We’ve seen a System 7 Mac emulator before, as an app, but a developer has now created a version which runs directly in a web browser … System 7 was the first classic Mac OS system to be later renamed ...

In macOS, System Information is a useful utility that provides you with a system report containing detailed information about your Mac, including the hardware that's connected to it, network ...

There’s always a surprising amount of interest in Mac emulators for classic Macintosh and vintage Mac machines. For the older ones among us, it’s a nostalgic trip down memory lane, while for younger ...

Several experience freezes where the system becomes unresponsive but the mouse cursor can still be moved when entering full-screen mode in various applications under Mac OS X 10.4.x. One reader writes ...

You can see if you're running the latest macOS version by clicking the Apple logo in the top-left corner, then selecting "About This Mac." ...

While macOS upgrades should always proceed in a sequential fashion, sometimes things go awry. Typically, the Software Update preference pane shows all updates available for your current release of ...

The first official public version of Mac OS X was launched by Apple on March 24, 2001. It wasn't a success at first, but it powered the Mac through the next 19 years until macOS Big Sur. The fact that ...

System snapshots are the perfect complement to traditional backups. They can save the day when your computer goes awry or an update goes south. Here's how they work.

Back when Ars Senior Products Editor Andrew Cunningham was forced to work in Mac OS 9 by his colleagues in September 2014, he quickly hit a productivity wall. He couldn’t log in to his Ars e-mail or ...