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 ...

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.

Though OS X generates a crash report, the programs do not crash at all and continue to work just fine. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since ...