Small solid state drives are standard on almost all Macs. It's very easy to fill them up with unimportant files. In this tutorial I'll show you how to get a...

In this tutorial, I will show you how to get the best of both worlds by installing Yosemite on a completely separate partition. Enjoy the free open beta of...

In the previous tutorial I showed you how to pick parts for a Hackintosh—a non-Apple OS X computer. In this tutorial I'll show you how to take those parts...

For situations where Disk Utility is not available, or if you just prefer working on the command line, this tutorial will show you how to find a disk that...

Believe it or not, it is actually possible to install Mac OS X on a non-Apple computer. If you pick your parts carefully, you can build a Hackintosh. In the...

Sometimes it would be great to be able to try different versions of the OS X operating system before upgrading. This is easy if you have a number of Macs,...

In my last tutorial I showed you how to upgrade the RAM in your Mac mini. Whilst you have the lid off, or now that you know how to get into the machine, you...

If you’re wanting to invest in a new SSD drive to give your Mac a speed boost but can’t afford one large enough for all your data, or your boot drive is...

Hard drives: they are one of the most important pieces of hardware in your computer, and also the source of most problems you will encounter. The hard drive...

As Apple moves towards solid state drives for their portable range, users are having to be more frugal with their storage requirements. In this tutorial,...

Don't panic. It happens to the best of us. Fortunately, you can likely fix it pretty easily. Years of use and abuse can leave a hard drive positively...