If you have a spare hard drive lying around, you could use the existing recovery partition to install the OS on to that, even if just temporarily. If you have a friend with a Mac, he could download ...

It's easy to make boot disks on old Macs for older hardware, but as the years have gone on, it's gotten a little more difficult. Here's how to make classic Mac OS 9 and early Mac OS X boot media on ...

macOS Monterey version 12 is a stable, lightweight upgrade that works great on older Macs, and you can use the direct DMG or ISO links to download, install, upgrade, or downgrade your system easily.

Apple has released Mac OS X Lion in the Mac App Store for $30. Separately, Apple will also begin offering Lion on a USB thumb drive in Apple stores come August. Right now, you can grab Lion from the ...

[Editor’s note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Lion (OS X 10.7). We also have a complete guide to installing and upgrading to Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8).] ...

This warning should be heeded by all users attempting to install a fresh copy of Mac OS X, then use Software Update to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.2.5. If install any iteration of Mac OS X prior to version ...

Mac OS X Lion is easier to install than any previous version of Mac OS X. You don’t have to boot from a DVD or flash drive. Just download the Install Mac OS X Lion ...

Difference between Software Update and standalone download versions There are two versions of Mac OS X 10.4.1 available. The version that can be obtained through Software Update is machine-specific (i ...

Apple made Mac OS X Lion and Mac OS X Mountain Lion available for download for free here in the summer of 2021. This is the first time either version of the software was available for free. All ...

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