Am I destined to stare at the standard 3.5"HDD icon in Mac OS for my windows boot disk for ever? I can't figure out how to edit that icon; guessing it has to do with the volume being NTFS? I can ...

It's a troubleshooting nightmare: you have problems starting your standard Mac OS X installation, or another serious issue that requires re-installation of Mac OS X ...

Today’s Mac Gem is a simple one, but it’s sure to be useful to developers, frequent users of Boot Camp, and anyone else who regularly boots their Mac from different startup volumes. A few years back, ...

Apple Software Restore lets you clone your Mac even with a Signed System Volume. Here's how to use it to copy your Mac's storage. For a variety of reasons, you may want to make a clone of your Startup ...

If you have multiple operating systems installed on your computer, or if you are trying to boot off various utility or other boot disks, you may run into problems where using an alternative or desired ...

When testing out beta versions of macOS, I rarely install them on my main Mac volume containing the current version of macOS. Instead, I prefer to simply create a second volume dedicated to the beta.

Creating a Mac OS X emergency boot disk is a great idea for any person who regularly repairs Apple Mac computers. How to create a Mac OS X boot disk is a complicated process, but this step-by-step ...