Life-long Windows guy here but I am very curious about Mac OS and continuously think about switching. In Windows (desktop build) I am running a 32 inch 4k monitor and I have Windows GUI set to 125%.

I'm a bit confuzeled as to the specifics of the Mac OS ROM file in OS 9. It is my understanding that prior to 9 (or maybe earlier) the ROM on the chip was no longer used by the OS, but rather it uses ...

Sparse disk image data loss Since we posted a reader report yesterday that claimed restarting or shutting down while a sparse disk image is mounted leads to data corruption on the disk image, we've ...

It's easy to make boot disks on old Macs for older hardware, but as the years have gone on, it's gotten a little more difficult. Here's how to make classic Mac OS 9 and early Mac OS X boot media on ...

The MoKB (Month of Kernel Bugs) has posted details of a critical flaw in the AppleDiskImageController for Mac OS X along with the proof-of-concept. This exploit can trigger kernel-mode arbitrary code ...

A handful of macOS apps let you make near-exact copies of your Mac's storage devices, which can be handy for backing up in case of a data emergency. Sometimes it's handy to make a full, complete, ...

The activation method for a rather ancient Easter egg, hidden deep within the ROMs of beige Apple Power Mac G3 computers, has been uncovered. Self-confessed "combined Apple/Linux/Windows geek" Doug ...

One of the things we get a lot here at Cult of Mac, especially in our coverage of games, is folders full of promotional images. Now, for a variety of reasons, we often need to change the type of those ...

Combo UpdaterAs has become common practice with recent incremental Mac OS X updates, applying the 10.2.5 combo updater can resolve a number of otherwise unexplainable problems that crop up after ...

There are many times you might want to knock out the background of a particular image on your Mac. Typically, I pop into Photoshop or Fireworks to use the Magic Wand tool to select all the white space ...