Today, Apple officially releases Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) -- a major update that will be installed by thousands of early adopters (many users received their copies a week ago) in its first few hours of ...

It says that it's got a 1.5TB hard disk, when there are 3x 500GB drives physically installed. What I'd like to do is remove all but 1 functioning disks and re-install Mac OS X so that I have a ...

On July 12th, 2005, Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.2, the latest incremental update to Tiger. The new version contains fixes for several issues reported here on MacFixIt (see our Mac OS X 10.4.1 and Mac ...

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 ...

(Note: This guide is adapted from one I found buried in Google's cache, so I thought Ars might appreciate a more accessible, updated version.)<br><br><b>Introduction</b><br><br>We all know that OS X ...

Most of us face the prospect of upgrading our operating systems with a mixture of excitement and dread. True, a new OS brings cool new ways to work. But that doesn’t change the fact that when you ...

It's easy to make boot disks on old Macs for older hardware, but as the years have gone on, it's gotten a little more difficult. Here's how to make classic Mac OS 9 and early Mac OS X boot media on ...