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 ...

If your Mac is having issues, starting it in Safe Mode can be a good way to troubleshoot it. Safe Mode starts your Mac without starting any other programs, so you can test whether it's a program ...

Reader Simon Hansen finds his Mac slow to do his bidding. He writes: My Mac has been running very slowly lately and I wanted to see how much faster it would be if I disabled its startup items. But ...

MacOS Recovery (often referred to as Mac Recovery Mode) was introduced back in 2010 with OS X 10.7 Lion. This Recovery HD partition contains the latest version of the macOS you installed on your Mac ...

The ability to boot to Safe Mode in OS X can be affected by hardware faults, settings, and even FileVault. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt ...