Chapter 12: How Do I Solve Specific Software Problems?
You saw quite a few general solutions to software woes in Chapter 11, and those remedies should stand you in good stead for many of the problems that come your way. Unfortunately, those big-picture fixes don’t always work because quite often a problem requires a more specific set of steps to solve what’s ailing your Mac. To that end, this chapter takes you through quite a few such specific solutions to some of the most common Mac software glitches.
You Can’t Change Some Options in System Preferences
You Can’t Install a Downloaded Program
You Can’t Run Administrator Commands in Terminal
Time Machine No Longer Backs Up to an External Hard Drive
You Can’t Specify a Different Time Zone for a Calendar Event
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