Guides
Step-by-step guides for installers, boot managers, EFI partitions, and everyday macOS tasks.
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Sparkler
Sparkler is a tool designed to create appcast.xml file for projects that use Sparkle framework . Even though creating the appcast.xml and signing the zip…
Bootabler User Guide
What is Bootabler? Bootabler is a powerful macOS utility designed to simplify the creation of bootable macOS installation media. Whether you need to create a…
How to turn off wallpaper tinting in macOS
Wallpaper tinting is a feature which allows macOS to change the coloration of window based on the color of the wallpaper. Even though this seems like a cool…
Localsend, share files locally on cross platforms
All of us are used to AirDrop and it really made our lives easier, but for using AirDrop we need to have Apple products. Sharing files between a PC and a Mac…
NTFS on Apple Silicon
There are times that you need to copy some files to an external hard disk or a flash disk which is formatted as NTFS. There are several applications that will…
macOS Sonoma 5th DP, OCLP and incremental updates
With the 5th developer preview of macOS Sonoma release, OpenCore Legacy Patcher is still working pretty good. The Root Patches need to be applied once the…
Fix Illustrator Crashes
Experiencing crashes in Illustrator can be devastating, but there are several troubleshooting steps you can try to resolve the issue. Here are some suggestions…
Fix Photoshop Crashes
Experiencing crashes in Photoshop can be frustrating, but there are several troubleshooting steps you can try to resolve the issue. Here are some suggestions…
Why do you need a bootable USB disk with Operating System on it?
Having a USB disk with an operating system on it, such as Bootable macOS USB disk or Windows To Go can be useful for several reasons: Testing and…
Dual boot your Hackintosh on the same disk.
Disclaimer: "Please make sure you have back up of your precious data before attempting to create the USB disk and when you select the destination disk to…
Using Time Machine to backup your data.
There are times that you turn on your computer and it won’t simply boot into macOS. I’m not talking about when the computer won’t turn on at all. What I’m…
Dual boot your Hackintosh on separate disks.
Disclaimer: "Please make sure you have back up of your precious data before attempting to create the USB disk and when you select the destination disk to…
Easily use OCLP to install macOS on your Mac
The OpenCore Legacy Patcher is an amazing tool for installing macOS on unsupported Apple computers and give it a new life which is the result of the hard work…
How to use macOS Recovery Mode
There are several key combinations to boot your Mac in recovery mode during start up. Depending on what you need to do with macOS Recovery mode these…
Disable AutoBoot
Ever since 2016 when you open the lid of your Apple laptop whether it's an Apple MacBook Air or MacBook Pro it will automatically turn on and boot into macOS.…
How to Change Service Order for Network Interfaces
There are times that you might need to change the Service Order for your network interfaces in macOS. By default the primacy NIC adapter is the LAN adapter…
Enable Write Access to TimeMachine Backup Disks
Many of us use TimeMachine as a backup strategy for our Mac. I've been using it for as long as Apple introduced it back in 2007. But ever since macOS Big Sur…
Building OCLP Alpha for macOS Ventura
Here's how to build OpenCore Legacy Patcher for installing macOS Ventura on unsupported Macs. In this guide I will explain how to build OpenCore Legacy Patcher…
Network Speed Test
If you wonder how fast your network speed is there are few sites and tools available and you already may know some or all of them. But there's a built-in test…
Mac OS Classic
Before Apple released their new and shiny Mac OS X (Mac OS 10) we used to use other versions of Mac OS which is called Mac OS Classic now. Classic Mac OS The…
What is Rosetta?
When Apple transitioned from PowerPC architecture to Intel back in 2006 they developed a dynamic binary translator called Rosetta. Rosetta made the transition…
What is SIP?
System Integrity Protection (SIP) in macOS protects the entire system by preventing the execution of unauthorized code. The system automatically authorizes…
macOS USB Installer
There are several applications and guides on how to create a UBS installer disk for macOS but I personally always use 'createinstallmedia' command in Terminal…
Unsupported Mac?
With the latest release of macOS versions Apple drops support for older Macs. This usually happens because of the incompatibility of the new versions of macOS…