When All Else Fails — Reinstall

If you’ve tried everything suggested above (and you may have dug further into the issues than this book does) and your Mac still doesn’t work properly, it’s time to completely back up and reinstall Mountain Lion. See Chapter 14 for help on backing up your system and Chapter 1 for instructions on installing Mountain Lion over an existing copy of OS X.

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If you aren’t comfortable reinstalling Mountain Lion without taking a few more stabs at resolving the issue (and you live in the United States), give Apple Technical Support a call at 1-800-APL-CARE (1-800-275-2273). If you live outside the United States, visit the Apple Technical Support contacts website to find support numbers for your country: www.apple.com/support/contact/.

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