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If you have ever downloaded something on your Mac from the Internet, you have probably seen the warning, “[This] is an application downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?” Sometimes this occurs even when the file in question is not an application but simply an archive or a disk image. The [...]
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When you think you have a failing hard drive in Mac OS X, sometimes you get a warning, like the dreaded flashing question mark. Other times, the drive can be failing so slowly that you’re never quite sure what is wrong. If you’re in the position where you already know you need help recovering data, [...]
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When Apple announced its newest version of Mac OS X — Lion — it also announced that the software is available only from the Mac App Store. This means that the only way you can get Lion is to download a copy to your Mac’s hard drive. There’s no physical media. While Apple also announced [...]
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Apple has made it very easy to install Mac OS X Lion: simply buy it from the Mac App Store, and when the installer has finished downloading, it will open right up, and you can begin the installation. What could be easier? Well, one problem with this is that Apple deletes the Lion installer once [...]
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Now that Apple has released Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, you may have noticed that some of your folders are missing. Above all, the Library folder in your user account seems to have vanished. This folder holds nearly all the data that applications save without asking you, from your mail messages to calendars, preferences to [...]
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On the eve of Apple’s “Back to the Mac” media event, the question on everyone’s mind is what Apple will reveal as Mac OS X 10.7 Lion’s “revolutionary” new feature. An Apple job posting even touted the need for a senior software engineer to help build this feature. One can’t help but feel the posting [...]
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