About a month ago I started having issues with my MacBook Pro’s Superdrive. Every now and then, when I inserted a CD or DVD, the drive would make a ticking sound. Over time the noise got worse and the drive began randomly ejecting the disk. Finally, about a week ago the drive refused to mount [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]