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 ...

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 downloaded prior to 14 February 2016 won’t ...

How to create an OS X multiboot USB install drive Your email has been sent In an ideal world, sysadmins everywhere would only need to manage one or two operating systems–one desktop, one server–and ...

As expected, OS X El Capitan has been released and can be downloaded right now from the Mac App Store. Here’s how to perform a clean install of OS X El Capitan. While OS X El Capitan keeps the same ...

MacDaddy has rolled out Install Disk Creator 1.0, a new installer disk utility for Mac OS X. It’s designed to simplify the process of creating a bootable OS X installer from Mac App Store installation ...

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.

Possible fix for filename truncation bug We continue to cover an issue file names being truncated when copying files, especially when copying to/from a remote volume. A new workaround for the issue, ...

Many Installer packages are appearing for Mac OS X. That’s good right. Not necessarily. Scott Anguish — WebObjects and Cocoa developer and the Web master of the Stepwise — said that the Installer has ...

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 ...