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Diagnosing a Mac which can’t complete booting

What to do when your Mac won’t boot into the Desktop and Finder – another summary diagram for diagnosis and suggested solutions.

September 18, 2018 Macs, Technology

There’s something wrong with that file: could it be a xattr issue?

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There’s something wrong with that file, which seems to keep crashing an app. When you can’t put your finger on what’s wrong, it’s likely to be a xattr problem.

December 13, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

Checking keychain access using Woodpile: a tutorial

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How to identify which keychains are opened when your Mac starts up, and any problems when that happens.

November 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

Moving a blog to Tinderbox: Guiding decisions

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Transferring a decision-making guide from a quick flowchart into Tinderbox notes.

May 19, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Moving a blog to Tinderbox: Progress and tidying up

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Now over 20,000 words in length, content ranges from the plain and simple to detailed analysis of Sierra’s log. Free and ready for you to augment and update.

May 8, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Moving a blog to Tinderbox: Troubleshooting Macs

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Pulling together articles here on Macs, and reshaping their content to create a user reference.

April 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

Mac Troubleshooting Summary

A starting point for diagnosing and fixing your Mac problems, with links to key articles here.

April 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

That update just broke everything: what to do next

The OS X update has just installed, and seems to have broken your Mac. What do you do next?

September 6, 2016 Macs, Technology

Generic troubleshooting: how to fix something that doesn’t work

Eight steps to fix software which doesn’t work the way that it should: be your own Q&A expert.

November 25, 2015 Macs, Technology

Tackling Network Problems

Network problems are most common when something comes along and upsets a network which previously seemed to work […]

February 14, 2015 Macs, Technology

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