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Hi, recently I was downloading something which may have been on a dodgy website, when a few mins later my MacBook Air froze. I had to force shut down by holding the power button, but now when trying to reboot, the black loading screen with the apple logo only loads to around 1/3 of the way before freezing, at the exact same spot every time. I have tried safe mode but that also freezes then crashes when near the end of the loading bar. Also I have tried recovery mode to run first aid. I am worried as I have a lot of work on here and I believe time machine wasn’t turned on as I can’t restore to an earlier date. I don’t want to restore completely as I will lose all my work. Does anyone have any help?
Get an external enclosure to put your drive into to access your data on another Mac: OWC Envoy Pro https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MAU3… You can usually find these a lot cheaper on eBay.
