Real World Mac Maintenance and Backups

Appendix A. Troubleshooting Resources

I wish I could promise you that by following the suggestions in this book, you’ll never experience any problems with your Mac. You will lessen the likelihood and perhaps the severity of problems, but things still can and will go wrong. If, when an application crashes, your hard disk won’t mount or smoke starts pouring out of your SuperDrive, you need more help than I can give you here. But allow me to suggest some places you might look for solutions.

Web sites:

• Apple’s support site: Your first stop should be Apple’s official support site, where you can search for FAQs, technical notes, and downloads that may address your problem (www.apple.com/support/).

• Apple’s discussion forums: Another Mac user may ...