Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...
Are you dual-booting Windows and Linux but struggling with a clunky boot process and system conflicts? Wondering why your setup feels less smooth than promised? Well, here are five essential BIOS ...
I'm going to start this post by saying something that a lot of people will find surprising. There are a lot of things that I like about UEFI firmware and the UEFI boot process. I think it is an ...
I have a computer <BR><UL TYPE=SQUARE><BR><LI>Intel P4 1.8<BR><LI>Asus P4B533-VM<BR><LI>Seagate 'Cuda 40 gig HDD<BR></UL><BR>I used to have this hardrive in my old ...
There have been many reports, especially with MacBook Air and other laptop owners, where the Mac OS X "kernel_task" process takes up a large amount of CPU when checked in Activity Monitor. When this ...
PC users who run Windows and Linux on the same machine will want to do some research before purchasing a Windows 8 computer. That’s because systems with a “Designed for Windows 8” logo must ship with ...