Mac OS X Solutions Guidebook is a 60 page PDF document full of OS X information. It covers the Finder, the Dock, general advice, key applications, and a fairly detailed UNIX tips section. Definitely ...

Like Lion (OS X 10.7) before it, Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) doesn’t ship on a disc—it’s available only as an installer app downloadable from the Mac App Store ...

If you’ve ever had to reinstall OS X, chances are you’ve used the Apple-provided system installer disc that came with the Mac. But what do you do if you misplace the DVD, or it becomes unreadable, or ...

This warning should be heeded by all users attempting to install a fresh copy of Mac OS X, then use Software Update to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.2.5. If install any iteration of Mac OS X prior to version ...

Earlier this month, on the wildly inappropriate date of February 14, the Apple Worldwide Developer Intermediate Certificate expired. In Cupertino’s case, this can have an adverse impact on Apple ...

It's easy to make boot disks on old Macs for older hardware, but as the years have gone on, it's gotten a little more difficult. Here's how to make classic Mac OS 9 and early Mac OS X boot media on ...

File this one under “Obscure problems that could ruin your day.” TidBITS reader Randy Singer alerted us that due to an expired certificate, OS X installers ...

I think the reason we haven't heard many complaints about the doing away of physical media is exactly this. As long as power users can make their own offline media, there's nothing to complain about.

On February 14, something called the Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Intermediate Certificate expired. This sort of thing is typically routine; it was renewed and developers were advised to update ...

Back in February, Apple's Worldwide Developer Certificate, designed to verify third-party apps and services, expired, requiring Apple to issue a new certificate for ...

While Apple's Mac OS X installer does a good job at handling migration from one version of the OS to another, or at least the Tiger edition worked well for most Mac users, still, migration is a ...

Newbies to the Mac, especially those finding boxes of older Mac OS X discs in garage sales, flea markets and on eBay, may believe they can install the software on their Mac. Unless that software ...