Chapter 14

Troubleshooting Your Mac mini

Apple has built your Mac mini and OS X to keep running as smoothly as possible, but you will need to perform basic maintenance, such as updating your Mac mini with the latest fixes and emptying the Trash to reclaim hard drive space. If things go wrong, you will also need to troubleshoot your Mac mini — for example, solving problems with corrupt preference files, fixing disk permission errors, or repairing the hard drive.

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Install the Latest Updates

Add RAM to Your Mac mini

Connect an External Drive to Your Mac mini

Recover Drive Space by Emptying the Trash

See Which Application Is Causing OS X Problems ...

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