A bootable Mac OS X thumb drive comes in handy when you need to troubleshoot OS issues for yourself, your family, or your friends. It’s also extremely useful for keeping your basic setup consistent ...

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 ...

Bootable disc image files may contain all the data necessary to create a disc from which computers can boot, but if you want them to work, you can't just burn them to a disc the way you would regular ...

If you've ever have to wipe the drive of a very old Mac, you know you need an old macOS to get it running again. Beyond ...

Despite Apple’s best efforts, you can make a bootable install disk of Mac OS X Lion… but it’s not for the faint-hearted, or those who aren’t tech inclined. Luckily, there’s an even easier way to make ...

In last month's column, I described the hurdles that Mac OS X puts in your way when you try to create a bootable disc, especially a custom bootable CD, DVD or flash drive. I offered various solutions ...

Several users have reported an issue where Mac OS X will not startup properly after partitioning the startup drive with Boot Camp and installing Windows XP. For these users, Windows XP boots normally, ...

New Zealand-based developer SubRosaSoft Ltd. announced the availability of VolumeWorks 1.1 on Tuesday. The new version of the partition management tool features a bootable Mac OS X CD option that ...

The note also includes the following: “To continue using Boot Camp at that time, upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.” This strongly implies that future Boot Camp releases will be tied to the next ...

I got the chance to play with an IBM ThinkPad that dual boots Windows XP and Mac OS 10.4 (the "Intellese" version). It felt like I was in the twilight zone seeing the shiny Mac interface on a black ...