Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

installation solutions since May 2000. Now, with the release of Installer VISE(tm) 7.1 at Macworld Expo, it’s even easier to build install targets to both Classic Mac OS and Mac OS X. “MindVision has ...

Apple has made its announced $69 USB Lion installation drives available, but only people with restricted or slow Internet connections need them, given the available methods for creating your own.

Many Installer packages are appearing for Mac OS X. That’s good right. Not necessarily. Scott Anguish — WebObjects and Cocoa developer and the Web master of the Stepwise — said that the Installer has ...

MindVision Software has made Installer VISE, its application installer solution, compatible with Mac OS X 10.1. The new version equips developers for installs on the latest revision of the next ...

I need to virtualise an install of Snow Leopard on my Intel-based iMac in order to continue to use an accounting app that isn't being updated anymore. I've set up a fair number of VMs so have a good ...

There's always been a wide range of opinion in the Mac pro community about how one should install a major release of Mac OS X (and even for the Classic Mac OS in the days). Apple offers a range of ...

Apple today released Apple Software Installer Update 1.0, a small update intended to address an issue that could prevent Apple software from installing under Mac OS X 10.6.8. This update addresses an ...

This used to be so easy; download an installer, save it to an external drive, use it on as many Macs as you'd like. Not anymore... I’m trying to update my wife’s MBP. This is an employer provided ...

The Cupertino company has made it so for its beta testing program to determine the right software version for a certain Apple ID, with this new method to properly allocate which users are enrolled to, ...

A new Mac OS X Trojan Horse called "Flashback" attempts to trick users into installing it by appearing as Adobe's Flash Player installer package. The Trojan Horse, discovered by security firm Intego, ...

File this one under “Obscure problems that could ruin your day.” TidBITS reader Randy Singer alerted us that due to an expired certificate, OS X installers downloaded prior to 14 February 2016 won’t ...