There are a few reasons why you might want to download and install an old version of macOS or Mac OS X. Perhaps you’re relying on software you have discovered doesn’t work properly in the latest ...

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Apple hasn’t shipped operating systems on physical media in a full decade, but there are still good reasons to want a reliable old USB stick for macOS Catalina. Luckily, it’s not hard to make ...

Each year that Apple releases a major new version of macOS, a few older Mac models that ran the previous version usually fail to make the new list of officially supported Macs. In the case of Catalina ...

Attention Mac users: You can now test drive the next version of Apple's desktop operating system, macOS Catalina, months before it's officially released in the fall ...

It's happening a little later in the season than usual, but Apple's latest version of macOS is available to download today. Catalina arrives on the heels of iOS 13, which saw several back-to-back ...

Apple has released the third major update to the sixteenth version of MacOS. Released in late January, MacOS Catalina 10.15.3 includes two features designed to improve the video output of Mac machines ...

There are lots of new features in Windows 10 and we certainly like it a lot, but there’s also little doubt that Microsoft is still playing catch-up with OS X in many key areas, including security and ...

Creating a bootable macOS Catalina USB install drive is an effective way to generate a clean installation of macOS on your Mac. This hands-on tutorial will work with both the macOS Catalina developer ...

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