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Playing Safe: what does Safe mode do?

Another commonly-suggested panacea, Safe mode has its uses, if you understand why it is ‘safe’.

August 24, 2016 Macs, Technology

Reading logs: shutdown and startup

How to understand Console’s log entries for a normal shutdown, and a normal startup.

July 8, 2016 Macs, Technology

Diagnosing problems: crash, freeze, panic, or spinning beachball?

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Was that crash a freeze, a panic, or just a spinning beachball? And what do they mean?

July 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

Startup and shutdown key combinations

All the useful key combinations, arranged by function rather than keys.

June 12, 2016 Macs, Technology

Is crowdfunding the way ahead?

Crowdfunding must be a good way ahead, as it is popular, and offers you something that you want. Or is it?

January 20, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Starting beeps

Sometimes, when starting up, my Mac beeps at me. What is wrong with it?

December 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Noisy fans in an iMac

When I started my iMac up, the fan has run up to be really loud. How can I fix this?

October 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Starting up in silence

How I can stop my Mac making its startup sound?

August 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: How much free space on a hard disk?

How much free disk space should I keep on two external hard drives, a 2 TB and a 250 GB?

June 28, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Insecure Startup Item

Every time that I start my new Mac up, I see a message about an insecure Startup Item being disabled. How can I remove that?

June 16, 2015 Macs, Technology

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