"My Mac Won't Start!" pocket guide
For their 100th QuickTips email newsletter, Seattle area mac support agency CreativeTechs has published a handy little troubleshooting guide that fits neatly in your shirt pocket. The "My Mac Won't Start!" pocketmod tiny guide is available as a free PDF download, and covers basic troubleshooting steps such as starting up in safe mode, single user mode, booting from an external device, and attempting to view the machine using target disk mode. The QuickTips newsletter is something I've been subscribed to for a few months now, and it never fails to bring new insight into the way I use my Mac. Although aimed at creative professionals, the mailer has tips that are applicable to almost everybody, no matter their profession.
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Just lastnight I got an error with finder, the screen went blue and now it hangs on a grey screen with an apple and a spinning gear. any suggestions?
June 20 2006 at 9:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThank you for linking to our little guide. We've had our highest traffic day and the most number of subscribers to QuickTips as a result. Very flattering.
June 20 2006 at 3:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWow! really cool! I just printed it, it's really small and practical. I put it into my wallet ;)
June 20 2006 at 10:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@ Cooter, you do realise that pressing and holding the Power button "cold" shuts it down right?
June 20 2006 at 4:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt only has crashed on the Intl machine for me.
June 20 2006 at 2:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI've actually had to take the battery out of the powerbook to get it to shut down before, because I had shut down airport on the desktop mac I was networking with, and the powerbook couldn't properly log off.
June 20 2006 at 1:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThanks! I'll save it to my desktop in case I need to refer to it one day.
June 20 2006 at 12:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywow, this is really cool. I just put it together and am quite impressed. Very creative and clever. Well done, will keep it with my system guide and DVDs should I ever run into a problem.
June 19 2006 at 10:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyit crashed on me once...it was really weird my screen dimmed and a gray box appeared saying u NEED to restart your computer by holding down the power button, my music sounded like a broken record...
June 19 2006 at 10:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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