Safe mode is an important troubleshooting tool. It boots the OS in such a way that it uses the bare minimum files and apps to start and run. This can help you isolate issues, figure out where problems ...

Safe Mode in OS X is a great troubleshooting option, but on rare occasions, a system might always boot to Safe Mode. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

Booting in safe mode to resolve login issues Several users with login problems (usually startup getting stuck at the login screen) after applying the Mac OS X 10.3.4 update report that starting up in ...

Navigate Recovery Mode on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs for Reinstalling OS, Troubleshooting, and More Reviewed by Ryan Perian To restart an Intel Mac in Recovery Mode, hold Command+R when the computer ...

If you’re running into problems with your M1 Mac, you don’t need to panic and call Apple just yet. Like Intel Macs, your computer has a mode called “macOS Recovery” that you can use to run emergency ...

2010 iMac. Half-way through boot it makes a click sound and shuts off. I'm thinking it is the hard drive but it happens repeatedly at roughly the same point in the boot-up. it boots fine into the Safe ...

So my iMac has been a turd for the past 2 years. Graphic glitches and random lockups. I installed the Fan control software, and spun the fans up to top speed, and that helps (although it is LOUD now), ...

The troubleshooting mode of an operating system. By pressing a particular key after the computer is turned on, it allows the system to boot with only essential components such as the OS kernel and ...