Mac Fangirl

doing it all with a mac, technically speaking

Entries Tagged ‘Mac OS X’

Clean install of Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6

Two things to say about doing a clean install of Snow Leopard. It is time consuming. Back up your data.

Going from Leopard to Snow Leopard: a To Do List

I’ve been looking forward to the latest and greatest Mac OS and now that it’s been on store shelves for a few weeks I’m doing whatever I can to prepare for a smooth transition.
Here’s my very preliminary list of things to do before I actually place the disk in the drive and over write Leopard.
There [...]

Mac OS X Leopard User Accounts

I’m still trying to sort out the different types of user accounts available to Mac OS X Leopard users. So many choices, so little time.
The new Parental Controls offer new variations. And the new Guest account comes in handy for a temp user, like Aunt Charlotte who comes to visit from Santa Fe and wants [...]

In the beginning there was UNIX

Mac OS X is superior to any Windows OS because Mac is based on UNIX.