We really like Mac OS X. Really. We now use it as our default OS and, overall, would not want to go back to OS 9. We recognize the advantages that UNIX provides, in terms of stability etc. and would ...

When the world got its first glimpse of Mac OS X six months ago with the release of the Mac OS X beta, cheers erupted across the Internet . . . but not from who you might have expected. While the ...

According to Jordan Hubbard, Apple’s manager of BSD technologies, Apple is working hard to make Mac OS X as seamless a change as possible to the many UNIX users out there. Most importantly, Apple ...

COMMENTARY-- Mac OS X represents Apple Computer's attempt to ensure that the company is in the forefront of innovation. But the story has unfolded slowly, and it won't have a happy ending until more ...

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 ...

The Unix underpinnings of Mac OS make it feel familiar and accessible to programmers used to working in Unix-like environments. Apple’s Xcode IDE and other development tools are thoughtfully crafted ...

I am consistently being frustrated trying to compile programs from source, so I'm thinking I'm probably doing something wrong. Most of my frustration is centered around libraries: figuring out which ...