If partitioning a drive with Disk Utility gives you unmount or resource busy errors, there may be workarounds you can use. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

Savvy IT pros have been tinkering with mainframe partitioning for years. But with the sudden proliferation of single-task servers, especially for the Internet, partitioning big iron to consolidate ...

One of the best features introduced in Lion (OS X 10.7), and available on every version of OS X since, is OS X Recovery. The OS X installer creates an invisible, bootable, 650MB partition—a portion of ...

As most OS X users are probably aware "virtual memory" (or paging, in OS X's case) is always "on," as is the case with any modern operating system. It is an integral part of the kernel's functionality ...

I upgraded my Samsung EVO 970 Plus 250GB to a 2TB version. Since I am using a B450 AM4 motherboard, I am limited to PCIe3, so I felt this was a cheap option for a drive I was confident would be great ...

To enable ROOT access. Open NetInfo Manager and go to USERS then select ROOT. Highlight the single * that is used for the password - delete it and leave it blank. Now save that and log out. When you ...

Apple has publicly touted a significant new feature in OS X 10.9 Mavericks designed to maximize RAM, storage and CPU use while also boosting power efficiency: Compressed Memory. The new Compressed ...

Apple announced OS X Yosemite at its Worldwide Developers conference Monday, and among other features, the new version is ushering in the single biggest visual change to OS X in, well, ever. OS X’s ...