Hello everyone!! After lurking around here for the past year I've finally decided to establish an account and participate in the discussions; this is my first post (and my first topic, ...

My 27'' iMac was delivered less than 20 hours ago and I immediately set to: By this time it was time to get some sleep so I shut down the iMac. and this morning when I tried to start it again i can ...

Some USB and FireWire devices can cause problems with Mac OS X startup when connected prior to or during the boot process. As mentioned in our tutorial "Startup fails (particularly after a system or ...

Both login items and startup items can cause problems when exposed to a new Mac OS X release. To check if any login items are causing your startup/shutdown issues, go to the "Accounts" pane of System ...