The standard method of installing software through an optical drive is not the only way to acquire software for your Mac. Apple has provided other alternatives. These are necessary if you have a ...

Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...

The Mac has several third-party package managers for installing additional software. Here's how to use the Nix package manager with macOS. Nix is a package manager that provides container-based ...

There are a number of options available that allow you to install Windows on your Mac – either using Boot Camp on older Macs with Intel processors, or using virtualization programs such as Parallels ...

Apple has made a macOS 13 Ventura beta available for its public beta testing group, letting public beta testers try out the software before it launches this fall. The ‌macOS Ventura Public Beta is ...

Your Mac needs sufficient free storage and a fast internet connection to install updates. If you still face issues, install ...

So you have a Mac but also want to run Windows? You’re in luck: shortly after the first Intel-based Macs arrived on the market in 2009, Apple released a tool called ...

Don't want to install Windows on your Mac to play PC games? Turn to programs like Wine, DOSbox, and GeForce Now instead. Apple MacBook Pro 16-Inch (Credit: Zain bin Awais; PC Mag; Mathew Cheetam via ...