The First Aid feature in Apple’s Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities) represents one of the oldest and most helpful repair utilities available for your Mac. But ...

Does your Mac slow to a crawl when starting up? It could be all the apps that are trying to load. Here's how to disable and ...

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 ...

Apple has released a trio of articles that offer new or updated information regarding disk repairs. Let’s take a look at each. Gray progress bar at startup and Snow Leopard According to an Apple ...

System fails to boot properly, possible solutions We've previously covered a number of issues with startup after installing Mac OS X 10.4.2. These problems can spontaneously occur with any incremental ...

Apart from the default startup disk, Mac computers can be set to start up from a different disk like an external drive, network volume, or a USB flash drive. This article explains the process for ...

AirPort network not automatically re-joined after sleep Several readers have noted an issue where after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.6 their systems do not automatically re-join the default AirPort ...

Apple’s Mac startup chime became an iconic signature of the company’s computers over the years and then in late 2016, it was removed for all Macs going forward with the exception of the 2017 MacBook ...