Adam Rosen is an IT consultant specializing in Apple Macintosh systems and ProTools digital audio workstations. An MIT graduate, he has over 20 years of experience on the Mac platform and over 10 years providing computer technical support. Adam currently runs Oakbog - IT for Media Production and is the curator of the Vintage Mac Museum.

• Tales of old Mac data retrieval, 2008.06.13. Getting apps and documents off 400K floppies, old disk images, and a Mac running System 5.
• Methods of Mac Remote Control, Part 3: Mac remote control options built into Leopard, 2008.02.29. Apple has four tools for Macintosh remote control built right into the Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard' operating system.
• Methods of Mac Remote Control, Part 2: Software to Remotely Control and Reboot Your Mac, 2008.02.15. Commercial software to control your Mac over a network or the Internet. Also how to restart a remote Mac.
• Methods of Mac Remote Control, Part 1: Remotely Control Your OS 9 or OS X Mac, 2008.02.01. With the right software, some of it free, you can remotely control your Mac from another Mac - or a Windows or Unix PC.
• Using ProTools Free 3.4 with older Macs, 2008.01.04. How to install and use the free version of ProTools 3.4 with the Classic Mac OS on a wide range of older hardware.
• Vintage Mac networking and file exchange, 2007.12.19. How to network vintage Macs with modern Macs and tips on exchanging files using floppies, Zip disks, and other media.
• Vintage Mac video and monitor mania, 2007.12.17. Vintage Macs and monitors didn't use VGA connectors. Tips on making modern monitors work with old Macs.
• Getting inside vintage Macs and swapping out bad parts, 12.14. When an old Mac dies, the best source of parts is usually another dead Mac with different failed parts.
• Solving Mac startup problems, 2007.12.12. When your old Mac won't boot, the most likely culprits are a dead PRAM battery or a failed (or failing) hard drive.
• Using older peripherals with newer Macs, 2007.11.02. Sometimes all you need is the right hardware adapter, but sometimes you need drivers, and then things can get a bit tricky.
• Maintaining Your Mac, Part 4: The benefits and possible pitfalls of software updates, 2007.10.05. Software updates can improve security, fix bugs, and introduce new problems. When and why to update - and when not to.
• Maintaining Your Mac, Part 3: Effective backup strategies for Mac users, 2007.09.21. How to backup your important data and your entire hard drive before a catastrophic drive failure turns you into a backup zealot.
• Maintaining Your Mac, Part 2: Solving Mac disk and hardware problems, 2007.09.07. Dealing with damaged directories, messed up file permissions, PRAM problems, and stuck discs.
• Maintaining Your Mac, Part 1: Fixing Mac glitches and sluggishness, 2007.08.24. If you're Mac is acting oddly or seems slower, here are several steps you can take to fix glitches and reduce or remove sluggishness.

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