What does a non-booting macbook displaying a lightning bolt mean?

macbook-pro boot hardware

That looks like the Thunderbolt logo. Your Mac probably thinks that is in Target Disk Mode.


NVRAM holds the info on where/how to boot (Target Disk Mode). You need to reset the NVRAM

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