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Using Disk Utility, Reinstalling Software Using the MacBookAir SuperDrive

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3 On your MacBook Air, choose Utilities > Reset Password from the menu bar and follow the onscreen instructions. When you finish, quit Mac OS X Installer. 4 On the other computer, click Quit to exit Remote Install Mac OS X. Using Disk Utility When you need to repair, verify, or erase your MacBook Air hard disk, use Disk Utility by sharing the optical disc drive of another computer. To use Disk Utility from a partner computer: 1 Follow the procedure for using Remote Install Mac OS X beginning on page 46. 2 Click Continue in Remote Install Mac OS X. 3 On your MacBook Air, choose Installer > Open Disk Utility and then follow the instructions in the First Aid pane to see if Disk Utility can repair the disk. When you finish, quit Mac OS X Installer on your MacBook Air. 4 On the other computer, click Quit to exit Remote Install Mac OS X. If using Disk Utility doesn't help, try reinstalling your computer's system software. See "Reinstalling the Software That Came with Your MacBook Air" on page 47. Reinstalling Software Using the MacBook Air SuperDrive To install Mac OS X and the applications that came with your MacBook Air, using a MacBook Air SuperDrive: 1 Connect the MacBook Air SuperDrive to your MacBook Air and insert the Mac OS X Install Disc 1. 2 Double-click "Install Mac OS X and Bundled Software."To install just applications, select Install Bundled Software Only. Chapter 3 Problem, Meet Solution 49

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Chapter 3
Problem, Meet Solution
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3
On your MacBook Air, choose Utilities > Reset Password from the menu bar and follow
the onscreen instructions. When you finish, quit Mac OS X Installer.
4
On the other computer, click Quit to exit Remote Install Mac OS X.
Using Disk Utility
When you need to repair, verify, or erase your MacBook Air hard disk, use Disk Utility by
sharing the optical disc drive of another computer.
To use Disk Utility from a partner computer:
1
Follow the procedure for using Remote Install Mac OS X beginning on page 46.
2
Click Continue in Remote Install Mac OS X.
3
On your MacBook Air, choose Installer > Open Disk Utility and then follow the
instructions in the First Aid pane to see if Disk Utility can repair the disk. When you
finish, quit Mac OS X Installer on your MacBook Air.
4
On the other computer, click Quit to exit Remote Install Mac OS X.
If using Disk Utility doesn’t help, try reinstalling your computer’s system software. See
“Reinstalling the Software That Came with Your MacBook Air” on page 47
.
R
einstalling
S
oftware
U
sing
the
M
acBook
Air
S
uper
D
rive
To install Mac OS X and the applications that came with your MacBook Air, using a
MacBook Air SuperDrive:
1
Connect the MacBook Air SuperDrive to your MacBook Air and insert the Mac OS X
Install Disc 1.
2
Double-click “Install Mac OS X and Bundled Software.” To install just applications, select
Install Bundled Software Only.