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Macworld's complete Mac buying guide
In this buying guide, we'll cover all the Macintosh models available, tell you how they've changed over the previous model, and how well they did in our benchmark tests.
Can an SD card startup disk be used on any Mac?
Can an SD card startup disk be used on any Mac? Roman Loyola does a little bit of testing, and finds the answer may be yes.
Change color of BBEdit and TextWrangler 'invisibles' characters
Learn how to change the color of the special characters that BBEdit and TextWrangler use to display invisible characters, such as tabs and line breaks.
Make the most of the Genius Bar
Prepare in advance for a trip to Apple's Genius Bar and you’ll likely go home smiling -- with a Mac that’s working again.
Maximizing your Mac mini
Dan Frakes takes a look at the process -- and the results -- of upgrading your Mac mini and finds you can top the performance of Apple's $799 model for a lower price tag.
Bugs & Fixes: APC battery backups and Intel Macs with Leopard
If you own an Intel-based Mac running a recent version of Mac OS X 10.5, battery backups from American Power Conversion could give you grief. Ted Landau has the details.
Tips for greener computing
Save money while you help save the planet: Michael Gowan offers some tips on how to reduce the environmental impact of using your Mac.
Look before leaping... and formatting hard drives
Rob Griffiths learns—the hard way—the importance of double-checking one’s plans before implementing them, especially when it comes to hard drives.
Macworld Buying Guides: Apple’s Mac lineup
How well do you know Apple’s current Mac lineup? We’ve put together summaries of each type of Mac on the market today that will tell you when they were last updated, what changed, and how each system performs.
Which Mac? Macworld's Mac buying guide
Which new Mac should you buy? Macworld, the world's expert on Apple hardware, has expert buying advice.
Dust kills
Dan Frakes takes his own advice about Mac maintenance and winds up fixing a problem involving dusty internal components.
How to: Upgrade a G5's optical drive
How to upgrade the optical drive on a first-generation Power Mac G5, and what kind of results you can expect after the upgrade.
RAIDing the Mac Pro
The Mac Pro and the previous top-of-the-line desktop Mac, the Power Mac G5, may look alike on the outside—cheese-grater exterior, huge brushed-aluminum handles, and USB and FireWire ports up front—but inside, they’re entirely different beasts.
Working Mac: Eight ways to go green
Mac mini-HDTV connection guide
Hooking up a Mac mini to a high-definition television set can be a challenge. Few HDTVs have DVI connections, and, sometimes, the native resolution on your set isn't available in OS X. To walk you through the process, we've created this guide, which we'll update as we get more information on more HDTV models.
Amazing Mac mods
Modders love their Macs (and iPods) so much that they want to paint them, accessorize them, and put them into new cases—making the outside as personalized as their on-screen desktops. Here are some of our favorites.
Geek Beat: Tunes at your fingertips
A Virginia man turns his Toyota Prius into a mobile multimedia center using an Intel-based Mac mini.