Apple’s latest Mac OS X release, 10.5 — Leopard, has been well received overall. But a growing number of users are hacking the interface to make it feel a little bit more Tiger-like. The prevailing sentiment from these users seems to be: "it wasn’t broke in Tiger before, so why "fix" it in Leopard?"
The time has come. You’ve been salivating for months over all the exciting goodies Apple has promised to deliver with Leopard, and now that you’ve got your install DVD, you’re ready to make the upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5. Presumably you’ve already prepared your Mac for Leopard, so all that’s left is the upgrade. […]
When you initially set up your Mac, OS X creates a single user account for you. That account includes administrative rights, which give you the authority to install, change, or delete anything on the computer. Using that administrator account as your normal, day-to-day login account can be risky.
Although viruses pose much less of a threat to the Mac platform, individuals and organisations shouldn’t forego protecting Mac systems with a quality antivirus application. In this article we show you the right tips to make sure your Mac is adequately protected.
1. First, update MacOS X to the latest version using [WWW] Software Update and upgrade the [WWW] firmware to the latest version.
2. Use the [WWW] Boot Camp to partition the drive in two. When asked whether to create a driver disk, answer "no" and click on "reboot" at the […]
Playlist Magazine suggests using an old (or current) iPod as a backup bootable disk for your Mac. To get it going you’ll need to set your iPod to run in disk mode, and then install OS X on it using the original installation disks. If you’re willing to lay out some cash for extra bootable […]
Remember when it was first revealed the Windows XP could be installed and booted off of a USB flash drive? Well, great for Windows users. What about Mac users? We were left out in the cold. If one were to search hard enough in the vast Web index that is Google, one could find just […]
Similar to How to install Ubuntu in OS X using Parallels - a complete walkthrough, this tutorial will take you every single step of the way through installing Windows Vista using Parallels for OS X. The steps and screenshots used for this tutorial are specific to Parallels Build 1970 running on a MacBook Pro w/ […]
In this article, I will try to describe the main steps required to install 4 different OS (Mac OS X, Linux, Microsoft Vista et Microsoft Windows XP) on a Mac Pro. We have decided to avoid providing a step-by-step procedure to prevent beginners to try it out, considering the procedure as piece of cake, whereas […]
OSX can do everything I want from day to day, but occasionally I want to play some San Andreas. Bootcamp and Windows should have had me playing Windows games on the Mac. Sadly, Bootcamp refused to partition my internal disk so I was stuck with no Windows and no San Andreas. A ray of hope […]
A question that doesn’t come up too often but is still a great one to ask none-the-less - encrypted folders, how do create you ‘em?
While most people are happy with having their accounts password protected, or even going a step further by having FileVault in place, there’s always one or two that only want certain […]
Even though I used almost any version of Windows, starting with 3.0, I’ve been a Mac user for the last 4 years since 2002. I enjoy Mac OS X very much I’m still using Windows from time to time. When doing web development for instance, I often have to check compatibility with IE6 and now […]
As we are all aware, Mac OS X is based on BSD. Mac OS X is an UNIX-like operating system (much like Linux and the various other BSD variants FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD).
So what does that mean?
It means that your Mac is a multi user operating system. While at the present time, only one user can […]
Something that has always bugged me about Mac OS X is that when you connect to a remote computer you have the option of being a registered user or a guest. Anyone that is on your network can connect to your computer via guest access, though this only gives the user access to the drop […]
After a few false starts I have finally got a working Vista up and running on my MBP. This is assuming you already have a working copy of XP installed using BootCamp. Here is what I did:
1. Download the .iso and burn with Disk Utility. I got errors during the install using the disk I […]