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44 Chapter 3 Problem, Meet Solution
Repairing a Disk with Disk Utility
Ifyouhaveaproblemwithyourcomputer,orifyoustartyourcomputerandseethe
MacOSXUtilitiesapplication,youmayneedtorepairyourcomputer’sdisk.
1 SelectDiskUtilityintheMacOSXUtilitiespaneandclickContinue.
2 Selectthediskorpartitioninthelistontheleft,andthenclicktheFirstAidtab.
3 ClickRepairDisk.
IfDiskUtilitycan’trepairthedisk,backupasmuchofyourinformationaspossible,
andthenfollowtheinstructionsin“ReinstallingMacOSXandAppleApplications”on
page45.
ForinformationaboutDiskUtilityanditsoptions,seeHelpCenter,oropenDiskUtility
(intheUtilitiesfolderinLaunchpad)andchooseHelp>DiskUtilityHelp.
Restoring Information Using a Time Machine Backup
IfyoupreviouslycreatedaTimeMachinebackup,usetheRestoreutilitytorestore
everythingonyourcomputertoitspreviousstate.
UseyourTimeMachinebackuptorestoreinformationonlytothecomputerthatwas
thesourceofthebackup.Ifyouwanttotransferinformationtoanewcomputer,use
MigrationAssistant(intheUtilitiesfolderinLaunchpad).
1 IfyourbackupisonaTimeCapsule,makesureyou’reconnectedtoanEthernetor
Wi-Finetwork.(ToconnecttoaWi-Finetwork,followtheinstructionsonpage43.)
2 IntheMacOSXUtilitiespane,selectRestoreFromTimeMachineBackupand
clickContinue.
3 SelectthediskthatcontainstheTimeMachinebackup,andthenfollowtheonscreen
instructions.
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