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Put Leopard on a diet while waiting for Snow Leopard to be released

by Aron Trimble (Dec 12th, 2008)

We've all been there; we've all had that sickening feeling that comes from seeing "Macintosh HD" with less than 1 GB of available space. If you're staring at your Finder wondering where you can find some additional space without having to swap out the hard drive or buying a new Mac altogether ...

Aluminum MacBooks unstable after 3rd-party RAM upgrade

by Aron Trimble (Dec 7th, 2008)

Lucky enough to have purchased one of those shiny new unibody MacBooks? If you happen to be in the market for a RAM upgrade you may want to hold off for a little while. It seems the latest MacBooks are a little more fickle about the RAM they support than previous models. Users on the Apple Support ...

New MacBooks and MBPs can handle up to 6GB of RAM

by Mike Schramm (Nov 3rd, 2008)

Is it just me or is it pretty mindblowing what Moore's Law is doing to our computers these days? I remember when 64mb of RAM was great, and even a few years ago, I wondered why anyone would ever use 1GB of RAM (I've got 2GB in my gaming PC, and I still almost think it's too much). But apparently ...

Found Footage: Boost your MacBook's RAM

by Cory Bohon (Jun 26th, 2008)

Have you ever thought about upgrading your MacBook's scrawny 2GBs of RAM that Apple ships to something a little more deserving? Well, ChannelFlip has a very cool video showing you how to upgrade the RAM in either a MacBook or MacBook Pro. In addition they tested the performance of the 2GB and 4GB ...

Mac OS X password recoverable from RAM?

by Cory Bohon (Mar 3rd, 2008)

In a recent post over at Ars Technica, they say that Mac OS X users could have their login passwords recovered through physically accessing the RAM. This comes after FileVault was proven to be cracked. The article notes that Mac OS X and certain applications store the user's password in memory, ...

iFreeMem 2.0: when you just don't feel like rebooting

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 21st, 2008)

As good as OS X memory management may be, if you run your system for long periods of time without shutting down you'll likely see an increasing number of spinning beach balls as your uptime counter ticks away. When applications quit – especially big, memory-hungry applications – they ...

Up to 3GB of RAM in the Mac minis

by Mike Schramm (Aug 18th, 2007)

Reader John L kindly dropped us a tip that Other World Computing has upped their Mac mini memory upgrades up to a whopping 3GB of RAM. And in fact, if you really want a Mini that flies, they'll even squeeze 4GB under the hood, even though they say the Mac Mini can't really handle that much. The ...

Just What is Wired Memory Anyway?

by Mat Lu (Mar 6th, 2007)

If you've ever opened up your Activity Monitor and looked at the System Memory tab, you've no doubt seen something similar to the above. But if you're like me, you've often wondered just what the labels mean. Just what is wired memory, anyway? Well Alex at Bits about Bytes has a nice little article ...

iStat nano updated with support for Intel Mac CPU temp

by David Chartier (Jun 18th, 2006)

iStat nano, a handy system monitoring Dashboard widget, has been updated to version 1.51b with support for CPU temps on Intel Macs. The one catch is that you'll have to install SpeedIt, a System Preference pane and kernel extension that allows this kind of functionality (and much more). We've heard ...

Widget Watch: iStat pro and nano updated

by David Chartier (May 24th, 2006)

Two of my favorite system monitor widgets have been updated: iStat pro 2.3 and iStat nano 1.5. The main new additions are drive filtering, as in: CDs, DVDs and .DMGs will no longer appear in the drive list, and support has been included for MacBook Pro batteries. Unfortunately, it looks like the ...

Macworld goes inside the MacBook

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (May 18th, 2006)

Macworld does what most of us won't: they void their MacBook's warranty by opening up the battery compartment and removing the RAM and hard drive. And as a special treat for us all, they posted the video on YouTube. Thanks guys! Wow, easily removable drives on an iBook MacBook? Wow, how many Dell ...

End users can replace a MacBook hard drive

by Dave Caolo (May 17th, 2006)

Those of you who have had the pleasure of replacing an iBook or Powerbook hard drive know what fun it is: drag out the teeny, tiny tools and (basically) take your entire machine apart. AppleInsider reports that the process is quite different with the MacBook. All you need to do is remove the battery ...

On the MacBook Pro and GPU overclocking

by David Chartier (Apr 21st, 2006)

Oh those enterprising hackers, whatever are we going to do with them? First they're blazing their own trail by getting Windows XP on a Mac, and now they're overclocking their GPUs. Hardmac.com posted about one forum member's discovery (in French) that, when compared to similar PC notebook hardware ...

Intel iMac: Easiest RAM install ever

by Dave Caolo (Jan 27th, 2006)

So you purchased a new Intel-based iMac and now you want to upgrade its RAM? Well don't worry about it. According to Gear Live, it's easier than it has ever been on a Mac. The process amounts to no more than flipping the iMac over, opening a very small panel and inserting the chip. Now installing ...