Hello,
I am an old, new Mac owner of an old Mac.
I have had a second hand Mac OS X 10.5.8 for about 3 months now and love it but because of my great age am not computer literate..in anyway.
My Mac keeps shutting itself down.
I leave it on sleep and return to find it completely shut down and no longer responding keenly to my mouse click.
I have to switch it on using the switch on the back RHS. The grey apple screen appears along with the circular timer thing, then the blue screen, then a tiny almost inaudible pop and it closes down. Sometimes it makes it through to my screen saver and then shuts down. Each time I have to restart it using the switch.
It usually manages to start completely after 3 attempts, screen saver, dock and assorted desktop stuff appears and then I can proceed as normal.
I have read many threads on this forum but my lack of knowledge is so comprehensive that i retreat into gibbering incomprehension and am almost too afraid to ask....
If someone could just point me in the right direction in language suitable for an elderly person to understand I would be most extraordinarily grateful.
Fond regards Ms M
I am an old, new Mac owner of an old Mac.
I have had a second hand Mac OS X 10.5.8 for about 3 months now and love it but because of my great age am not computer literate..in anyway.
My Mac keeps shutting itself down.
I leave it on sleep and return to find it completely shut down and no longer responding keenly to my mouse click.
I have to switch it on using the switch on the back RHS. The grey apple screen appears along with the circular timer thing, then the blue screen, then a tiny almost inaudible pop and it closes down. Sometimes it makes it through to my screen saver and then shuts down. Each time I have to restart it using the switch.
It usually manages to start completely after 3 attempts, screen saver, dock and assorted desktop stuff appears and then I can proceed as normal.
I have read many threads on this forum but my lack of knowledge is so comprehensive that i retreat into gibbering incomprehension and am almost too afraid to ask....
If someone could just point me in the right direction in language suitable for an elderly person to understand I would be most extraordinarily grateful.
Fond regards Ms M