Speculation is rampant that Mach, which is a component of the OS X kernel, will be axed from OS X 10.5 (Leopard). If you read Cringely’s treatise on monolithic kernels you’ll get the gist of the ...

Apple Computer this week delivered to developers Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard build 9A303, the latest in an extremely limited series of pre-release builds of its next-generation operating system. People ...

There’s no doubt that Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, is a worthwhile upgrade — a no-brainer for people with Intel Macs. I’ve pointed out the 7 best features in Snow Leopard, and my three-part series ...

Apple operates under the philosophy that the latest and greatest OS is what everybody should use, but many of us prefer to try things out first and upgrade a bit more slowly. When you dual-boot your ...

Continuing to refine its recently-released Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system at a rapid pace, Mac maker Apple Inc. will soon begin testing the first pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update, ...

Apple tasks Mac users to rise to the next level On Saturday night, after I received my OS X Leopard client and server discs, I checked into a local hotel to work on my review of OS X Leopard, ...

Though some thought it was released too soon, Mac OS X 10.5 has matured into a solid operating system It has been just over six months since Mac OS X “Leopard” first shipped, bringing with it a slew ...

The relatively close release dates of both OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Windows 7 plus the awesomeness of both operating systems are generating much publicity. Inevitably, both OSes will also be the ...

Are you curious how expose in OS X will work with the upcoming “spaces” virtual desktop feature? Take a look. You can easily move windows between desktops and expose will “re-expose” the desktop once ...

If you’re running Leopard, hit Command + Shift + 4 and then the space bar, and you’ll see an icon of a camera that harks back to Steve Jobs’s days at NeXT. The decades-old icon is one of the last ...

Apple Inc. will meet its October deadline for releasing Mac OS X “Leopard,” the next edition of its operating system, an analyst said today. But its impact won’t be close to that of 2005’s Tiger, or ...