"Please insert your Wii Startup Disc. This will set up your Wii console." The mysterious Wii Startup Disc that was listed on the back of the Wii box has been summoned in public. While glancing over ...

A number of issues caused by Security Update 2005-007 v.1.1 can be avoided by repairing the normal startup disk while booted from volume (such as your Mac OS X 10.4.x Tiger DVD or another volume with ...

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 ...

Your Mac will slow down increasingly as your startup disk becomes more and more full. If you fill it up completely, your Mac might not even boot. That’s why it’s essential to maintain adequate free ...

Last week I wrote a few tips about disk encryption, but I didn’t write about what to do with the startup disk on your Mac. I cannot think of any reason you shouldn’t encrypt your startup disk after ...

Need to reboot you Mac to access a new startup disc or launch with safe mode enabled so you can troubleshoot problems with OS X? Then read on for this handy list of startup options for Mac OS X ...

Disk Utility is Apple's go-to macOS app for finding and repairing common disk errors, but if it's your Mac's internal disk that's the problem, then your Mac might not even start up into macOS.

My HD has two user-accessible partitions, Large HD and Macintosh HD. They both had 10.6.8 installed. I could switch Startup Disks. I wanted to install Yosemite on Large HD but could only access the ...

Do you back up your Mac? If not, you should, but even if you do, backing up may not provide all the protection you need should disaster strike. Here’s the deal: Time Machine backups are an excellent ...