Your Mac’s built-in spellchecker can be an invaluable tool for catching spelling mistakes and typos, but if you regularly type words that aren’t in your Mac’s...
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There’s many scenarios where you might need to check your Mac’s hardware and software specs. If you’re following an online tutorial then the steps might be...
In El Capitan, Apple introduced System Integrity Protect (SIP, sometimes also known as rootless), a security feature that’s designed to help protect your Mac...
Did you know that you can share your Mac’s Internet connection with other devices, by turning your Mac into a Wi-Fi hotspot? Although it’s far more common to...
Time Machine backups are a great safety net. You should always create a Time Machine backup before making any changes at the operating system level, such as...
macOS’ Photos app does a great job of managing and displaying all of your images, but have you ever wondered where these files are actually stored on your Mac...
The Dashboard is one of those features that Mac users either seem to love and use all the time, or never use at all – especially since a lot of the...
Have you ever stopped to think about just how much Apple manage to pack into your Mac’s toolbar? No matter what app or part of the file system you’re currently...
Whether it’s an MP3, a PDF, a word processing document or something more obscure, every file has a default application associated with it. Whenever you double...
Whenever you enter a password anywhere online, most modern web browsers will ask whether you want it to remember this password. While this feature can make...
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...
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging platforms on the planet, and although it’s most frequently used on mobile, it is possible to send and receive...
Even if you’re a diehard Apple fan, you may sometimes find yourself needing to use Google’s competing Calendar product. Maybe you use a Gmail account in the...
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...
When you try to send a message in macOS’ Messages app, you may occasionally encounter the following error: “There was an error sending the previous message...
There’s a huge range of Safari extensions out there that you can use to modify, customize and generally improve your browsing experience. From blocking ads, to...
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...
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...
As a Mac user, whenever you want to share a large number of photos with friends or family, chances are that iCloud Photo Sharing is one of your top choices...
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...
Ask your typical Mac user to name the piece of software they use the most often, and chances are they’re going to say their web browser. But the more time you...
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...
