Are you considering adding more memory to your Mac? Maybe macOS is complaining about the lack of space; perhaps your apps are running more slowly...
Do you really need additional RAM? Analyze your memory usage, with Activity Monitor
Convert audio files to MP3, AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, or WAV format
There’s a number of compression formats that are commonly used for audio. If you only ever play your audio using the same piece of software, and...
Having problems with Mojave’s Dynamic Desktop?
One of Apple’s latest innovations, is Mojave’s “Dynamic Desktop.” This new, Dynamic Desktop cycles through 16 images automatically, based on the time...
Category - How-To
Symbolic links (sometimes also called symlinks or soft links) are shortcuts that can point at any file, directory, app or utility, located anywhere on your Mac...
Adding a password to your Mac is essential for helping to keep your sensitive files and personal information safe from prying eyes, but what happens if you...
With the ever-growing popularity of digital downloads and content-on-demand (iTunes, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and YouTube to name just a few) physical...
Think about the tasks you perform on your Mac on a regular basis: chances are, many of them rely on Apple’s online services. Whether it’s sharing documents via...
Whether it’s posting photos to Facebook, tweeting a link to a funny story you’ve just read, or sending documents to a friend over AirDrop, we’re all sharing...
macOS may have been using the San Francisco font since El Capitan, but if Lucida Grande still has a special place in your heart then it is possible to make...
When you setup your Mac, the Contacts app created a contact card for you automatically. This ‘vCard’ contains information such as your email address, phone...
Does it seem like your Mac’s battery icon or estimated time remaining are out of sync with your actual battery? Maybe the amount of charge remaining on your...
If you only ever use your Mac in one location, then you typically won’t have to worry about your network settings: just enter your Wi-Fi password once, and...
Your Mac’s serial number is a unique identifier that distinguishes it from every other Mac. While it’s possible that you may never need to know your Mac’s...
While Netflix is great for putting an entire catalogue of TV shows and movies at your fingertips, there’s one area where DVDs and live TV still have the...
When it comes to keeping your Mac’s content safe from prying eyes, you have a couple of options, including hiding your files and folders so they don’t appear...
Is there a file or folder on your Mac that you’d prefer to keep under wraps? Maybe it’s a guilty-pleasure song or movie; perhaps you share your Mac with other...
Many languages use accents and diacritic marks to change how a letter or vowel sounds. If you find yourself regularly needing to type accented words, or are bi...
Screen sharing is where you temporarily give someone else the ability to view and control your Mac’s screen, and vice versa. Screen sharing can be useful in a...
Find My Mac is the one feature that Mac owners hope they’ll need to use, as it’s designed to help you track down a lost or stolen Mac by displaying its current...
Every Mac comes with a range of icons that are used to represent your files, hard drives and folders in the ‘Finder’ window and on the Desktop, but you don’t...
With the rise of smartphones, tablets and public Wi-Fi hotspots, it’s never been easier to keep one eye on your inbox. However, occasionally there may still be...
If you share your Mac with someone else on a regular basis, then you’ll typically want to create an account for that person. This gives them the freedom to...
With the rise of social networks, we’re all posting more photos online than ever before, but could the images you’re sharing online be revealing your exact GPS...
Mac applications can arrive in a number of different formats, including packaged as PKG files. In the interests of keeping your Mac secure, you should never...
At some point, we’ve all slipped up and forgotten about an important event – whether it was a friend’s birthday, a family member’s first day at a new...
Want to give you Mac’s login screen a makeover? While you won’t find a ‘Login screen’ option in your Mac’s ‘System preferences…’ there’s actually a number of...
If you’ve been a Mac fan for a while, then you may have an old Mac lying around somewhere, gathering dust. Maybe you’ve told yourself that you’re going to get...
Although your Mac will lock automatically whenever you close the lid, for increased security you should try and get into the habit of locking your Mac every...
