Over the past couple of years, the usurpation of the current Mac's HFS+ file system by Sun's ZFS has been predicted. Sometimes that message has been delivered (incorrectly) by Sun top brass. While Mac ...

What is the maximum file size in Mac OS X?<BR><BR>I assume it varies depending on the file system: Mac OS Standard (aka HFS), Mac OS Extended (aka HFS+), or UFS.<BR><BR>I have been trying to copy a ...

In OS X Mavericks, Apple will begin migrating from its own legacy Apple Filing Protocol to Microsoft's SMB2 in an effort to enhance performance, security and cross platform file sharing. Macs running ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Apple on Thursday issued its first beta of its forthcoming operating system Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, packed with new features like application persistence, full-screen applications and file coordination.

Until a few months ago, I fully expected Apple to announce Mac OS X 10.7 at this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference. But when I saw that there was no Mac-specific track on the conference schedule ...

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 ...