Mac Pro 2010 Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Ready, Set Up, Go
- Life with Your Mac Pro
- Making a Good Thing Better
- Problem, Meet Solution
- An Ounce of Prevention
- Problems with Your Mac Pro
- Problems with Software
- Repairing, Restoring, or Reinstalling Mac OS X Software
- Checking for a Hardware Problem
- Keeping Your Software Up to Date
- Problems with Wi-Fi Communication
- Problems with Your Display
- Problems with Your Internet Connection
- Replacing the Apple Magic Mouse Batteries
- Maximizing Ethernet Performance
- Learning More, Service, and Support
- Locating Your Serial Number
- What’s Under the Hood
- Last, but Not Least
- Looking for Something?
82 Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution
OccasionallyyoumayhaveproblemswhileworkingwithyourMacPro.Readon
fortroubleshootingtipstotrywhenyouhaveaproblem.Youcanalsondmore
troubleshootinginformationinHelpCenterorontheMacProSupportwebsiteat
www.apple.com/support/macpro.
WhenyouhaveaproblemwithyourMacPro,there’susuallyasimpleandquicksolution.
Thinkabouttheconditionsthatleduptotheproblem.Makinganoteofthingsyoudid
beforetheproblemoccurredwillhelpyounarrowdownpossiblecausesandndthe
answersyouneed.Thingstonoteinclude:
 Theapplicationsyouwereusingwhentheproblemoccurred.Problemsthatoccur
onlywithaspecicapplicationmayindicatethattheapplicationisnotcompatible
withtheMacOSversioninstalledonyourcomputer.
 Anysoftwarethatyourecentlyinstalled.
 Anynewhardware(suchasmemory,graphicsorPCIExpresscards,harddiskdrives)
thatyouinstalledorperipheralsthatyouconnected.
An Ounce of Prevention
Ifyouhaveaproblemwithyourcomputerorsoftware,havingkeptup-to-date
TimeMachinebackupsensuresthatyourdatawon’tbelost.Ifyoumakeregular
TimeMachinebackups,youcanrestoreyoursoftwareandallyourdatatoexactly
thewayitwasatthetimeofthebackup.Evenseriousissuesareoflessconcern
whenyousafeguardyourinformationwithTimeMachine.