Category: OS X

How to: Reset your OS X password

November 7, 2009

In the nearly 10 years I’ve been running OS X, it hasn’t happened to me yet, but the day when I stare blankly at my Mac’s login screen is coming — it’s just a matter time. Thereupon, it’s better to be prepared for the inevitable, so read this tutorial, print it out and put it where you can find it when the time comes.

Don’t have a cow, man! OS X 10.6.2 supports Atom [again]

November 4, 2009

With incidents like this, you’ve gotta wonder if Apple’s just testing to see if we’re 1.) paying attention and 2.) actually care. In this particular case, we don’t know what if any purpose Cupertino had in removing and returning support for the processors used in most netbooks, but folks were definitely paying attention.

StatCounter says Windows 7 is off to ‘encouraging’ start [guffaw]

November 3, 2009

Geez Louise this has gotta sting and more than a little. To date, two of the more prominent Web metrics firms have pegged Microsoft’s operating system launch somewhere between good for Apple and the Mac, to better than Vista. So much for a holiday home run for Redmond this Christmas shopping season.

New OS X won’t support the Atom

November 2, 2009

New OS X won't support the AtomWhen Mac OS X 10.6.2 comes out, the rumor is that the the new version of the Apple operating system will no longer run on the Atom processor, insuring that it can’t be used on certain netbook computers.

Windows 7 fails to halt Mac’s market share advances

November 1, 2009

The good news for Microsoft over the last week or so is that Windows 7 has seen its share of Web traffic rise by nearly three-quarters from just under 2 percent to around 3.5 percent. The bad news is that the company, at least by this same overall measure, is still losing market share to Apple and its category defining Mac OS X.

How to: Delete a Time Machine back up directory

October 30, 2009

Looking to free a big ol’ chunk of drive space? Is your Time Machine back up directory giving you grief and you’d just rather start over again? Here’s a quick and easy way to just make it go away.

The Apple iTablet as a business tool

October 28, 2009

The iTablet as a business toolThere are a million reasons why the Apple tablet should succeed with consumers, but is the much-predicted new product likely to be a hit in the corporate world as well?

Top 40 best Mac software apps, utilities and games

October 28, 2009

Here’s a quick and neatly annotated compendium of 40 of the best Macintosh graphics, game, utility, productivity, video, browser, iTunes add-ons and Internet applications available. Most of these of products are free or offer free demos, plus there’re tons of links to Blorge’s huge review and best of libraries.

PsyStar Rebel EFI not ready for primetime [a familiar pattern]

October 27, 2009

When the Miami, Florida-based hackintosh maker hit the scene back April 2008, the company made quite a splash, becoming the first company to openly advertise and sell Apple’s OS X on generic PC hardware. However, like their first computers, the Rebel EFI might charitably be called a work in progress with little in the way of documentation or help available.

OS X 10.6.2 includes hints of unreleased MacBook Pros

October 26, 2009

Is Apple readying revised pro portables with faster processors and crunchier graphics? A Spanish Mac Web site has been trawling the depths of an upcoming release of Snow Leopard point update and found evidence of just that.


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