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
Most public wi-fi connections are guarded by a password, normally you have to ask someone or buy something to get access to the password, which you then enter...
If you’re having any WiFi connection issues (such as frequent dropouts, slow speeds or you simply can’t connect) with Mac OS X Lion, there are a...
Whenever you access a URL on the Internet your Mac checks the address against a list of IP addresses stored in the hosts file. Normally your Mac doesn’t find...
There are a couple of ways to watch live TV on your Mac – one of which is to use a dedicated hardware-based TV tuner which plugs into your computer and...
Nearly everyone knows by now that the next version of the Mac operating system – OS X Mountain Lion (which is actually OS X version 10.8), is scheduled...
It can sometimes be necessary to change file and folder permissions on your Mac, usually because you want to restrict access to certain users and groups. Even...
So you’ve bought a new iPhone and taken lots of stunning pictures, but how do you get them onto your Mac so that you can edit, browse and send them to...
Anybody that has both a Mac and a PC will understand that it’s sometimes very convenient to setup shared folders that can be accessed from either...
The spam filters in Mail already work pretty well at keeping out unsolicited junk mail from your precious inbox, but there are times when you might want some...
The past few days have seen the emergence of one biggest Mac malware attacks in recent years in the form of the Flashback trojan. It exploits Java...
The Mail application on the Mac is a fairly decent email client, and it has some useful features to keep you organised and on top of the never-ending stream of...
Extensions are one of the best and most convenient ways to add new functionality to Safari. They’re simple to find (just go to the Apple Extensions...
The Mac App Store is an excellent way to obtain software for the Mac; it’s quick, convenient, and means that you don’t need to mess about with...
Using iCal for reminders on the Mac is a great way to keep track of all the little tasks that you need to complete, especially if you synchronise with other...
Perhaps the most important thing to remember for anyone that uses a Mac regularly is to perform regular backups. The importance of this cannot be...
An audio podcast can be a great way to share your opinions online or to publish in iTunes, but it needn’t be hard to record, edit and create one...
Occasionally it may be desirable to hide a folder on your Mac’s filesystem, either to keep it away from prying eyes or simply because it’s better...
If you have a Google or Yahoo! email account, you’ve probably wondered how you can export those contacts to your Mac’s Address Book and Mail app...
The Internet is your Mac’s gateway to the rest of the world, and having a speedy connection is vital if you want to download movies, make video calls...
Lion’s new Launchpad feature adds the ability to organize and quickly access applications on your Mac in a similar way as you do on your iPhone, iPad or...
For anyone that owns more than one Mac, keeping your browser’s bookmarks in sync is very simple with iCloud – but what about other items such as...
Mac OS’s Mail app has never made it especially easy to create customised signatures. Its signature editor contains just a very simple text entry field...
One of the great new features in OS X Mountain Lion is AirPlay wireless screen sharing. The feature is already available on iOS for iPads and iPhones, but now...
With the release of Lion, Apple introduced the ability to wirelessly “sync” your data between your devices using iCloud. To “sync”...
Apple surprised many people by announcing that the next version of Mac OS X (10.8) will be available around summer 2012. Continuing the big cat theme, the new...
