Occasionally users can accidentally change the permissions settings on their boot disk to deny access to everyone. This can cause your Mac to not boot properly. If this happens, follow these simple ...

Disk Utility is Apple's go-to macOS app for finding and repairing common disk errors, but if it's your Mac's internal disk that's the problem, then your Mac might not even start up into macOS.

Change Startup Disk 1.03 is an update to this utility that allows you to bypass Startup Disk System Preferences and change the startup disk. One Button Booting from Classic to Mac OS X On a similar ...

Hey,<BR>I was wondering if it was possible to edit the "IO.sys" file on my Windows 98se boot disk. So, instead of saying <BR><BR>"Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu ...

I just swapped in a Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT for the OEM hard drive on my Core Duo MacBook, and I might be experiencing an issue. I made two bootable backups with SuperDuper before ...

There are several utilities you can use on your Mac to secure it at startup. Here's how to use them to keep your Mac and data safe. Computer security is an important topic in today's digital world and ...

Apparently in preparation of tomorrow’s retail release of Mac OS X, Apple has released a new version of its Startup Disk control panel. The new version, 9.2.1, is ready for download from Apple via the ...

If your Mac is having problems, macOS has multiple keyboard combinations that you can hold to recover your system, start in safe mode, run diagnostics, and more. Here's how to use them. Apple's macOS ...

Firmware, encryption, and filesystem traps that break dual boot.

Do you back up your Mac? If not, you should, but even if you do, backing up may not provide all the protection you need should disaster strike. Here’s the deal: Time Machine backups are an excellent ...

Last week, I posted a video on how-to create an SD card startup disk for the new MacBook Pros, the ones with the built-in SD card slot. I got several e-mail responses to that video, all of them asking ...

Boot disk recovery and repair toolkits don’t get any better than this Windows-based environment. Finally, we come to a boot disc that offers useful tools, is easyto use, and can be created from ...