Holding down the shift key while turning a Mac on will boot it into Safe Mode. Here's how to start a Mac in Safe Mode and use ...

Safe mode is an important troubleshooting tool. It boots the OS in such a way that it uses the bare minimum files and apps to start and run. This can help you isolate issues, figure out where problems ...

Apple includes a Safe mode in its Mac startup options that can help you work out if a problem is being caused by software that loads as your Mac boots up. It's particularly useful for resolving issues ...

Reader Simon Hansen finds his Mac slow to do his bidding. He writes: My Mac has been running very slowly lately and I wanted to see how much faster it would be if I disabled its startup items. But ...

Safe Mode is a basic diagnostic mode for your operating system that starts the computer without most of its drivers and ...

One of the minor but relatively long-standing bugs in OS X Mavericks has been an inability to boot to Safe Mode on some systems after upgrading. When attempting, the Safe Mode progress bar may display ...

Font issues; confirmed by Apple? MacFixIt reader John is one of many to report issues with certain fonts after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.3.5. He is the first we've heard of, however, to receive a ...

A new Apple Knowledge Base article confirms that iWork software ( Pages, Keynote, and Numbers)—as well as iLife’s iWeb ’09—may crash when running under Mac OS X 10.6.2. Or, as Apple puts it, the ...

The troubleshooting mode of an operating system. By pressing a particular key after the computer is turned on, it allows the system to boot with only essential components such as the OS kernel and ...