My Mac won’t boot up at all?
What is the Boot Options screen and how do I use it?
Why am I getting the Broken Folder, Prohibitory sign (circle with diagonal line through it), or a Kernel Panic screen?
When I boot up my Mac, all I’m getting is a blue screen with a continuous spinning beach ball, what can I do to get out of this?
Why does MacOS X seem to pause for a long time when booting up?
MacOS X refuses to bootup, it just hangs on a grey boot screen or gives me a message about a Safe Boot?
How do I copy MacOS X to another disk and still have it bootable?
Why is the screen grey after I installed OS X (10.1 or later versions)?
I cannot startup from the MacOS X CD?
Why can’t I get my Mac to boot from any MacOS 9 CDs, or from the installed Classic System Folder?
Why doesn’t OS X update folder listings?
Why won’t files copy to other disks?
I have a SCSI controller, but my external SCSI hard disk doesn’t work when daisy chained to another device?
What do I do if Disk Utility will not format the hard disk in OS X?
How can I defrag and optimise the files on my hard disk?
If Disk Utility can’t format a disk, what other disk formatting utilities can I buy/use?
Why does the disk formatter only format upto 128GB instead of the whole hard disk?
Can I delete some of the old invisible files left by OS 9 on my removable disks?
What should I do if MacOS X crashes?
Do I need to do disk maintenance in MacOS X?
What disk repair programs are compatible with OS X, that I can buy?
Do I have to partition my hard disk?
Should I use HFS Extended or UFS when formatting disks?
My Mac is completely dead, it just won’t boot up - what’s wrong with it?
What can I do about continued freezes and crashes?
This program(s) keeps 'Unexpectedly Quitting', what's going on?
I just installed OS X 10.2x, and also the screen remains dark throughout bootup and in the Finder, what do I do to get it back to normal?
How do I use ‘fsck’ from the Command Line?
How do I stop conflicting keyboard shortcuts with my applications?
Is there a Keycaps type application in MacOS X?
What font management programs are there for MacOS X?
What programs can I use to recover deleted files?
How do I delete a file that refuses to delete?
How to eject a stubborn CD or removable disk?
Where can I find a list of all current MacOS X applications?
How can I speed up MacOS X’s performance?
Can I trim down the MacOS X’s installation files, to reclaim some disk space?
How do you find out how much memory is left/available in MacOS X?
Date and time do not show up correctly on the menu bar?
What are Permissions, and when should I repair them?
How can I get the Application menu back, in MacOS X?
File links are broken in MacOS X, how come?
How do I delete a User folder and it’s files?
How to enable the Root User?
How do I change a user’s Short Name?
How do I set up Classic so that it will work?
I cannot get Classic MacOS to work with earlier versions of Mac OS X after the 10.2 upgrade?
When I load a specific Classic application, it starts to open, but then unexpectedly quits, how can I get it to load up without this happening?
Will Classic MacOS programs work in MacOS X?
What is the best way to send large files over the internet?
How can I use my modem AND Ethernet at the same time?
How do I connect to the internet via Cable/DSL?
What do I do if I cannot connect via PPPoE/PPPoA to the internet?
How do I connect to a PC over Ethernet? MacOS X: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
How do I uninstall MacOS X applications?
What do I need to install OS X?
The installer tries to install two thirds of the OS but fails, why, and how can I get it to install properly?
Why does the installer not allow me to install X on a particular partition/disk - it shows a ghosted disk icon on the disk selection screen?
If I want to downgrade my current version of MacOS X to an earlier version, how should I do it?
Which disk format should I use for OS X; UFS or HFS+?
Why is the OS X installer CD rebooting back into the installer again?
How do I migrate my data from MacOS 9 to OS X?
How do I move my data etc. from my old Mac to a new Mac?
How do I move my data etc., from my PC to a new Mac?
Why should I backup my files?
Different knds of backup strategies
Backup methods
What should I backup?
Organise your data before a backup
How often should I backup?
Rotated backup sets
What media to use?
What backup programs are there for MacOS X? (Archive & Synchronize backup programs)
click here - Boot Options Screen
click here - Installation: Disk Formatting and Repair
click here - The Get Info Window: MacOS X 10.2-10.3
click here - The Get Info Window: MacOS X 10.4, plus additional info.
click here - Installing MacOS X: A Walk Through - parts two & three
click here - Kernal Panics
click here - How to setup networking: MacOS X
click here - How to setup networking: Windows Vista
click here - The Safe Boot mode
click here - The Security Preferences window
click here - Web browsing, secure web sites; about the padlock icon & site security certificates