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 ...

Rarely some Mac systems may randomly show the boot menu when starting up. If this happens here are some options you can try to fix the issue. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

Today’s Mac Gem is a simple one, but it’s sure to be useful to developers, frequent users of Boot Camp, and anyone else who regularly boots their Mac from different startup volumes. A few years back, ...

Some Macworld readers are concerned about upgrading to macOS High Sierra, which offers the new APFS (Apple File System) that replaces the nearly 20-year-old HFS+ filesystem. APFS offers a lot of ...

Bombich Software recently updated Carbon Copy Cloner to version 6, and its founder, Mike Bombich, posted a blog entry explaining some of the intricacies involved with updating cloning software for Big ...

Am I destined to stare at the standard 3.5"HDD icon in Mac OS for my windows boot disk for ever? I can't figure out how to edit that icon; guessing it has to do with the volume being NTFS? I can ...

Although EC2 usually does a good job of hosting virtual machine instances, things can and sometimes do go wrong, and here Brien Posey continues his explanation of how to fix problems with an ...

Are you buying boots online with no access to a bootfitter? Here’s a step-by-step guide to fitting boots on your own. When the weather starts cooling down and skiers start thinking about gearing up ...