I am experimenting with building a small, lightweight, bootable Mac OS X 10.5 flash drive image for diagnostic purposes. So far I haven't found any USB 2.0 flash drives that have been very fast in ...

Unlike its Windows counterpart, macOS Sonoma is available to all Mac users for free. So, as long as you have one of the compatible Mac models, you can install the operating system without buying or ...

Apple only sells OS X Mountain Lion as a digital download in the Mac App Store. The installer weighs in at a hefty 4.05GB, but the good news is that you can install your copy of Mountain Lion on all ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=25537273#p25537273:i88v4p9p said: barefootguru[/url]":i88v4p9p]For Mountain Lion I just ran the installer to put a ...

It's handy to have an external, bootable macOS Ventura installer, but you practically have to fight Apple to make one. Here's what you have to do. In Apple's ideal world, you let your Mac update ...

Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...

You can still make an external macOS bootable drive, but Apple's tighter security procedures mean you have to prepare for it before your internal drive fails. Here's how to do it all, and what's been ...

Apple has released Mac OS X Lion in the Mac App Store for $30. Separately, Apple will also begin offering Lion on a USB thumb drive in Apple stores come August. Right now, you can grab Lion from the ...

I keep a portable PC diagnostic USB with the necessary tools and often prefer Rufus for its stability. However, the challenge with Rufus is that you need to keep reformatting USB sticks when you want ...