Reset SMC PRAM NVRAM Repair guides Mac Laptop Guide: Step-by-Step
Duration: 45 minutes
Steps: 3 Steps
Is your Mac laptop giving you the silent treatment? Or maybe it’s acting a little quirky? Don’t worry, resetting your SMC, PRAM, and NVRAM could just do the trick! If you happen to be rocking a MacBook Pro 2018 Model with a T2 Chip, check out this guide since the steps vary for that model. And remember, if you need help, you can always schedule a repair!
Step 1
– If your Mac’s battery can be popped out, skip this step and jump to step 2.
– Hit the Apple menu and shut it down.
– Once it’s off, press Shift-Control-Option on the left side of the keyboard and the power button together. Keep holding them for 10 seconds. If you’ve got a MacBook Pro with Touch ID, the Touch ID button is your power button too.
– Let go of all the keys. Hit the power button again to turn your Mac back on.
Step 2
– Turn off your Mac.
– Take out the battery.
– Not sure how to remove your Mac’s battery? Click this link and select your Mac’s make and model.
– After removing the battery, press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
– Let go of the power button. Put the battery back in.
– Press the power button again to turn on your Mac.
Step 3
After you reset PRAM/NVRAM, just a quick heads-up: settings like disk caches, volume, time, and your keyboard and mouse preferences will hit the reset button too. No biggie, just giving you a friendly nudge to keep that in mind!
– First things first, let’s give your computer a little break! Go ahead and power it down.
– Now, time to bring it back to life! Hit that Power button like a champ.
– Before you see that lovely grey screen, press and hold those Command + Option + P + R keys all at once. You’ve got this!
– Keep holding those keys until you hear the sweet sound of your MacBook restarting. That’s the magic sound!
– Alright, once you hear that, it’s time to let go of the keys. You’re doing great!
