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- First off, even programs like malware bytes do more harm than good. Apple has implemented state of the art security technology on board, and nothing can do better than it. Second, the text issue is probably caused by either a corrupted font family.
- Jul 20, 2019 Your mac displays a question mark a few seconds then starts. You continuously see a question mark (?) and the system fails to start. If you are facing trouble while starting up your MacBook Pro with a question mark (?) for a few seconds then starts, it.
- Feb 15, 2011 However, if a question mark is showing up somewhere else, such as the menu bar, it might mean that you have upgraded your operating system and the app you were using is no longer compatible. My best suggestion is to download the application from the app store, or wherever you got it and see if it has been updated.
First I'd like to say I'm a relative newbie. I bought my first ever mac book pro just this last June. I can swear on my grandmothers grave I will never EVER switch back to PC. Why did I wait!
OK, on to my question. While learning about my macs finder app, I dragged a couple apps into the toolbar of the finder window so I could just click on them and not have to go to the apps folder to launch them. They were simple apps that gave me side by side views etc. The problem is that I dragged them from my downloads folder and not from my apps folder. So now that I have deleted the apps from the downloads folder, thinking I had also saved them in my apps folder, there are question marks where the app logo used to be. When I click on them it says 'the item cannot be found' Is there any way to find out what app the question mark is trying to find? I liked one but the other I'm not sorry I lost. I cannot seem to be able to delete the question mark or find out what it is looking for. Am I stuck with these marks forever?
OK, on to my question. While learning about my macs finder app, I dragged a couple apps into the toolbar of the finder window so I could just click on them and not have to go to the apps folder to launch them. They were simple apps that gave me side by side views etc. The problem is that I dragged them from my downloads folder and not from my apps folder. So now that I have deleted the apps from the downloads folder, thinking I had also saved them in my apps folder, there are question marks where the app logo used to be. When I click on them it says 'the item cannot be found' Is there any way to find out what app the question mark is trying to find? I liked one but the other I'm not sorry I lost. I cannot seem to be able to delete the question mark or find out what it is looking for. Am I stuck with these marks forever?
Monday, October 20, 2008, 10:39 PM – Tips and Hints
If you look at your Dock some day and see a big question mark where an application icon is supposed to be you are probably going to wonder what it means and what to do about it.
The icons resting on your Dock are alias’ that link to the location on your hard drive where the applications are actually stored. In most cases that means your Applications Folder.
If you recall, you added something to the Dock by dragging the icon image from the location folder (Applications) to the dock and released it. That “links” the alias icon to the application itself.
Macos Question Mark On App
When that big blue question mark suddenly shows up, that means the alias icon on your Dock can no longer find the application. It has lost it’s reason to exist and says “help, why am I here?”
Backward Question Mark On Mac
You might as well pull it off the dock and release it because it no longer functions.
Question Mark On App Mac
What to do about it depends on what caused the problem in the first place. If you discarded the application, then throwing away the question mark solves the problem. Everything is neat and tidy and you are ready to move on.
Question Mark File Mac Startup
If you moved the application somewhere else, such as to a backup external drive or just to some other folder, then find that location and pull an alias icon back down to the dock and you should be set to go.
Mac Question Mark Screen
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