Freddie Mac announced Monday its new free, online tutorial called CreditSmart, that will provide working families and new or inexperienced borrowers with the basic information they need to buy their ...

A variety of factors can affect Mac OS X startup time, though there are a few not directly tied to the speed and resources available on your Mac. If you think you are experiencing inordinately boot ...

Ensure that your Mac's volume hasn't been muted unintentionally. Press the volume up key (F12) to turn up the sound level. If the volume is low, press the F12 key repeatedly to increase it. For more ...

This is not the first or the last guide to turning a Mac Mini into a PVR. But this particular configuration is special in that it provides an easy way to copy the programming to VCD (MPEG-1), DVD ...

The 12 free Mac apps in this roundup prove that the best software doesn’t need to cost you anything. These are the first apps I install on any new Mac, as they either boost my productivity or add ...

Any files that start with a period on a Mac are considered hidden files in the Mac OS and are not visible from within the Finder. You can see these hidden files from within the Terminal utility by ...

Even though you can't see them, invisible files are critical to the operation of your Mac. For example, Apple typically makes certain files invisible to reduce the chance that the files are ...

A few months ago, when Broadcom purchased VMware, it made VMware Fusion, the second most popular Windows virtualization solution for Mac users, behind Parallels, free for personal use. With that move, ...