Apple has released OS X Lion as a download from the Mac App Store only; however, you can use the download to create a separate OS installation disc or drive partition to use for troubleshooting ...

9to5Mac yesterday briefly touched on the subject of installing Lion by noting that you’ll need at least 17 gigabytes of free space: Four gigabyte for the Lion installer itself and at least 13GB ...

Microsoft just made it feasible to install Windows on a small capacity solid state drive (SSD) or hard drive with not much space left. Using a new deployment option called Windows Image Boot, or ...

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 ...

Happy Mountain Lion Day! Now that you have downloaded the 4.34GB installer, you may want to install Mountain Lion on more than one of your personal machines. Do you really need to wait 45 minutes or ...

Q: My laptop doesn't have enough space to install an operating-system update. What's the easiest way to free up some room? A: For a while, this question had gone out of style as ever-larger hard ...

How to create a bootable USB to install OS X Mavericks Your email has been sent Jesus Vigo goes over the steps to create a bootable USB to install OS X 10.9 (aka ...

Apple's latest desktop operating system, OS X 10.9 Mavericks will be available for free from the Mac App Store; below is our guide on how to make sure your Mac is compatible with Mavericks, and how to ...