I've had so many clients and friends ask what they need to do to safely give an old Mac to a relative or donate it to charity. The easy way is to use the disks that came with the computer--insert the disk and use the Disk Utility program to perform a secure erase (I recommend the 7-pass erase ...
OS X on a 2-pound laptop?
Now that I've been running back and forth between New Jersey and New York more often, I'm dreaming of a lighter laptop--my old 12" G4, while still smaller than the Mac laptops offered today, weighs in at 6+ pounds. So after reading the New York Times Frugal Traveler column, in which writer Matt ...