This is going to pulverize my inbox, but the biggest mistake Apple has made in years is bringing back that awful startup BLANG with the release of macOS 11 Big Sur. Maybe I’m just triggered because I ...

Reader Stephen Mette faces the age-old problem of how to shut up the Mac when it first boots. He writes: I’ve always loved the Mac’s opening chime. But I’m the early riser in my family, and the volume ...

PowerBook fans and temperature Continuing coverage of more sensitive (turning on at a lower CPU temperature) fans under Mac OS X 10.3.2: More sensitive fans means cooler surface temperatures While ...

One of the most commonly reported significant issues with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is a freeze at startup or during shutdown. In most cases, only selecting a shutdown or restart through the Finder causes ...