Emoticons and other symbols are popular, so here is how to set up OS X to quickly access common ones instead of having to open the Character Viewer window each time. Topher, an avid Mac user for the ...

About nine months ago, I acquired a 13-inch MacBook Air. At that point, the first Ultrabooks had been announced but were not yet shipping. Even so, I might have waited, except that the Ultrabooks I’d ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=25537273#p25537273:i88v4p9p said: barefootguru[/url]":i88v4p9p]For Mountain Lion I just ran the installer to put a ...

Apple has released Mac OS X Lion in the Mac App Store for $30. Separately, Apple will also begin offering Lion on a USB thumb drive in Apple stores come August. Right now, you can grab Lion from the ...

The OS X Help Viewer by default stays on top of other windows, which means it can sometimes be in the way. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt ...

Tired of waiting for Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard'? Make the wait easier with tools that add power, pizazz and some Leopard-like features to OS X 10.4 'Tiger.' “Another six months?!” You could hear the ...

Google is enhancing Android's security against scams with new developer verification for the Play Store. This move aims to ...