Time Machine, Apple’s popular backup application, isn’t limited to working with backup volumes that are physically attached to your Mac. It supports remote backup drives in the form of network drives, including Apple’s own Time Capsule product. Network-based Time Machine… Continue Reading
Watching your Mac screen suddenly distort, freeze, or refuse to turn on is never a welcome event. Unlike other Mac problems, you can’t slow down the resolution of a misbehaving screen; must be fixed immediately. If you’re lucky, the glitch… Continue Reading
With the introduction of OS X Lion, Apple made fundamental changes to the way OS X is sold and distributed. Installation DVDs are history; OS X is now available as a download from the Mac App Store. With the removal… Continue Reading
When you turn on your Mac, it should display a gray or dark, almost black screen as it searches for your startup drive. The color displayed will depend on the model and age of your Mac. Once the drive is… Continue Reading
It’s more efficient to shut down or restart a Mac remotely than to physically access the device, in situations where the uncooperative computer is physically far away from you, for example, in a different building from your office or on… Continue Reading
Mac startup problems can take many forms, but gray screen stuck can be one of the most troublesome because there are so many possible causes. Also, there are many problems with the Mac that are confused with the gray screen… Continue Reading
Have you ever forgotten your Mac administrator account password? That’s the first account you set up on your Mac. Apple’s setup utility walked you through the account creation process and then sent you using your Mac. If you can’t remember… Continue Reading
Apple provides a handy application for working with hard drives called Disk Utility. If you open Disk Utility, you’ll notice that it doesn’t include a tool to defragment any of the drives connected to your Mac. The reason for this… Continue Reading
Time Machine is an easy-to-use backup system with a nice collection of features that make it the ideal backup system for most Mac users. But like all backup applications, Time Machine it is subject to bugs and issues that can… Continue Reading
With IMAP accounts, Mac OS X Mail can use the IDLE command (provided the account supports it). Instead of periodically polling the server for new mail, Mac OS X Mail only waits for incoming messages, which are sent automatically and… Continue Reading