Among the list of most Mac switchers’ first questions is “how do I defrag* my Mac’s hard drive?” In response, the question then becomes, do you need to defrag your Mac’s hard drive? There are two…
It looks like Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is not exempt from the issues that plague the launch of new operating systems. Reports are a buzz on the Net about Tiger issues with certain Firewire…
Hard drives like everything else contain moving parts and performance degradation occurs over time. Most hard drives have a general lifespan of about 3 years of regular use. After that you’re running a risk when…
If you’ve received or bought a Mac that is accompanied by a full version of Mac OS X 10.x’s restore DVD then it should come with an OS 9 Classic install package contained therein. The…
With the latest incarnation of iTunes (4.7.1) onwards, iTunes has adopted an inability to simply drag and drop tunes from anywhere within your iTunes library directly into an external source. What you’ll observe in so doing, is…
Contrary to popular belief, one cannot simply access a Home Folder in the Mac OS X Finder and rename it. If you have attempted to do this you would quickly realise that when you eventually…
Macromedia has released its latest version 7.0 of its popular Flash Player for Mac OS X and its probably a good idea to pop by their Flash Player 7.0 download page to upgrade yours. If you haven’t…
We have received reports that the current release of XtremeMac’s AirPlay for iPods suffers from background noise. A slight constant buzzing is audible through your stereo speakers when AirPlay is in operation. At press time,…
Some users have reported the inability to utilise the Junk Mail options in Hotmail when accessing Hotmail online using Mac browsers, eg inability to delete junk mail and also re-allocating mails as ‘not junk mail’….
If you’re using a G4 PowerBook, this is for you – sit up and pay attention. Apple has been and is conducting a battery recall program for G4 Powebooks. The affected batteries were sold worldwide…