50 Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution
Occasionally,youmighthaveproblemswhileworkingwithyourMacBookPro.Read
onfortroubleshootingtipstotrywhenyouhaveaproblem.Youcanalsondmore
troubleshootinginformationinHelpCenterandontheMacBookProSupportwebsite
atwww.apple.com/support/macbookpro.
IfyouexperienceaproblemworkingwithyourMacBookPro,there’susuallyasimple
andquicksolution.Thinkabouttheconditionsthatleduptotheproblem.Making
anoteofthingsyoudidbeforetheproblemoccurredwillhelpyounarrowdown
possiblecausesandndtheanswersyouneed.Thingstonoteinclude:

ÂTheapplicationsyouwereusingwhentheproblemoccurred.Problemsthatoccur

onlywithaspecicapplicationmightindicatethattheapplicationisnotcompatible
withtheversionofMacOSXinstalledonyourcomputer.

ÂAnynewsoftwarethatyouinstalled,especiallysoftwarethataddeditemstothe

Systemfolder.

ÂAnynewhardwarethatyouinstalled,suchasadditionalmemoryoraperipheral.

An Ounce of Prevention
Ifyouhaveaproblemwithyourcomputerorsoftware,havingkeptup-to-date
TimeMachinebackupsensuresthatyourdatawon’tbelost.Ifyoumakeregular
TimeMachinebackups,youcanrestoreyoursoftwareandallyourdatatoexactly
thewayitwasatthetimeofthebackup.Evenseriousissuesareoflessconcern
whenyousafeguardyourinformationwithTimeMachine.