David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

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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 ...

Experiment with a portable OS: the process of booting OS from a USB drive on is easy both Windows and macOS. Run games directly from a USB drive, ensuring you have sufficient space and speed. Utilize ...

I recently downloaded and installed v3.0.6 onto my 9.2.2 "TechTool Partition." I basically use IT instead of a CD when trouble-shooting / performing maintenance on my other OS 9 partition. But I've ...

In this Recipe, I'll cover slipstreaming, the process of creating a bootable Windows XP CD with all service packs and security updates pre-installed. Creating a slipstream disc may take a bit of time ...

This article is for people whose Macs came preinstalled with Mavericks. If you can download the Mavericks installer from the Mac App Store, you should instead use our standard instructions for ...

Netbooks, laptops, office, and home computers…often we don’tknow which one we’ll be working on from one day to the next.Sometimes, it isn’t even our own PC, but one at a hotel businesscenter or a ...

Google has announced Chrome OS Flex, which is an easy way to turn your existing computer into a Chrome OS machine. You can boot the OS from a USB stick or replace your machine’s current operating ...