OS X contains a number of hidden utilities that are generally accessed via System Preferences, but which can also be launched and used independently. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, ...

It appears that some users are making it a habit to inadvertently delete some important utility applications on their systems, namely the System Preferences. These applications and folders of ...

The other day my daughter was frustrated by her math homework. She was plotting x and y coordinates onto a grid, but a few of her answers just didn’t line up. I suggested that we check her work, and ...

When you first take a look around OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), you might think Apple has done away with some of OS X 10.5’s applications and utilities. What, for instance, happened to the Exposé ...

When you want to move data from an old Mac to a new one, the most reliable method is to use Apple's Migration Assistant. Found in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder, Migration Assistant ...

Disk Utility is a hard disk management application that comes with the Mac operating system. The software offers a number of hard drive management functions, including the ability to partition and ...