The Mac Mini is a small desktop computer manufactured by Apple Inc. It is compact-sized when compared to other desktops at 7.7 inches square, 1.4 inches tall and is very light weight at merely 1.22kg. Mac Mini desktops use G4 single-core 32-bit PowerPC processors having 512 KB of on-chip L2 cache. Mac OS is by [...]

You can speed up your Mac computer by performing simple maintenance. Unfortunately, there isn’t a fast and efficient way to do this in OS X. MacCleaning Free is a great all-in-one Mac cleanup utility that also combines a disk space monitor and disk ejector. It cleans junk files with one-click and is the easiest way [...]

You can run Windows 8 on a Mac several different ways, but the easiest way is to use free virtualization software such as Virtual Box. There are several steps you must perform to get this to work properly. In this tutorial we are using Mac OS X Lion and have downloaded both the Windows 8 [...]

Mac users realize there are relatively few maintenance tasks that need to be performed to keep your Mac OS X computer running efficiently. One of those tasks is to occasionally repair disk permissions.  The second is to make sure you occasionally clear the caches for your user account. A bloated cache can bog your system [...]

If you try to boot your computer and see a flashing question mark on Mac display instead of your desktop, this means your Mac cannot find the system software it needs to boot. While it’s not uncommon for a Mac to occasionally have this issue, the flashing ? on your screen could mean impeding doom [...]

The Mac App store launched this month for user running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. The app store looks and feels just like the App store on your iPhone or iPad, and is a great place to get both free and paid Apps for your computer. The great news is, you might already have the [...]

Repair Disk Permissions in OS X? Yes, it’s true, Mac computers do occasionally need some general maintenance. While Macs do not suffer from file fragmentation as often as a Windows computer, the hard drive will still eventually need some attention if you want your Mac to continue running at peak performance. One such maintenance task [...]

The Remote Desktop Protocol has been around for years. Microsoft has improved their Mac client and it’s now easier than ever to connect to your PC with Remote Desktop Connection. Remote Desktop Connection comes included with Office 2011, or you can download it directly from Microsoft for no charge. In an evolving era where homes [...]