Cracked screens and liquid spills are expensive, but nothing comes close to the expense of losing all your data, pictures, music, movies, records, schoolwork, anything and everything is kept on your hard drive. Backing up is vital, but most people just don’t bother. Maybe they think it won’t happen to them…
Let’s look at what causes a hard drive to fail. If you know them, you can lower your chances of your hard drive having serious problems.
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OS X is a solid, reliable and mature operating system. Sometimes the biggest danger to OS X is the user. Last month, I wrote “Ten ways you can royally screw up your Mac” focusing on what you should not do. Continuing on from then, let’s look at ten more ways you can royally screw up your Mac.
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Computer disasters can strike at any time. Likely random disasters can range from the gone in an instant doom of a coffee spill to the bumpy ride on the train slowly eating away at your hard drive. Making your own Mac Disaster Kit will prepare you for the worst. From performing minor repairs to troubleshooting / data recovery when the big things go wrong, you will be able to do it all. So, don’t worry about your Mac. Just grab a spare box or desk drawer and let’s build a Mac Disaster Kit!
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With the latest MacBooks shipping without FireWire, meaning no Target Disk Mode, what can a user do when faced with hard drive problems? How can you properly troubleshoot with no way to boot from an external drive? The answer is easy, just boot from a USB drive instead – Here’s how.
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We’ve all heard the story of how Macs are so great and they never have problems, then its a shock when something bad happens. With all the tips, tricks, and recommendations out there on what you should do with your Mac, today we’re going to focus on what you should not do.
The following list is ten different ways you can royally screw up your Mac, assuring yourself of problems. Here’s what not to do:
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