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This is the first article I've written using my new 2018 Mac Mini. Writing an article doesn't stress the machine nearly as much as producing video or doing a 3D model. Even so, it's nice to be able to ...

There are tons of awesome live, bootable Linux systems, but what if you need to run OS X? Reader Will shows us how to put a portable version of OS X on a thumb drive and boot it on (most) Intel ...

Hackintosh users are successfully running macOS 26 Tahoe on their devices, in a battle that's taking place as Intel Mac support enters its final year. With it being the last generation of macOS to ...

We’ve seen a huge influx of bespoke portable computers over the last couple of years thanks to availability of increasingly powerful single-board computers. The vast majority of these have been ARM ...

Apple famously transitioned away from PowerPC processors in favor of Intel's back in 2006. The move was provoked out of the need to stay competitive in desktop performance and IBM's inability to ...

Click to viewOn Tuesday I detailed how I built a Hackintosh Mac from start to finish on the cheap, but one obvious question remained unanswered: How does my Hackintosh stack up to the Apple-built ...

As handheld computing has solidified alongside everything else into the mobile phone, it’s sad that the once promising idea of a general purpose machine in the palm of the hand has taken a turn into ...

Commentary: Four years ago, I built a PC, then tricked it to run Mac software. Soon, Apple will stop it from working. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr (he/him/his) ...

Apple has phased out support for decade-old drivers in macOS, which is making life harder for the Hackintosh community. Has the hobby run its course with the introduction of Apple Silicon Macs? Apple ...