As we reported earlier, many people (especially MacBook Pro owners) are finding that although, according to the descriptions at Apple's Web site, their computer should be eligible for the recently ...

When I received my new Intel-based iMac, I attempted to install Mac OS X on an external FireWire hard drive. Imagine my surprise when I hit a brick wall attempting this formerly simple task. While the ...

When you buy a new hard drive, your first impulse may be to connect it to your Mac and start copying files to the new drive. But with all that new storage space it might make sense to partition the ...

While drives are sold as plug-and-play, formatting prior to use will give you optimal performance and compatibility with your Mac. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

Command-line enthusiasts know that if you can do something in the regular Mac interface, you can usually do it faster using Terminal. But as of Mac OS X 10.4.6, Terminal also lets you perform a feat ...