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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 [...]

Review: Deeper, Customization for OS X

Deeper is a Mac OS X program that brings “hidden” system features to the desktop. All the features it can enable, disable or change are already accessible via the Terminal if the correct command is known. As such the software simply throws a nice graphical interface around these commands. While the GUI is fairly intuitive, [...]

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 [...]