Apple Mac Pro - Preventing Problems

76 Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution
OccasionallyyoumayhaveproblemswhileworkingwithyourMacPro.Readon
fortroubleshootingtipstotrywhenyouhaveaproblem.Youcanalsondmore
troubleshootinginformationinHelpCenterorontheMacProSupportwebsiteat
www.apple.com/support/macpro.
WhenyouexperienceaproblemwithyourMac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thepossible
causesoftheproblemandndtheanswersyouneed.Thingstonoteinclude:
Â Anysoftwarethatyourecentlyinstalled.
Â Anynewhardware(suchasmemory,graphicsorPCIExpresscards,harddiskdrives)
thatyouinstalledorperipheralsthatyouconnected.
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.
Forimportantinformationaboutbackingupyourserverdata,seetheLionServer
websiteatwww.apple.com/macosx/server.