Mac OS X

Making Sense of When to Reinstall Mac OS X

by Matt

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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View Your Mac’s Screen on a TV

by Matt

Many people have been writing in to ask how they can take what’s on their Mac’s screen and view it on a TV. Whether you have an iMac, MacBook Pro, or even a Mac mini, all Mac computers can output their video to a modern television. The only question is whether you’ll have to spend [...]

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Create Your Own Snow Leopard USB Installation Drive

by Matt

When Apple announced its new MacBook Air models, many people were excited to see that the company replaced the restore DVDs with a USB Jump Drive. Installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard from a USB is fast, easy, and more reliable, compared to a DVD. Your computer can read the data from a USB drive [...]

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