Had my Mac frozen, or was it just very busy running tests on the boot disk? When I forced it to restart, what did the log reveal?
recovery mode
Mojave brings new flying thumbnails of screenshots and more options. But do they solve limitations in taking screenshots?
How to prepare your Mac to pass on to a close relative, a purchaser, or even for recycling.
So you’ve just got your new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or Mac mini – or iMac Pro – with its T2 chip. How does that change things? Practical advice and solutions.
Like El Capitan before it, Sierra has now vanished from the App Store. It has also been removed from your Purchased list. How can you install it now?
Safe mode, or Recovery? Which type of Recovery? How to engage all those useful modes at startup, and when shutting down.
Transferring a decision-making guide from a quick flowchart into Tinderbox notes.
There are now three different Recovery modes. This explains which to use, and provides a flowchart to help you work out how best to reinstall in them.
Over a month after the release of macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Apple quietly let slip the news that it […]
Know how to enter Recovery mode in Sierra? It might not work now if you’re using a wireless keyboard.
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