How to Force iMac to Boot EFI

Shut down your iMac from the Apple menu. If you are trying to reboot into a special mode because your iMac is locked up, shut down the computer by holding the power key for five seconds.
Press the power key briefly while holding down the Option key. This provides a list of available disks with bootable Mac systems. Click on an alternative startup disk to boot your Mac from that drive, such as an optical disc or an external drive.
Repeat Step 1 if this does not produce the desired result.
Hold down 'S' and press the power key to launch into single-user or 'safe' mode. This provides you with a Unix prompt and instructions you can use to repair your boot volumes. These commands perform similar repairs to what can be done within the Disk Utility application, but this process will allow you to repair an iMac that cannot be booted.
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How to Uninstall BlackBerry Desktop for a Macintosh

Double click on the disk image for BlackBerry installation wizard. If it's no longer on your computer, download it from the BlackBerry site (blackberry.com).
Click the 'BlackBerry Desktop Software Uninstaller' from the disk image.
Click 'Continue' when promoted by the uninstaller. If your Mac is password-protected, you're asked for the password at this time. Type in the password and click 'OK.'
Click 'OK' when prompted after the desktop software has been uninstalled.
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How to Erase Memory on MacBooks

Attach the drive your wish to erase and format to your machine if it is not connected already.
Launch a Finder window, click 'Applications', then 'Utilities'. Double-click the 'Disk Utility' application shortcut.
Click a disk in the Volumes section. Select the Volume type from the 'Volume Format' drop-down box.
Click the 'Security Options' button, then click to select the 'Zero All Data' check box. Click 'OK' then click the 'Erase...' button.
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How to Create a Backup for a MacBook (3 Steps)

Connect an external hard drive to your MacBook.
Click 'Use as Backup Disk' when you are asked if you want to use the hard drive to backup your MacBook. Time Machine will then open and backup everything on your computer.
Close the Time Machine window when the backup is complete.
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How to Transfer Music From a MacBook to the Android

Turn on your phone and your MacBook.
Use a USB cable to connect your smartphone to the MacBook. The USB end of the cable will fit into the computer, while the smaller end will go into the phone.
Wait for the 'Connect to PC' prompt to appear on your phone. Select the option labeled 'Disk Drive' and press 'Done.' This will allow your phone's internal storage and memory card to be modified by the computer.
Open at least two windows within the Mac Finder. One window should display the phone's internal storage or memory, and the second window should display your music collection on your MacBook.
Select the songs you want to copy onto your Android phone from the MacBook Finder window. Drag these files onto the smartphone's Finder window. A file transfer progress bar will be displayed. When the progress bar disappears, your songs will be transferred from the MacBook onto your Android phone.
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How to Reboot an Apple iMac to Its Factory Settings

Verify that your iMac is connected to the Internet, click the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of your screen, and then select 'Restart.'
Press and hold 'Command-R' when the iMac gets to the gray screen during the restart process.
Select 'Disk Utility,' and then click 'Continue.'
Click your hard drive on the list of hard disks, and then click the 'Erase' tab.
Click the 'Format' pop-up menu and select 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled).'
Enter a name for your hard drive, and then click 'Erase' to erase its contents. The name you enter is what your hard drive will be called after the reformatting process is complete.
Click 'Disk Utility,' and then click 'Quit Disk Utility' once the hard drive has been erased.
Select 'Reinstall OS X,' and then click 'Continue.'
Follow the on-screen prompts and, when you arrive at the Disk Selection pane, select the hard disk you named in Step 7.
Click 'Install' to reinstall the OS X operating system.
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How to Change BIOS

Open the 'Apple' menu and click 'System Preferences.'
Click the 'Startup Disk' icon in the 'System' section.
Click the system you want to use. To start Windows by default, click the 'Windows on BOOTCAMP' option. To start OS X by default, click 'Mac OS X.' Click 'Restart' to restart in Windows, or close the 'System Preferences' Window.
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How to Make a Windows Boot Disk on a Mac

Launch the Disk Utility program on your Mac computer. Disk Utility is located in the 'Utilities' folder within the 'Applications' section of your Mac hard drive.
Insert the Windows CD that you want to use to create a boot disk.
Highlight the Windows CD from the list of media on the left side of the Disk Utility window.
Click on the 'New Image' button in the top toolbar.
Choose to save the new disk image on your desktop, select 'DVD/CD master' as the image format and press 'Save' to begin copying the contents of the CD to your hard drive. Disk Utility will create a .cdr image file that will act as a replica of the CD.
Close Disk Utility when the image creation process is finished and go back to the Finder.
Open the 'File' menu and select 'New Burn Folder.'
Double-click on the burn folder icon and then drag and drop the .cdr image file from the desktop into the burn folder.
Press the 'Burn' button and insert a blank CD-R into your disc drive. The computer will begin burning the image file onto the CD, and when the process finishes, the CD can be used as a bootable disk in Windows.
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How to Boot Into Windows Using Boot Camp

Log on to your computer with an account that has administrative privileges.
Open 'System Preferences' by clicking on the dock icon.
Go to the 'Startup Disk' control panel under the 'System' category.
Select your Windows partition from the control panel window.
Click the 'Restart' button, then confirm your decision by clicking 'Restart' again. Your computer will restart and will automatically boot into your Windows partition.
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How to Maintain a Mac (6 Steps)

Run maintenance scripts to maintain your Mac. These are built into your OS and will run automatically if you leave your system on all the time. If you shut your system down every day, remember to run the appropriate Mac maintenance scripts on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
Check your hard drive periodically. This can be done from your Disk Utility on your hard drive, or you can boot up from your install CD and run the Disk Utility from there. You will need it anyway should the utility need to repair your hard drive.
Back up your files. You can back up as often as you feel you need to--some people back up daily. In the event of a hard drive crash, you will have a separate copy of all your files. Most users do this with an external hard drive.
Repair permissions to maintain your computer. You really only need to do this after you install any new software or before you clone your hard drive. The Mac was designed to be low maintenance.
Reinstall when necessary. If you are running OS X 10.2 or higher, use the feature called 'Archive and Install.' It will move your system files into a 'Previous System' folder and reinstall your OS. Do this only when you have tried other measures and only after you back up any files you want to keep.
Create a backup of your hard drive on an external Firewire drive.
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How to Update the Boot Partition in a Mac (5 Steps)

Log in to your Mac computer with an account that has administrative privileges.
Click on the 'System Preferences' icon in the dock at the bottom of the desktop.
Navigate to the 'Startup Disk' control panel underneath the 'System' heading. The control panel will display a list of the boot partitions available on your primary hard drive.
Click on the name or icon of the boot partition you want to use.
Press the 'Restart' button and then click 'Restart' again to confirm your decision to update the boot partition settings. When the computer restarts, it will boot to the partition you just selected.
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How to Use Facetime for Mac (6 Steps)

Download FaceTime for Mac from Apple's website. Refer to the references section below for details.
Install FaceTime for Mac by dragging the icon from the disk image to the 'Applications' folder.
Open the FaceTime program on the Mac computer by double-clicking the application icon.
Sign up for FaceTime by using your Apple ID and a valid email address. The email address will be the equivalent of your FaceTime phone number.
Select a contact from the 'Contacts' section on the right hand of the FaceTime screen that you wish to video chat with. The contact must have an iPhone 4 or later or a Mac that also has FaceTime installed.
Click either the email address (Mac or iPod Touch FaceTime user) or iPhone telephone number (iPhone user) from the contact's information to initiate the FaceTime chat. Once the other FaceTime user accepts, the video chat will begin.
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How to Save DVD to Hard Drive on OS Mac Snow Leopard

Insert the DVD into the disc drive of the Mac running Snow Leopard.
Open the Disk Utility program, located under the 'Utilities' folder.
Click the volume name of the DVD in the left column of the window. This is the first entry located under the DVD SuperDrive, which is indented slightly.
Click the 'New Image' icon at the top of the window.
Enter a name for the disc image, and then choose a save location on the hard drive.
Click the 'Save' button to finish saving the DVD to the hard drive.
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How to Format SSD on a MacBook (11 Steps)

Backup any information you want to keep that's stored on the SSD.
Connect the SSD to the MacBook.
Click on the 'Go' menu in the Finder.
Select the 'Utilities' option to launch the Utilities folder.
Launch the 'Disk Utility' from the Utilities folder.
Click on the icon for the SSD.
Open the 'Erase' tab, which can be found at the top of the 'Disk Utility' window.
Change the 'Volume Format' drop menu to the 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' option.
Change the name of the hard drive under the 'Name:' section if desired.
Click the 'Erase...' button.
Select 'Erase' from the pop-up window that asks if you are sure you want to erase the disk. Wait for the formatting process to complete; it can take several minutes to finish. The drive will be ready for use after the formatting has completed.
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How to Create a Disk Image in Mac OSX (6 Steps)

Insert the disk to convert into the disk drive. Wait for the computer to identify the disk, and add an icon for it on the desktop.
Double click the Macintosh HD (or main hard drive) icon. Select 'Applications' and finally double click 'Disk Utility' under 'Applications.'
Select the disk from the list of hard drive(s) and disks on the left. There should be a small disk icon and then the name of the disk; it appears under a small disk icon with the name of the CD/DVD drive.
Choose 'New Image' from the icons at the top of the window once the disk name is highlighted. It should appear as a drive icon within a page icon with a green and white plus sing in the top right corner.
Create a .CDR file by choosing 'DVD/CD Master' from the Image Format selections. Give the file the desired name in the 'Save As:' panel. Any other selection will create a .DMG file.
Convert a .CDR file to an .ISO file simply by clicking on the file name twice (not double clicking) so that the name is highlighted with a cursor. Erase CDR, and type 'ISO.' Press 'Enter,' and the file is ready for use by Windows-based computers.
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How to Eject a CD That Doesn't Show Up on the Desktop on a Mac

Restart the Mac. Hold down the left-click mouse button. Wait for the CD to eject itself from the Mac. Remove the CD. Press and hold the power button until the Mac shuts itself off.
Launch the Disk Utility program by double-clicking its icon from the “Utilities” folder inside “Applications” folder. Click once on the icon of the CD that has appeared in the left column of the Disk Utility program’s main screen. Click on the “Eject” button at the top of the Disk Utility program’s main screen. Remove the CD from the disk slot. Quit the Disk Utility program.
Launch the Terminal program by double-clicking its icon from the “Utilities” folder in the “Applications” folder. Enter “drutil tray eject” in the window that appears. Press “Return.” Remove the CD. Quit the Terminal program.
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How to Move a Movie From iMovie to an External Hard Drive

Connect a compatible external hard drive to your computer using a USB 2.0 or FireWire cable. Attach one end of the cable to the digital video camera and the other end to the USB or FireWire port on your computer.
Launch iMovie. Click on the iMovie icon in the dock of your Mac computer. The iMovie application will open. When your external drive is connected to your computer, a hard disk icon will appear in the 'Project Library' located in the left side of the iMovie window.
Click 'File' from the top menu and click on 'Open Project.' Browse to the movie of your choice, click on it and click 'Open.' The movie will be listed under 'Project Library' in the left pane of the window.
Move the movie to the external hard drive. Hold down the 'Command' key and drag the project icon of the movie located under 'Project Library' to the hard disk icon located under 'Project Library.' Click 'Move project and events' when prompted with the option. The events of the movie will also be copied to the hard drive, allowing you to edit the movie from the drive in the future. If you choose the option of 'Move project,' the events of the movie will not be copied to the external hard drive and you will not be able to edit the movie from the external drive.
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How do I Verify a MacBook S.M.A.R.T. Status? (5 Steps)

Double-click on your 'Macintosh HD' drive from your desktop and then click on the 'Applications' folder.
Click on the 'Utilities' folder and then double-click on the 'Disk Utility' application. The Disk Utility dialog box will then appear on your screen.
Click on the drive that you want to check the S.M.A.R.T. status for from the right side of the dialog box.
Locate the S.M.A.R.T. Status field located on the bottom of the dialog box. If the status reads 'Verified,' your hardware is safe, but if the status reads 'About to Fail,' you should take action by backing up your hard drive immediately.
Close out of the Disk Utility application after checking your S.M.A.R.T. status or perform any other changes, such as repairing the disk.
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How to Erase Free Space on an iMac (5 Steps)

Quit all running programs and empty the Trash. To empty the Trash, right click on the 'Trash' icon in the Dock and select 'Empty.'
Click on the 'Applications' folder in the Dock or open a Finder window and click 'Applications' in the left pane under Places. Double click the 'Utilities' folder to access the contents of the folder. Double click the 'Disk Utility' icon to launch the application.
Select the iMac's internal hard drive by clicking on the 'Macintosh HD' icon in the left window. Click on the 'Erase' tab and click 'Erase Free Space.'
Choose to have zeros written over the free space once--seven times or 35 times--by clicking the radio button next to the option. Depending on the amount of free space on the hard drive, choosing the '7-pass' or '35-pass' option may take many hours to complete. Click 'Erase Free Space' to start the process.
Quit Disk Utility once the erase process is complete by hitting 'Command' and 'Q' on your keyboard or by choosing 'Quit' from the Disk Utility file menu.
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How to Wipe a Hard Drive on a Mac (8 Steps)

Insert your Mac OS X Install or Software Restore CD into your your computer's disk drive, and restart your computer, holding down the 'C' button.
Choose your preferred language and click 'Continue.'
From the menu bar in the Mac OS X Installer window, choose 'Disk Utility.'
On the left-hand side of the Disk Utility window, select your hard drive, and on the right, choose the 'Erase' tab.
From the 'Volume Format' drop-down, choose the 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' option.
Type a new name for your hard drive in the 'Name' field and click the 'Security Options' button.
From the Secure Erase Options, choose either the '7-Pass Erase' or the '35-Pass Erase'. Both options will overwrite your data with zeroes several times, and both provide a very high level of security. Click 'OK.'
Click 'Erase,' and confirm that you want to erase the drive. Wait while Disk Utility unmounts, erases and renames your hard drive. This will take several hours if you chose the 7-Pass option, or nearly a day if you chose the 35-Pass option.
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