Mac OS X Installation Choices

December 17, 2012

Upgrade, Archive and Install, or Erase and Install Once you have been able to boot from your Mac OS X install or restore disc, you can begin your installation. You first must select the language you want to use for the installer. You also need to click “Continue” several times for the windows that contain [...]

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Booting Up From A Mac OS X Install Disc

December 15, 2012

Installing or reinstalling Mac OS X can be a painless process, assuming your Mac hardware and your hard drive software are in good shape. If you can get to your Desktop screen, put your Mac OS X install or restore disc into your DVD drive and wait for the disc icon to appear on the [...]

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What You Need to Know Before Installing Mac OS X

December 13, 2012

Compatible Versions & Installation Discs Each major version of Mac OS X (the “tenth” of a point system, meaning 10.6, not 10.6.1) brings new system requirements with it. Generally, you cannot install a version of Mac OS X that is older than the original version that came with your computer. If you bought a Mac [...]

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Making Sense of When to Reinstall Mac OS X

December 11, 2012

If you have ever taken your Mac into an Apple Store to have a Genius troubleshoot software or hardware problems, you may have heard the dreaded phrase, “You need to reinstall your operating system.” It may not be obvious why this is a favored troubleshooting technique, but a Genius would not recommend it simply because [...]

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Install Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 on Older, Unsupported Machines

September 12, 2012

Using the following software tools to install unsupported versions of Mac OS X could, in a worst-case scenario, render your machine inoperable. Mac OS X may not function correctly, if at all, when using unsupported versions of Mac OS X on a Mac. If you somehow still have a support contract with Apple, do not [...]

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Using Older or Unsupported Printers in Mac OS X

September 11, 2012

Problem: Your printer is old. Not the came-out-before-Steve-Jobs-retired kind of old, but the I-was-printing-books-before-Harry-Potter kind of old. The manufacturer doesn’t make a driver for Mac OS X Lion (and may never have made one for any version of Mac OS X). Is it possible to use the ancient beast with your svelte new Mac? Solution: [...]

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Getting Started: Managing File Permissions in Finder and in Terminal

September 10, 2012

One of the most basic and helpful troubleshooting steps you can take is to change a file or folder’s permissions if you or an application cannot properly access it. Sometimes the permissions information can become corrupt, but other times, especially when copying a file from another hard drive or network drive, Mac OS X is [...]

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