How To Fix A Mac When It Crashes, Burns, And Dies
Have you ever had your Mac crash and burn? Not literally burn, but most of us, at one time or another, thought our Macs were dying. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens.
The feeling is unmistakable. You see the screen go crazy or not go at all. Then your Mac’s behavior becomes all wonky. How do you fix your Mac when it crashes, burns, and seemingly dies?
Been there, done that, don’t like it. There are two simple rules to remember about your Mac. Rule #1: sooner or later, it will crash, burn, die. Rule #2: an.... (excerpted).
11 Reader Comments
Jason B said:
I second the emotion for a back up plan. Mac hardware usually breaks in these places—hard drive, RAM, motherboard, power supply, screen. With the exception of some hard core Mac users, most of us don’t normally repair those. That brings us to OSX. We CAN install and set up OSX. Try it. It’s not difficult.
iggy pence said:
Most Mac users I know don’t even bother to get a second drive and back up their valuable files. What a shame. You will get bit and it will be painful.
Always, always, have a second drive handy and make sure to clone it or use Time Machine to back up files.
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Willis said:
Having an extra hard disk or two is the best thing you can do to save your files on a Mac. Personally, I clone AND use Time Machine and I have not lost files in many, many years. That combination is difficult to beat. The value of the clone is that you can still use your Mac, start up like normal, and maybe missing only a few files. You can’t do that with Time Machine.