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 ...

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 ...

You can install macOS on a regular PC to create a custom computer called a Hackintosh. To set up a Hackintosh, you need a Mac, a USB drive, and specific tools like ...

You just got Mac OS X Mavericks, Apple’s freshly-minted freebie OS X release, and you’re ready to start installing. You hit up the installer, grab a tea or coffee ...

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 ...

OS X Mavericks is officially out and ready for the public. It’s the latest OS X version from Apple and it comes with a heap of new features, including improved support for multiple displays, desktop ...

For various reasons -- including user interruption as described in this article-- components of Mac OS X can be "stepped on" (erased or otherwise damaged) during the incremental update process (e.g.

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 ...

So I just bought ANOTHER mac on a whim... I bought the new Mac mini 1.83GHz Core Duo, 160gb, 2GB, Superdrive via the Employee purchase. I cannot wait! I am going to give my old Mac mini 1.4?GHz to my ...

[Editor’s note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Lion (OS X 10.7). We also have a complete guide to installing and upgrading to Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8).] ...

How to use Custom Icons; more 75275: Mac OS X: About the "Install Mac OS 9 Drivers" Option states: "When formatting a hard disk using the Disk Utility application, there is an option to "Install Mac ...

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 ...