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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6-19-2006 @ 8:06PM
Derek said...
Mac OS crashes?
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6-19-2006 @ 9:08PM
Larry Asher said...
We're a client of CreativeTechs, and so I got a sneak preview of this pocket guide. I'm distributing it to all our office and teaching staff. Thanks, CT!
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6-19-2006 @ 9:09PM
blackout said...
ditto, when? o.0
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6-19-2006 @ 10:08PM
Ruben Santiago said...
it 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...
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6-19-2006 @ 10:25PM
Colin P said...
wow, 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.
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6-20-2006 @ 12:24AM
Mephistophelian said...
Thanks! I'll save it to my desktop in case I need to refer to it one day.
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6-20-2006 @ 1:49AM
Wry Cooter said...
I'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.
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6-20-2006 @ 2:03AM
Liquidmark said...
It only has crashed on the Intl machine for me.
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6-20-2006 @ 4:13AM
Goobimama said...
@ Cooter, you do realise that pressing and holding the Power button "cold" shuts it down right?
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6-20-2006 @ 10:31AM
R031E5 said...
Wow! really cool! I just printed it, it's really small and practical. I put it into my wallet ;)
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6-20-2006 @ 3:53PM
David Ingersoll said...
Thank 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.
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6-20-2006 @ 9:47PM
Jon said...
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?
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