Now that Apple has released OS X 10.9 Mavericks, you might want to consider creating a USB install drive for clean installs and future use.

How to make your own bootable OS X 10.9 Mavericks USB install drive Apple has changed things in 10.9, but making a recovery drive is still possible.

Swapping out your old spinning hard disk drive for an SSD is one of the best upgrades you can make to speed up your computer in today's age. Not only will it boot the operating system faster, but ...

Otherwise, the system will simply boot to the main boot drive. A third option for loading a secondary boot disk is to use Apple's Startup Disk system preferences.

Time to answer a reader's question, this one relating to Apple's OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion' operating system. I've just bought a new Mac and noticed that it doesn't come with a DVD containing OS X ...

How to make your own bootable OS X 10.10 Yosemite USB install drive Setting up lots of Macs? Want an offline installer? Here's how to roll your own.