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 ...

I've got a MacBook Pro 17" Core 2 Duo machine here with a very strange problem.<BR><BR>The HD has been wiped blank. It previously had an OS X and a WinXP Bootcamp install on it I believe, but the ...

Apple recently released new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros that come with a feature never seen in an Apple laptop: a Secure Digital (SD) memory card reader. The reader is handy for transferring videos ...

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 ...

It seems that the SD card slot in the new MacBook Pros does count as a bootable device; all you have to do is install OS X onto a card, set it as the default boot device, and you’re good to go. Why ...

Startup failures Users continue to report botched firmware update processes, resulting in systems that will not startup. In most cases, these issues can be resolved with the aid of the firmware ...

Your MacBook Air (Late 2010) comes with a USB Software Reinstall Drive that contains a copy of Mac OS X and iLife. If you selected to pre-install iWork at the time ...

We continue to report on an issue where some users are unable to boot various Macs from the TechTool Deluxe startup disc, included with AppleCare. [See these articles ...