02-03-2017, 10:27 PM
As hal says, the question mark is not a good sign. Nor is having iPhoto (or Photos?) go missing. It is part of the OS install. The startup drive could have a problem.
You might verify the disk with disk utility and see whether there are significant disk errors. (or just restart and hold the option key after the chime. Select the recovery partition and then disk utility. Choose Repair disk.)
This could cure the problem, tell you the disk is done, or could find nothing wrong. We can hope for a cure.
You might verify the disk with disk utility and see whether there are significant disk errors. (or just restart and hold the option key after the chime. Select the recovery partition and then disk utility. Choose Repair disk.)
This could cure the problem, tell you the disk is done, or could find nothing wrong. We can hope for a cure.