"PRAM" (Parameter RAM) consists of a small chip of memory, which contains hardware parameters that the machine can use before the system is loaded. This information includes system volume, screen ...

Sometimes it was necessary to carry out a little maintenance on your Apple MacBook or iMac computers if you feel they are not quite running as well as they could. One method on older Macs was to carry ...

The system-wide spell check in OS X has been a welcome addition to the Mac platform, and many developers have implemented it in their programs. However, in some instances this feature may suddenly ...

Having issues with how your Apple computer is behaving? How do you know you need to reset SMC or PRAM? There a few telltale signs and these vary slightly between the SMC and PRAM. The reset process is ...

I've got a sound problem which I think might be rooted in some funky PRAM settings. I'd like to reset PRAM and OpenFirmware, but I only have a Bluetooth keyboard. Is it possible to do a defaults write ...