A number of readers with older Macs and slow dial-up connections are looking for an easy, cheap method to obtain older versions of the Mac OS installation CDs - Mac OS 8.1, Mac OS 8.5, and Mac OS 9 in ...

It says that it's got a 1.5TB hard disk, when there are 3x 500GB drives physically installed. What I'd like to do is remove all but 1 functioning disks and re-install Mac OS X so that I have a ...

It's easy to make boot disks on old Macs for older hardware, but as the years have gone on, it's gotten a little more difficult. Here's how to make classic Mac OS 9 and early Mac OS X boot media on ...

Newbies to the Mac, especially those finding boxes of older Mac OS X discs in garage sales, flea markets and on eBay, may believe they can install the software on their Mac. Unless that software ...

[Editor’s note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Lion (OS X 10.7). We also have a complete guide to installing and upgrading to Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8).] ...

G5 Up-to-date CDs may not be "downgradable" Apple's Up-to-date program for pre-Mac OS X 10.3 Power Mac G5s may deliver to users a CD that is not "downgradable." In other words, once you have installed ...

Ok, I am currently running OS X 10.1.3, I want to install OS 9.2.1 but every time I try to boot off the restore cd or the 9.2.1 and 9.1 install cd it freezes before the happy mac icon, but if I start ...

Like Lion (OS X 10.7) before it, Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) doesn’t ship on a disc—it’s available only as an installer app downloadable from the Mac App Store ...