Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) ships, by default, on a DVD. This poses a problem for Macs shipped without a DVD drive, those with non-functional DVD drives, or those which have had their drives manually ...

In an earlier tutorial, we explained how to clone the Tiger install DVD to a partition on an external FireWire disk. This is a good idea because the DVD is optical media, and optical media can have ...

So, it seems getting a dvd to install is not a 2020 thing. Last time I installed Windows was 7 which then got upgraded online to 10. So, if you want to build new, you can't buy a dvd and the build in ...

Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...

July 25, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google You can easily download OS X Mountain Lion from the App Store any time after ...

Reader Steven Harris is trying to do the right thing by his family, but technical barriers prevent it. He writes: Over the holidays I took your advice to give the gift of tech support by offering my ...

The MacBook Air ships with software tools that allow users to do without the external drive option for most purposes. Remote Disc, Remote Install, and related technologies that enable the Air to share ...

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