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 ...

Your Mac will slow down increasingly as your startup disk becomes more and more full. If you fill it up completely, your Mac might not even boot. That’s why it’s essential to maintain adequate free ...

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 ...

A number of issues caused by Security Update 2005-007 v.1.1 can be avoided by repairing the normal startup disk while booted from volume (such as your Mac OS X 10.4.x Tiger DVD or another volume with ...

Need to reboot you Mac to access a new startup disc or launch with safe mode enabled so you can troubleshoot problems with OS X? Then read on for this handy list of startup options for Mac OS X ...

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.

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 ...

Last week, I posted a video on how-to create an SD card startup disk for the new MacBook Pros, the ones with the built-in SD card slot. I got several e-mail responses to that video, all of them asking ...

Whether you need to better organize your hard drive or resolve disk errors, Disk Utility is the tool for the job. Built into macOS, Disk Utility is tucked away in the Utilities folder, which is found ...