I go through the process of switching out the hard drive in a MAC powerbook G4. Side note: If you get a error once you power it up that displays the mac folder sign and a question mark back and forth, it means that your system can't see the new drive. When this has happened to me resetting the hard drives ribbon cable usually...
If you're not already a pro at using the command line, OnyX is a solid choice for conducting routine maintenance and tweaking the interface on your Mac. This free utility shares much of the functionality of applications like Cocktail (which its help files suspiciously resemble), and it can help you with everything from checking SMART status on your...
StuffIt Expander supports a wide variety of files you download everyday on the web or receive in email. More than 30 formats are supported including archives created with the latest StuffIt 2011, WinZip, WinRAR, 7-Zip, 7zX, iShrink, SimplyRAR, Rarify, Rucksack, iArchiver, BetterZip, RarMachine, GUI Tar, CleanArchiver, Springy, TarPit, RAR, Ez7z,...