Mac OS, Mac OS X, or macOS, is the operating system that resides on Apple’s desktop and portable computer lineup. Built upon a Unix core, it is easy to use yet highly advanced, extremely stable, and an excellent OS for productivity and creation. Browse through our articles or use the search feature to look for something specific that is pertinent to the Mac operating system.
It’s that time of the year again Mac users! The holiday season is now here in full force, and part of the fun is customizing your Mac to be with the season. Here’s our three favorite apps so you can deck out your Mac desktop in the holiday spirit. Snowfall – a beautiful falling snow … Read More
Many of us intel Mac OS X users installed Boot Camp partitions so we could run Windows or Linux on the same machine as our Mac. Boot Camp is great, but it’s annoying when you have to reboot just to access the other operating system, which is why something like VMWare is so useful. If … Read More
Have you ever wished you could see the complete file system path in the titlebar of a Finder file system window? Well you can use a secret setting in Mac OS X to display the path in the titlebars of windows. The geekier Mac users amongst us and those familiar with the unix world should … Read More
The appearance of Mac OS X has slowly been drifting away from the old aqua style to a more modern and refined look that closely resembles iTunes. The change in this direction was really made obvious within Leopard with the introduction of the coverflow style finder and the removal of the brushed metal windows. For … Read More
Update: The usage of third party tools for NTFS support is no longer necessary, as Mac OS X includes NTFS read & write support natively, here’s how to enable it. While newer versions of the Mac operating system support NTFS without any third party add-ons, older versions of OS X may still find value in … Read More
People seem to either love or hate the dock in Mac OS X Leopard. Maybe it’s the appearance, the reflection, or something else. If you’re not a fan of the default ‘swoosh’ reflective Dock, there are many options available, and a site has popped up catering to nothing but Leopard Docks. Yes indeed, customized Mac … Read More
If you’re a Mac user and you installed the Adobe CS suite for graphic work or web development, you probably aren’t too interested in Adobe SoundBooth, which is fine because you don’t have to install it. Well, I didn’t install Adobe SoundBooth and I discovered that Adobe still decided to install 5GB of SoundBooth bloated … Read More
Earlier today Microsoft released the second beta of their Remote Desktop Connection application. This new version introduces an updated user interface (not sure if its worse or better), Universal binary support, Vista support, dynamic window resizing and quite a bit more. It is good to see Microsoft update this utility as it is a crucial … Read More
If you’re a Mac OS X Leopard user, you might have noticed that the Dock no longer uses little triangles to emphasize what applications are open. Instead, little subtle lights glow underneath open applications, which look nice but aren’t the most obvious. Apparently I’m not the only one that was annoyed with the little glowing … Read More
Matt Gemmell provides a great list of API’s that have been changed in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. This should be of interest to all Cocoa developers out there, or anyone who’s curious about some of the underpinnings of OS X application development. Take a look: Get rid of your code with Leopard
Adding a user is something easily accomplished using the built in GUI tools that ship with OS X, however any power user can appreciate the possible efficiency gained from using the command line. So in the spirit of efficiency here are the steps necessary to add a user to your Mac OS X system all … Read More
Recently while using the OS X Terminal I noticed that the “Page Up” and “Page Down” keys do not send an actual page up sequence to an active Terminal session. This was discovered with the irssi app, but it actually pertains to the Terminal in general. Instead, it seems that the default behavior is to … Read More
Welcome to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard! This was my first experience since installing the 10.5 upgrade, let’s hope that was a fluke. I’m super excited for Leopard! – Paul H.
Mac rumor site ThinkSecret has some screenshots of the latest Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard build. The interface is becoming increasingly polished, with a mirrored reflective Dock, a transparent menu bar, and rounded corners on many pop-up menu items. Many Mac users expect a major GUI revision in 10.5, but thus far there have only … Read More
Gmail Notifier is a great little utility that lets you know when you have mail in your Gmail inbox. What I have always disliked about it though is the apparent lack of the ability to use the secure https protocol. If you’re on public networks, this can be a particularly valid concern for privacy and … Read More
The iPhone may be taking up the latest Apple related buzz, but Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is still hotly anticipated. APC has a nice list to remind all of us of what is to come in Leopard, and although the list suggests things you didn’t know, I’m guessing if you’re an avid Apple fan … Read More
If you’re anything like me, you’ve accidentally hit command-Q while in Safari on the Mac and lost tons of important tabs. Unfortunately there’s no warning so if you make such a mistake, that’s that. Well, not quite anymore, thanks to TabStop. TabStop is a handy utility that causes Safari to warn you before closing a … Read More
MacScoop has apparently gotten their hands on Apple’s developer roadmap for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, which covers the intended release cycle of development versions from the current version until the final release in October. Nothing new or groundbreaking is included, but it’s still an interesting read and something worth viewing if you’re half as … Read More
