Filed under: Tips and tricks, Troubleshooting
"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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Derek said 8:06PM on 6-19-2006
Mac OS crashes?
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Larry Asher said 9:08PM on 6-19-2006
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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blackout said 9:09PM on 6-19-2006
ditto, when? o.0
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Ruben Santiago said 10:08PM on 6-19-2006
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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Colin P said 10:25PM on 6-19-2006
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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Mephistophelian said 12:24AM on 6-20-2006
Thanks! I'll save it to my desktop in case I need to refer to it one day.
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Wry Cooter said 1:49AM on 6-20-2006
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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Liquidmark said 2:03AM on 6-20-2006
It only has crashed on the Intl machine for me.
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Goobimama said 4:13AM on 6-20-2006
@ Cooter, you do realise that pressing and holding the Power button "cold" shuts it down right?
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R031E5 said 10:31AM on 6-20-2006
Wow! really cool! I just printed it, it's really small and practical. I put it into my wallet ;)
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David Ingersoll said 3:53PM on 6-20-2006
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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Jon said 9:47PM on 6-20-2006
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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