Tag Archive | "os x"

Adding Linux File System support to Leopard (ext2 & ext3)

Friday, February 26, 2010

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This is yet another guide in my rewrite rampage. Note: This software is incompatible with Snow Leopard. With it now easier than ever to dual boot Linux and OS X, you might be considering giving Linux a try (or even more favorably, Ubuntu). Linux in general is great due to its stability, many customizable looks, and ability [...]

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Backing Up Your Data: The Where, The Why, and The How

Sunday, February 14, 2010

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Most of you out there (hopefully all of you, actually) have heard of the importance of backing up your data. Some reasons are universal between Macs and PCs while others are not. PC’s need to be backed up because of the possibility of hardware failure and the chance of getting Viruses, Spyware and the like, [...]

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How To Install Snow Leopard On A Dell Mini 9

Sunday, January 3, 2010

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The good, good people over at the MyDellMini forums have been working hard to get Snow Leopard up and purring on the Mini 9 since September, and now everything finally works. I’ve been waiting to publish this guide until Meklort released the final version of NetbookBootMaker .8.3, which resolves the issue of audio in/out not [...]

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Run Snow Leopard On Windows With VMware

Monday, December 28, 2009

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VMware is a great solution for testing out different operating systems, but OS X clients have never been supported (for obvious reasons). Fellow hackintosh site iHackintosh has a great article on getting Snow Leopard to run on an Intel-based Windows machine. It involves getting a pre-made .VMDK file and tweaking some VMware settings. Overall, it’s [...]

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Apple wins case against Psystar, ruins reputation in the process

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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It was a sad day in the land of Hackintosh as Apple won its ongoing case with Psystar. The ruling ordered Psystar, a company made famous for it’s custom built Hackintoshes, “a permanent injunction.. banning it from selling hardware with Apple’s operating system.” The ruling also forbid Psystar from: Copying or selling OS X Inducing, aiding, assisting, [...]

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How to: NTFS in OS X Leopard & Snow Leopard

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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Have you ever been in this situation: you’re dual booting Leopard/Snow Leopard and Windows, and are currently booted to OS X. You download/create a file and now you want to copy it over to your Windows Partition. But, when you try to drag it over to your Windows Partition, you get an error! This can [...]

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