Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you can’t get into macOS, there are a few tricks to try. If you can’t get into macOS, there are a few tricks ...

Apple includes a Safe mode in its Mac startup options that can help you work out if a problem is being caused by software that loads as your Mac boots up. It's particularly useful for resolving issues ...

I have a Core 2 Duo black MacBook that I purchased in December '07, and it won't boot off my USB stick. To make the stick, I split it into two GUID partitions and restored the 10.6 install disk to the ...

Sometimes Apple... does not make things easy. I am trying to update my Macbook (3,1) to Lion while also adding a new larger hard drive scavenged from a now dead PC. I downloaded Lion using the PC and ...

The Mac is one of the most reliable PCs you can buy, which is probably why there’s a heightened sense of anxiety when you press the power button and nothing happens. But take a deep breath. When your ...

Bombich Software recently updated Carbon Copy Cloner to version 6, and its founder, Mike Bombich, posted a blog entry explaining some of the intricacies involved with updating cloning software for Big ...

The discovery of a simple Terminal command that brings back the classic startup chime on newer Macs has gone viral in recent days. Apple disabled the startup sound on new Macs in 2016, and while a ...