he wants me to save money to get to $2000. And that would be until toward mid-summer, if I can make more money with Upwork, Mylot, HubPages and Swagbucks combined. I don't have enough in savings to make ends meet.
Until then, I would have to grin and bear it with my laptop and hope I can get out of safe mode soon. Unless there's a sale between now and Labor Day, I might get it earlier. And if I have to do it soon, I would have a little over $200 leftover in Paypal. I just hope this partial R&R for Venom goes through, when I send it out next week and then land an pub deal by mid-summer, so I won't have to save money to hire a pro editor this sumnmer.
Have you any computer-related issues lately or been in safe mode?7 people like this
7 responses
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
6 May 17
wow that sucks. i really dont know what i would do if i ever got total stuck in that. i had it sometimes with my regular pc before i started using the laptop, but just pressed the space key and it would load. no idea about all that technology you seem to know about. lol
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
7 May 17
@KristenH i sure do also. nice having you around to talk/type to. lol
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
7 May 17
@bunnybon7 Same here. And so far so good this morning, though I don't want to jinx it this week.
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@Fishmomma (11658)
• United States
10 May 17
My computer is still being worked on, so I'm on my old computer this month. I'm not sure when the new one will be ready, as it went to HP and hoping to see it again. I am getting to think another new one will end up being the solution.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
10 May 17
Same here for me. But it might be a Dell or HP this time around. We'll see. Hope you have good results for your computer.
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
6 May 17
Oh no this is not good news right now especially with the Venom thing.
I hope it rights itself somehow..maybe someone here might have some ideas?
My old laptop did that for a while but then righted itself, though it is pretty unusable still.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
6 May 17
@KristenH I wish you the best of luck with everything going your way Kristen.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
6 May 17
@TiarasOceanView Thanks Ocean. 
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
6 May 17
Yes but that was back in 2000.
Now I turn off my computer when not in use and I even unplug it to save power. I save $10 a month by doing this.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
6 May 17
Wow! That's a long time ago. 
Good idea. I tend to leave my computer on sleep when I go to the gym and church, and shut it down on the weekends to have a fresh reboot.
Good idea. I tend to leave my computer on sleep when I go to the gym and church, and shut it down on the weekends to have a fresh reboot.
@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
6 May 17
Why does it have to be that type of laptop? Why not just a good but cheaper one so you can have a new one already?
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