You can install macOS on a regular PC to create a custom computer called a Hackintosh. To set up a Hackintosh, you need a Mac, a USB drive, and specific tools like ...

Building a hackintosh—that is, installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware—used to require extremely restricted hardware choices and quite a bit of know-how. Now ...

If you receive an error message indicating that your Mac's firmware is out-of-date, and hence cannot accept installation of Mac OS X from a CD/DVD -- specifically ...

Re-installing Mac OS X 10.2 before updating to 10.2.3 For those of you who haven't taken the plunge into Mac OS X 10.2.3 yet, it may be a good idea to use the "Archive and Install" option on your ...

I need to virtualise an install of Snow Leopard on my Intel-based iMac in order to continue to use an accounting app that isn't being updated anymore. I've set up a fair number of VMs so have a good ...

In building Snow Leopard, the latest version of Mac OS X (version 10.6), Apple focused more on under-the-hood improvements to boost speed and stability than on adding new features. That contrasts with ...

Instructions on how to install Apple Computer Inc.’s Mac OS X operating system on any PC with a chip from Intel Corp. or Advanced Micro Devices Inc. were posted to the Internet this week, and they ...

Since the review went up, a lot of you have e-mailed me asking whether the same would apply to reinstalling the OS over WiFi. After all, if you don't buy the $99 external SuperDrive to go along with ...

Instructions on how to install Apple Computer’s Mac OS X operating system on any PC with a chip from Intel or AMD posted to the Internet this week, and they could be found on several Web sites on ...

Apple's OS X Server has the capability of turning your Mac Mini computer into a server powerful enough to run your business network. It is available at a fraction of the cost of comparable server ...

Yosemite changes the look and feel of your Mac, from ever-so-transparent windows to a completely new Spotlight interface. But what hasn’t changed is how you get it—following in the footsteps of ...

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 ...