Mac OS

Spyware grows increasingly prevalent and harder to avoid as the Internet expands. While viruses have always been a problem for computer users, the phenomenon of spyware--programs that covertly...

Safe Eyes is a web-filtering program that allows you to block objectionable content such as pornography, drugs or guns. It also lets you monitor social networking and control content from...

Many of the Mac computers, including laptops and small desktop computers, are limited to only a single hard drive. However, if you have a Mac Pro or another desktop capable of supporting multiple...

For a new Mac user, Mac OS may seem deceptively similar to Windows. Many tasks are accomplished the same way as they would be in a Windows environment, and those that are not are often...

Whether you're on a Mac or a PC, you can use free conversion software online to create ringtones for your Sony Ericsson phone. Since MP3's are one of the most popular file extensions for digital...

Mac OSX is a simple, yet powerful, operating system that almost anyone can understand. OSX's Finder tool makes it easy to locate documents, movies, music and applications. Every time you install...

Apple Computers is generally known to have one of the best satisfaction ratings amongst consumers in regards to their warranty and support. This service, called AppleCare, is available on most...

.TS is a file type that stands for Video Transport Stream File and holds compressed MPEG-2 video and audio files found on DVDs (Ref 1). .Mov is the standard file format for QuickTime and stands...

MKV is stands for Matroska Video File and it is a container file, much like AVI. MKV files can hold a number of different video and audio codecs, which make it a good format for including multiple...

You can do many things with an Apple MacBook Pro, such as listen to music or watch video, as well as editing video or music. You can also play games on this laptop. But before you can play a game...

PSP, or the PlayStation Portable, can do more than just play games. It can play movies and music as well. The PSP supports the following video formats: AVI, MOV, MP4, OGM, MKV, NUT, WMV and ASF....

There are many reasons to burn DVDs on your iMac: You can burn DVDs of important data as a backup. Or you can burn a DVD of your photos and home videos to share with friends and relatives. No...

If performing advanced alterations to the software or hardware of your Mac, it's a good idea to make a boot disk. This will burn an image of your software setup to a portable disk that can then be...

Admit it. You're tired of looking at those same old icons sitting on your Dock. The Finder looks dull. iTunes looks lame. You don't even want to look at Preview. You'll be pleased to know that...

AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is type of video file. It is a container file that can be encoded in different ways. DVD is not a file type but a sort of storage device for information. If you want...

MIDI files are not actually audio files. MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and the files contain data as to what notes to play on what instruments, how loud each note is and...

If you bought your MacBook new, it came with a CD that allows you to format the system and get rid of unwanted files. If you don't have the CD, you'll have to delete the unwanted files manually....

You can find vast numbers of Flash videos with .swf file extensions online. However, many portable devices are not able to read SWF files. By converting these files to the .mpg format, you can...

Ever have a program freeze and say Not Responding on it while using a mac? There is a simple way to end the program that takes 5 seconds and doesn't require you to restart or end other...

Transferring programs and other files from one Macintosh computer to another is simple and straightforward with a FireWire cable. By connecting the two computers with a FireWire cable at boot...

Serial numbers for Adobe applications can become a real headache on Macintosh computers. Once you have installed an Adobe program, whether it is a retail copy or a demo, the serial number is...

OTF files and TTF files are both font file types. OTF (OpenType Font) is cross compatible with many programs and computer systems. Microsoft and Adobe, combining the aspect of TrueType and...

Just as there are great free anti-virus and anti-spyware programs for Windows there are a handful of worthwhile free applications to keep your Mac clear of trojans and spyware offenses. Using a...

There are a number of obstacles that can prevent Windows and Linux users from opening files created on a Macintosh. Some of them are fairly easy to overcome, and a few are not.

When you insert a USB flash drive into the USB port of your Apple computer, Mac OS X automatically reads the contents of the flash drive. It may then display a window displaying the contents of...

All Macintosh computers come preinstalled with iTunes for managing digital music stored on your computer. In addition to managing and playing music, iTunes allows you to get additional music by...

The iTunes library on a Mac can easily take up a huge chunk of the computer's hard drive space. Every time a new song, album or video is added, the size of the library increases. To keep a...

You can delete a photo from your iMac computer the same way that you delete other files. Before deleting photos, make sure that you really want to discard them permanently. If you want to keep...

While Adobe Acrobat is a powerful, multifunctional software, improper installation can lead to serious problems for Mac users. Reinstalling Acrobat on your Mac can clear up many operating system...

If you are a digital photographer who has recently switched from a Windows-based computer to a Mac, you may be wondering how to use Mac OS to manage your memory cards--in particular, how to erase...

The Mac operating system uses parameter random access memory (PRAM) to store initial settings and preferences such as date, time, cursor blink rate, keyboard, mouse, monitors and sound....

Apple's Mac Mini is a powerful desktop computer. Unlike many Windows- and Linux-based PCs, however, it cannot connect directly to the largely VGA-compatible flat panels and LCD monitors. This is...

Creating a copy of your hard drive is necessary as your computer starts to age and risk of hard drive failure is more imminent than ever. Running Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther), it's a bit hard to find a...

Creating a disk image backup of your Mac OS X Tiger installation disk is a good idea, considering how easily DVDs can get scratched or misplaced. If your disk is already lost and you need to...

One of the most touted benefits of the Mac OS system is its built-in protection against viruses and spyware. Reported infections of the Mac OS are indeed a fraction of those found on Windows...

According to the Macworld Switchers Guide, one advantage of the Mac platform is that deleting software on a Mac is much easier than on a Windows computer. For most software titles available on the...

Uninstalling software on Mac computers can vary from extremely simple to a little tricky. Macintosh OS X does not have an equivalent of Windows Registry where all applications can be uninstalled....

If you've been building your iPhoto library up over the years, using new computers and cameras and trading photos with friends, you're bound to end up with a few duplicate pictures. If you only...

Despite Apple's reputation for simplicity and ease of use, a computer is a computer and things can get bogged down and corrupted, especially for older systems. If your Mail.app appears to be...

Photobucket is one of the most popular image hosting sites on the Internet, so you'll probably want to know how to save images from there onto your computer. Here's how to do it on an iMac running...

A MacBook Air laptop is a beautiful and powerful computer that is amazingly thin and lightweight. One of the reasons it is so light and thin is that it lacks an optical (DVD/CD) drive. To...

Connecting your Mac notebook to a projector allows you display images, presentations and videos saved on the computer. This can save money and time by letting you share the files at work or at...

When you purchase a new Macbook, you want to customize it so that it has your fingerprint on it, so-to-speak. Customizing is exciting and it can include a new cover, an unusual laptop case, unique...

If you have a PowerBook G4, you likely purchased it somewhere between 2001 and 2006, the years that Apple offered this line of Mac portable computers. If you have noticed a performance decrease in...

Apple offers firmware (or Boot ROM) updates for its computers and other hardware, including the line of iBook laptops. If you are experiencing problems with your iBook and contact AppleCare, the...

If you're a Windows user making the switch to Mac, you might have some of your music files in Windows Media audio (WMA) format. WMA is a proprietary format owned by Microsoft, and therefore these...

A computer partition is a part of the hard drive. Every Macintosh computer has a primary partition. You can create other partitions in the hard drive. A bootable partition is one that contains...

Apple's Mac Mini is the smallest, most energy-efficient member of the Mac family. The small, unobtrusive box will run the same software as larger Macs and MacBooks, and when disk permissions...

Mac computers, while being less prone to virus attacks than PC computers, can be targets of unwanted programs like spyware. According to Indiana State University, "Spyware is Internet jargon for...