Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...

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 ...

If you own a MacBook Pro chances are pretty good that you’ve investigated something like the OptiBay which lets you replace your optical drive with a second hard disk. After I did a review of the ...

Solid-state drives (SSDs) come with all kinds of perks over your standard hard drive, not the least of which involves serious speed boosts for your computing. Here's how I installed an SSD in my ...

CNET's Dong Ngo has detailed instructions on how to install Windows 7 on a MacBook Air from a USB thumbdrive. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager, Editor Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with ...

So I've got an iBook G4 w/ a dead optical drive. (At least, I assume it's dead. It ejects everything I put into it.)<BR><BR>I recommended to its owner that an external drive would probably be faster, ...