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Mac Troubleshooting Guide - Resetting PRAM


Are you a mac user? or still thinking of buying it? Mac computers has been a choice of many people today. Aside from PC, mac made its name to be on top. From the design, features, software and application everything comes up with mac.
So why choose a mac? Advantage are numerous as we expected.



* Microsoft Office like word, excel, PowerPoint are available on mac.
* Occasional window programs together with mac applications are built for more convenience.
* PC devices like camera, hard drive and printer can be easily plug on your mac. Automatically detected the device and start the application related to it.
* Mac are wi-fi ready. You just have to select the available wireless network to join and you're connected.
* Mac is built on a solid UNIX foundation designed for a total protection against certain viruses and malwares. Mac OS X resists most viruses so you can freely do anything without any worried in mind.

Mac is a highly upgraded device and one of the most advanced technology today. Though said to be,we have to be ready on possible errors that will occur. The common problems are mostly on MacBooks.

* Randomly shutdown or blackout with no response
* Failing to start, basically colored vertical lines on screen where computer stop responding.
* Mac serial ports problems like can't communicate with an external modem, printer or other device attached to your printer or modem ports.

These problems can be resolved by resetting your mac's PRAM also called as zapping. PRAM or Parameter Random Access Memory has settings that can effect communications with devices attached to your serial ports. How will you do this? Let me explain the procedure of resetting PRAM on mac.

1. You need to shut down your computer.
2. Hold and press keys Command, Option, P and R before the gray screen appears. You will hear a sound or chime if done successfully.
3. Hold the keys until the computer restart. Zapping clears up variety of hardware mac problems.


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