Macworld’s Dan Frakes shows everyone how upgrade an early-2009 Mac mini’s hard drive and RAM in six minutes. If you want to keep a copy of this video, download the MPEG-4 version here (13.2MB). Show notes at the topic’s main page.
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Snow Leopard extravaganza
Aug 31
On August 28, 2009, Apple released, albeit earlier than expected, their newest operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. I’m featuring some of the articles and reviews that were published around the time of the launch. From tips on how to prep your Mac for Snow Leopard to reviews from some notable tech writers [...]
How to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard if you are still on Tiger without having to pay more than ₱2,000.
Last week, I blogged about the two upgrade options to Snow Leopard: purchase the $29 (around P1,690) single-user license upgrade (or the $49 (P2,870) five-license Family Pack) or avail the Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Program for P590 (only for those who purchased their Macs on or before June 8, 2009). These two options are only for [...]
Been looking into getting the new 13″ MacBook Pro soon and instead of paying Apple more to get a memory and hard drive upgrade, I’ll save a lot if I do it myself. I’ve already done memory module upgrades on a Powerbook, an iBook, an Intel iMac, and a MacBook before, and fairly recently, replaced [...]
Just when I was about to buy the Apple In-ear Headphones with Remote and Mic, they had to go and upgrade it. I guess I should be thankful that it has taken me this long to decide. The subtle headphone plug upgrade will hopefully address complaints regarding the previous version’s rubber plug coming loose. Now, [...]
In a move that drew gasps and applause from the audience Apple announced that the next iteration of the Mac operating system, Mac OS X 10.6, will cost only $29 to upgrade. Apple’s SVP of OS X Software, Bertrand Serlet, presented the mostly under the hood improvements and refinements of Mac OS X 10.6 on [...]
4:03 PM Powerbook restarting. 4:06 PM Welcome screen on. 4:39 PM I’m back. Got interrupted. I’ve now started the installation process. Chose the default drive. Doing an erase and install. Removed all printer drivers and excess languages. Time Remaining: Calculating. 4:21 PM Time remaining. Calculating. 4:46 PM 28 minutes remaining. 4:54 PM 14 minutes remaining. [...]
According to Rob Griffiths, the most common question about Leopard is not about Time Machine, Quick Look, or iChat. The most common question is when should Mac users upgrade to Leopard. Griffiths tries to convince readers to upgrade with his top 5 features that makes upgrading to Leopard worhwhile. He lists screen sharing, an improved [...]
Guy Kawasaki, Mac evangelist extraordinaire, has ten tips for those thinking of upgrading to Leopard. First on the list, of course, is back up, back up, back up. If you don’t have an external drive to back up your previous files to, you should go out and buy one. Backing up is not an obscure [...]
We’ve already have first looks, reviews, and testimonials from Mac users who like to be the first kid on the block to have Leopard. There were some problems but as a whole Leopard has been well received. But does that mean you should upgrade now? Erica Sadun of The Unofficial Apple Weblog has some advice [...]
Another report of a problem affecting users who have upgraded to Leopard. According to the MacRumors forum, a user had the beachball of death when he used Finder. He already knew about the Unsanity Application Enhancer issue so he uninstalled it beforehand. His Mac, however, ran into troubles. Luckily, he found a solution over at [...]
Mac OS 10.5 upgrade guides
Oct 27
Here’s a list of the sites that have a guide on upgrading to Leopard. MacFixIt Macworld The Unofficial Apple Weblog The Mac Observer Apple Matters Switch To A Mac Scott McNulty of The Unofficial Apple Weblog liveblogged his upgrade to Leopard. Choosing to do a clean install the upgrade went smoothly, only taking 27 minutes [...]
If you’re like me (perish the thought), a Mac user, and you have been thinking about whether to upgrade to Tiger or not then Macworld’s article Upgrade or no? might be the help you need to decide. The author, Christopher Breen, cites the factors that will determine whether upgrading your OS is justifiable or not. [...]
