Apart from the default startup disk, Mac computers can be set to start up from a different disk like an external drive, network volume, or a USB flash drive. This article explains the process for ...

Cloning a hard drive on a Mac is a different process. If you have a newer MacBook or iMac, you can't swap out the hard disk ...

You can still make an external macOS bootable drive, but Apple's tighter security procedures mean you have to prepare for it before your internal drive fails. Here's how to do it all, and what's been ...

Apple Software Restore lets you clone your Mac even with a Signed System Volume. Here's how to use it to copy your Mac's storage. For a variety of reasons, you may want to make a clone of your Startup ...

If your Mac has multiple bootable disks—via either a partitioned internal disk or external FireWire drives—you’re probably very familiar with the Startup Disk System Preferences panel. As you’d guess ...

Last week, I posted a video on how-to create an SD card startup disk for the new MacBook Pros, the ones with the built-in SD card slot. I got several e-mail responses to that video, all of them asking ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you can’t get into macOS, there are a few tricks to try. If you can’t get into macOS, there are a few tricks ...

To improve system security your M1 Mac won't boot if the internal solid state drive (SSD) completely dies. While there's been very little information released by Apple on their SSD architecture -- I'm ...

James Duff reports routinely inaccurate reporting of OS version numbers through Mac OS 9's Startup Disk control panel: "In a nutshell, my Startup Disk control panel reports the wrong system version in ...

Mac OS X 10.4.3 includes a fairly significant update to Apple's Disk Utility (located in Applications/Utilities). First, the new release can verify your computer's ...