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20 Troubleshooting Steps for OS X

Jan 10

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Contributed by Petey, Macworld 4 Jan 2012 So your OS X Mac isn’t working quite right. What should you do? Here’s a list of 20 basic steps to try. FIRST AID 01 Restart 02 Check/fix the filesystem 03 Make sure you’re not running out of free space on the System volume 04 Repair permissions 05 […]

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Is There Any Reason To Actually Shut Down Your Computer?

Jan 5

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By Jason Fitzpatrick, HowToGeek Published on 01/3/13 With low-power standby modes and stable operating systems, it’s easier than ever to go days (if not weeks or months) without rebooting your computer. Is it still necessary to perform a full shut down? Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack […]

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Tags: computer, disk caches, hard disk, hibernate, linux, mac, memory leaks, operating system, os, page files, processor, ram, reboot, restart, shut down, software perspective, standby, temporary files, windows, zombie processes