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How To: Install OS X on machines without a DVD Drive

The great thing about OS X is that despite it’s minimum requirements, it still runs quite nicely on older pieces of Apple Hardware. This is simplified, but for the most part if the machine has a DVD drive and can boot off the install disk, it can run OS X. Leopard though brings a whole [...]

Apple’s G5 lives on

You’d think that Apple’s PowerMac G5 was dead and gone. Afterall the MacPro has been out for almost two years now. But if for some reason you still wish to run PPC chips (arguably they are still faster then Intel chips,) then you can buy the YDL Power Station from TerraSoft Solutions. Using IBM’s PowerPC 970MP [...]

How To: Install Macports

Every once in a while you’ll here or read about an absolutely awesome command line utility or X11 program that you must have. After consulting the great Oracle, Google you find that the program you want is in Macports which for those who are not comfortable at the command line may cause some issues. Fear [...]