The external SuperDrive that is optional for MacBook Air owners only works with the MacBook Air, until now. Tnkgrl has found what is limiting the MacBook Air external SuperDrive to the MacBook Air. The component that ensures it functions only with the MacBook Air is a IDE to USB controller. After a few components were moved, [...]

Review of 15” MacBook Pro

by Bob Hodgen
I’m Robert’s dad. Robert is the owner of this website. When Robert got his Mac Pro desktop I inherited his 1st generation 15” MacBook Pro laptop. At the time it was just short of 1 year old. It’s funny, he used to inherit my old computers–now it’s the other [...]

For MacBook owners, having the ability to add custom text to your Mac’s Login Window is invaluable if your MacBook is lost, stolen or just for identification purposes. I wrote an article on OS X 411 on how to Add Text to the OS X Login Window. 
As the above image suggests, it shows up on the user [...]

Seeing as how MacBook 411 and OS X 411 are both Apple related blogs, it makes sense that both carry major news from and about Apple. If you’re not aware already, OS X 411 and MacBook 411 are both owned by myself, Robert Hodgen. They both use The 411 Forums naming scheme, that is, a [...]

Please note: This is a repost from OS X 411, view the original article here.
Before Apple released Leopard, I wanted to speedup my MacBook Pro, which came standard with a 5400 RPM SATA laptop drive. It’s (at the time I purchased it) a stock MacBook Pro, with the Intel 2.33 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, [...]

Over on MacBook 411’s sister site OS X 411 I’m live blogging the Keynote. Checkout the site for the latest pictures and news.