Last week I wrote a few tips about disk encryption, but I didn’t write about what to do with the startup disk on your Mac. I cannot think of any reason you shouldn’t encrypt your startup disk after ...

James Duff reports routinely inaccurate reporting of OS version numbers through Mac OS 9's Startup Disk control panel: "In a nutshell, my Startup Disk control panel reports the wrong system version in ...

If you keep a lot of valuable information on your Mac, encrypting it will help you keep the data safe. Apple’s built-in FileVault disk encryption on macOS is an effective way to do this. But what ...

Disk Utility is Apple's go-to macOS app for finding and repairing common disk errors, but if it's your Mac's internal disk that's the problem, then your Mac might not even start up into macOS.

Clues to the causes of Mac startup problems can be found by analyzing when in the boot process the system fails. Problems may be related to the power supply, battery, hard drive, logic board, OS ...

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 ...

There are few things that strike as much fear into the hearts of Mac users as the dreaded flashing folder with question mark in the middle of the screen on startup. That’s a signal that your Mac is ...

MacOS Sierra 10.12 is here, and with it comes a bunch of new features like Siri support, a revamped Photos app and better syncing between your iPhone and your Mac. But arguably the most useful ...

New version of Disk Utility can fix "overlapped extent allocation" errors As noted in Knowledge Base article #25770, the version of Disk Utility (10.5.1) included with Mac OS X 10.4.2 can fixed ...

Exact steps for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs ...

If your Mac is having problems, macOS has multiple keyboard combinations that you can hold to recover your system, start in safe mode, run diagnostics, and more. Here's how to use them. Apple's macOS ...