When it comes to your Macbook’s battery, there’s two things that all Mac users worry about: Making sure each charge lasts as long as possible...
Get the most out of your Mac’s battery: Making each charge last longer
How to change the name of any Mac account
Your user account and home folder are created when you first setup your Mac, but that doesn’t mean you can’t rename them! Maybe you purchased a...
No more autocorrect slip-ups! Customising Apple’s text correction service
Autocorrect can save you the embarrassment of sending a typo to your boss, by detecting every time you make a spelling mistake, and correcting it for...
Category - OS X
You may have heard the term virtual memory used in the context of your Mac, but what exactly does it do and why is it necessary? There are many mechanisms used...
Ever sat there, staring at the list of numbers on the PDF file in front of you and wishing you could interact with them by changing the file type? This is...
There are many programs which can take a PDF document and convert it to any format you wish, so you can make changes to it without having to start from scratch...
With QuickTime Player, you are able to rip audio from videos, well providing the format is supported by QuickTime. 1. Hold ‘ctrl’ and click on the video...
You’ve booked a ticket and are ready to head out on a brand new adventure; before you go however, take a look at these 10 essential travel apps for Mac...
Safari is in my opinion the best web browser out there. I’ve found it to be faster than others and it also has some really neat features that are...
FaceTime is a cool video calling app built into the iPhone which lets you call other users when they’re on a WiFi network (and over mobile in iOS 6)...
If you’re one of the lucky people that own an Apple TV, it’s possible to mirror what’s your Mac screen on your HDTV using the default apps...
Online ads can be the most frustrating things. You could accidentally click on them, or they might be distracting, especially if they’re animated. More...
The right-click menu on the Mac is full of useful little features that appear specific to any item you’ve selected in Finder. For example, if you select...
With so many passwords to remember for various websites and even applications, it’s quite easy to forget them unless you’ve made a note somewhere...
Having your computer go to sleep immediately, or having a default screensaver come on is boring, just like having a voicemail with no custom message. However...
An SSD (solid state drive) is one of the most worthwhile for your Mac. They provide lightning fast disk access times because there are no moving parts, unlike...
Apple’s iCloud is pretty cool really. It allows you to store music, videos, apps and more and then lets you share them wirelessly between your devices. Pretty...
There comes a time when you need to buy additional memory (RAM) for your Mac. It can help things to run smoothly and extend the life of your Mac for another...
Activity Monitor is one of those essential applications which can help you monitor precisely what your Mac is doing. If you have any issues with system...
Keeping your photos safe is of the utmost importance. Hopefully you already keep your images backed up on at least one external hard drive to ensure that if...
Data loss is always a nightmare senario, but it’s one that will hopefully fade away as cloud computing hits the mainstream. Sometime soon we’ll all...
Most of your Mac’s main settings and preferences can be accessed from System Preferences, which lets you control various things including hardware...
Sometimes it feels like no matter what you do some items in the Trash bin on your Mac just won’t delete, no matter how many times you try to click empty...
Every operating system needs a decent amount of free memory to function properly, and without a sufficient amount applications are prone to run more slowly and...
It can be hard to use computers successfully if you have a disability. While Apple have made it much easier with the iPad for disabled people to use it, the...
The Dock on your Mac is one of the most used bits of Mac OS X, it’s where you keep your most used apps, where you store the folders you often look in, and it’s...
For the average Mac user, the Terminal is something that’s either too complicated to use or completely unknown. If you don’t know what it is...
Some Lion users have reported occasional problems when trying to shutdown their Mac, such as a grey screen or permanent spinning wheel. But what should you do...
