A quick adjustment of the timeout values for key processes can greatly speed up otherwise laggy shutdowns in OS X. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has ...

With UNIX having many tasks running simultaneously, through the years developers have incorporated several command-line tools that allow for live process management ...

In today's fourth OS X 10.10.4 beta, Apple made a significant behind-the-scenes change that could result in improved networking performance for some users -- the removal of the "discoveryd" process.

Apple's OS X "Yosemite" brought a lot to the table, and while almost all of it has been good, there has been a stick in the mud. That stick is called "discoveryd", and relates to how the OS handles ...

The fortunes of the Mac platform drastically changed 10 years ago, with the release of a simple CD. On Sept. 13, 2000, Apple released its Mac OS X Public Beta, a limited-time trial run of the ...

A lot of users are unable to launch their game via Steam. When they try to do the same, the following error message pops up. OS Error 4294956486 means that files of ...