OS X First Aid

Your guide to emergency care for your Mac

Most of the time, your Mac is the picture of health—it crunches numbers, plays music, and tackles even the most difficult tasks without even a hiccup. But there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of things that can go wrong with such a complicated system.

Just as it pays to keep a first-aid kit in your cupboard, you’d be wise to keep this issue of Macworld in a desk drawer. After all, it’s hard to search the Web for answers when you can’t get your computer to start! With this guide to OS X first aid by your side, you’ll be able to quickly resolve the most-common Mac problems: freezes, crashes, startup woes, and kernel panics.