Newbies to the Mac, especially those finding boxes of older Mac OS X discs in garage sales, flea markets and on eBay, may believe they can install the software on their Mac. Unless that software ...

I need to virtualise an install of Snow Leopard on my Intel-based iMac in order to continue to use an accounting app that isn't being updated anymore. I've set up a fair number of VMs so have a good ...

Building a hackintosh—that is, installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware—used to require extremely restricted hardware choices and quite a bit of know-how. Now ...

If you have a Mac capable of running Classic (i.e., not an Intel-based Mac) but either reformatted the drive and installed only Mac OS X, or acquired the machine with only Mac OS X installed, you may ...

If you're looking to get a notebook to install Mac OS X on, I recommend the Dell Mini 9. It's one of the best, no-compromises platforms according to the BoingBoing compatibility chart for netbooks ...

Building a hackintosh—that is, installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware—used to require extremely restricted hardware choices and quite a bit of know-how. Now ...

Since the review went up, a lot of you have e-mailed me asking whether the same would apply to reinstalling the OS over WiFi. After all, if you don't buy the $99 external SuperDrive to go along with ...

Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) ships, by default, on a DVD. This poses a problem for Macs shipped without a DVD drive, those with non-functional DVD drives, or those which have had their drives manually ...

The new OS X El Capitan features a new Split View, features in Safari, Mail, Notes, Maps, and Photos, and more. To get your hands on all this new stuff, you have to install the operating system on ...

Open the GNOME Tweak tool and go to Advanced Settings. Change each theme setting to Mac-Lion and you’re good to go. Mac OS X Lion can really spruce up your Ubuntu system. For more, see the original ...