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 ...

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MacOS Recovery (often referred to as Mac Recovery Mode) was introduced back in 2010 with OS X 10.7 Lion. This Recovery HD partition contains the latest version of the macOS you installed on your Mac ...

Safe Mode in OS X is a great troubleshooting option, but on rare occasions, a system might always boot to Safe Mode. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

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 ...

The ability to boot to Safe Mode in OS X can be affected by hardware faults, settings, and even FileVault. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt ...