OS is great, but it has its gaps. These five utilities fill them, and I miss them every single time I use a Mac without them ...

New version of Disk Utility can fix "overlapped extent allocation" errors As noted in Knowledge Base article #25770, the version of Disk Utility (10.5.1) included with Mac OS X 10.4.2 can fixed ...

Mac OS X 10.4.3 includes a fairly significant update to Apple's Disk Utility (located in Applications/Utilities). First, the new release can verify your computer's ...

Developer Chad McQuinn has made several structural changes to his Mac OS X Utilities plug-in. It has now been divided into three separate plug-ins — each plug-ins functions use a prefix to avoid ...

When you buy a new Macintosh, it comes pretty well equipped. It’s got an assortment of software already installed, including a top-notch browser (Safari), a fine instant-messaging program (iChat) and ...

What it is: A tool for accessing ‘fresh’ items on your Mac—recently used/saved documents/folders are placed in the Fresh Files zone, and user-defined files you deem ‘fresh’ can be dragged to the shelf ...

Appligent, a provider of E-paper solutions, is offering six PDF Utilities for Mac OS X — and all are free. “The utilities are all command line applications that can help the user retrieve various ...

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC) announced its complete line of Internet security and problem solving products designed for Mac OS X. According to Symantec, the product line will offer users new, ...

With MacClean 2, OS X users could do daily housekeeping on Macs as per their need, such as clearing a variety of application, system, Internet browser junk; wiping out unwanted old, large, duplicate, ...

Directory Services provides a central place to store users and passwords for corporate and enterprise users. Here's how to use it on macOS. Many enterprises today have a need for a central place to ...

ToothFairy is a Mac utility app that makes connecting to AirPods and other Bluetooth accessories as easy as a menu bar icon click or even a keyboard shortcut. The latest version of ToothFairy for Mac ...

What it is: A hot-key manager, enabling you to define system-wide shortcuts for launching applications, opening folders, and performing other Mac actions. Why it’s good: For many Mac users, there ...