Windows install floppies and discs have gone the way of the dodo, but it still pays to keep a copy of the OS on a USB drive. Here's how to make your own.

So question for all you software guys, but if I wanted to make a thumbdrive that could run the installers for multiple OS's, can it even be done and how would I best go about doing it? What I'm ...

Excel Software has announced the release of ClickInstall, a new application that helps build Mac OS X software installers. It costs $295. ClickInstall helps software developers create compressed, ...

I think the reason we haven't heard many complaints about the doing away of physical media is exactly this. As long as power users can make their own offline media, there's nothing to complain about.

This article is for people whose Macs came preinstalled with Mavericks. If you can download the Mavericks installer from the Mac App Store, you should instead use our standard instructions for ...