Creating a Mac OS X emergency boot disk is a great idea for any person who regularly repairs Apple Mac computers. How to create a Mac OS X boot disk is a complicated process, but this step-by-step ...

Apart from the default startup disk, Mac computers can be set to start up from a different disk like an external drive, network volume, or a USB flash drive. This article explains the process for ...

Accessing the boot menu in OS X is a simple key press, though in some cases it requires specific timing in order to work. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author ...

Navigate Recovery Mode on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs for Reinstalling OS, Troubleshooting, and More Reviewed by Ryan Perian To restart an Intel Mac in Recovery Mode, hold Command+R when the computer ...

Holding down the right key when you start up your Mac can fix all kinds of problems. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac If your Mac is sick, the first step is to restart it. But did you know that there ...

Mac OS X Lion recovery partition. Apple’s new Mac OS X Lion adds support for a recovery partition as part of the OS installation and while this may not seem important to most users — it is. Apple is ...

While using these suggestions, make sure you have enough permission on the user account for any needed modification. Boot Camp Assistant might stop responding, or installation failed. Startup disk ...

My friend was wiping my Mac so I could sell it and I’m pretty sure they’ve deleted the start up disk? It’s not letting me reinstall the OS on a recovery startup. She wonders about a fix. There are a ...

Forgot your Mac password? 3 ways to unlock startup disks encrypted with Apple’s FileVault Your email has been sent If you forget your Mac's login account password ...