A number of readers with older Macs and slow dial-up connections are looking for an easy, cheap method to obtain older versions of the Mac OS installation CDs - Mac OS 8.1, Mac OS 8.5, and Mac OS 9 in ...

If your Mac was manufactured in 2012 or earlier, you’ll likely need to make some hardware upgrades to ensure a smooth experience with macOS Sonoma. Specifically, you should aim for at least 8GB of RAM ...

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 ...

Roxsanne Roush wants to go back in time. She purchase a 2011 iMac that had El Capitan installed, but needs to run a previous version of OS X as she relies on Adobe Creative Suite 5.5. She wants to ...

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.

That old collection of macOS installer disk images you used to keep is probably worthless now, and Apple makes it harder to find downloadable copies of anything before macOS Monterey. Yet there are ...

Got an old Mac that badly needs a software update? Apple finally dropped the $19.99 fee for Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion, allowing users to download them for free for the first time. OS X Lion made ...