In the Mac OS it is possible to change the default program the operating system will use to open a file when you double-click on it. After you have changed this file association, though, you may want ...

Sometimes people may find an application missing that was included with the OS X installation. If this happens there are several ways to restore the missing application. Topher, an avid Mac user for ...

After buying a new 27″ iMac last week, I was surprised to find a few missing features that I’ve been accustomed to in OS X Lion on other machines, including the removal of many desktop wallpapers. In ...

If you find that you cannot access your OS X administrator account, there is a relatively quick way to get it back. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

Apple's upcoming macOS Tahoe introduces a new design, better Apple Intelligence features, and a new Preview app, but also a completely new Spotlight. With it, you can take new actions, such as ...

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. If you downloaded and installed the macOS Monterey public ...

As we showed you in our step-by-step tutorial, creating a Boot Camp partition on your Mac to install Windows is easy. The tedious part of the installation is taking Windows through its initial setup ...

Apple's iMac computer has a built-in recovery mode that lets you reset the Mac to its original factory settings. This is a relatively straightforward and painless process that doesn't take an advanced ...

If you ever need to restore the entire contents of an OS X Lion startup drive, or just perform a reinstall of the OS, you’ll find that there are numerous ways to accomplish these tasks. In fact, there ...

Patrick Atis securely wiped his drive, and then wanted to reinstall Yosemite, the installer for which he has on an external hard drive. However, after he booted into OS X Recovery (holding down ...