Defragmentation and disk optimization in Mac OS X collectively represent an issue nearly as contentious as the debate over repairing disk permissions -- one camp argues that utilties purportedly ...

Currently the drives are in spanned RAID mode, from what I can gather from the Command+R > Disk Utility read out. It says that it's got a 1.5TB hard disk, when there are 3x 500GB drives physically ...

Apple has released Mac OS X Lion in the Mac App Store for $30. Separately, Apple will also begin offering Lion on a USB thumb drive in Apple stores come August. Right now, you can grab Lion from the ...

For various reasons, applications originally installed by the Mac OS X Installer disc (DVD or CD) -- Mail.app, Activity Viewer, etc. -- can become unusable. This can occur due to user deletion, ...

Apple only sells OS X Mountain Lion as a digital download in the Mac App Store. The installer weighs in at a hefty 4.05GB, but the good news is that you can install your copy of Mountain Lion on all ...

So- I hosed up my install of 10.4 and now the thing wont even boot, I just get spinning gears.<BR><BR>Some mac dudes tried to help on IRC last night but I kinda gave up.<BR><BR>I don't have install ...

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at how Mac OS X Server’s NetBoot process allows Macintosh machines to boot by using a server-based disk image instead of booting via a local disk. Part 1 also ...

Editor’s note: Roman’s faulty memory incorrectly stated originally that Apple removed the installation discs from the Apple Store. Apple actually offered Lion and Mountain Lion download codes through ...