Here's the thrilling conclusion to last week's episode, namely, how to properly reformat — erase — your old Mac's hard disk so its data can never be recovered. First, back up the data on your old Mac ...

Back in August of last year, I wrote about QuickErase, a utility that makes it easy to erase rewriteable discs. (As their names imply, rewriteable discs—a.k.a., CD-RW and DVD-RW discs—can be reused, ...

Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Did you get a MacBook, iPhone, or iPad this holiday season? Are you going to return it? The good news is that, even if the gift was purchased back in November, you ...

While Apple doesn’t outright say it, the iPad can be used as your everyday computer instead of a Mac in a lot of instances. Those instances where the iPad is unsuitable often involve more mundane but ...