OS X

Back in the earlier days of the Mac, OS X used to have a built-in feature that let you focus in on a single window while hiding all the others. For whatever reason, Apple decided to get rid of that. As a result, it’s also now difficult to hide all

Every Mac user should be familiar with Preview. It’s the app that Apple tosses into OS X for viewing just about any file that can’t be viewed in any other app by default. Most people use Preview for opening PDF files because it’s a free and ver

With the increasing importance of privacy and digital security, it is essential to protect all the information that you carry on your Mac. This also includes those times when you have to sell or give away your Mac, since

The iPad version of iOS 9 has a fantastic picture-in-picture feature that allows you to watch videos and keep a mini player on the screen while you’re browsing other apps. This means you can start watching something and not have to leave it be

If you have owned a Mac for quite a while, then you know that the native Apple application that has always shown plenty of room for improvement is Mail.

If you store anything on your Mac that’s even remotely important – your photos, documents, anything, you need to back it up. Sure, you can use Dropbox, Amazon Cloud Drive or Backblaze but one of the simplest options is built right into OS X. Itâ€

Apple has touted a redesigned and reimagined Mission Control feature in the newest release of OS X, El Capitan coming out for the public in the fall of 2015.

Is your Mac experiencing an extended sugar rush? You might notice that it’s suddenly not going to sleep when you close the lid. The Apple logo on your MacBook continues to glow and you can see light leak from underneath the li

You went into System Preferences on your Mac because you wanted to edit Automatic Login settings. Perhaps you want your Mac to automatically log you in and load your own dock and wallpaper upon startup with no stops in between.

I know we’re far off from the days of dial-up where downloading a single document would take hours and you’d pray the connection didn’t time out or that your dad wasn’t expecting an important call. These days are much better.

Over the years, Apple has provided their Macs with more and more great applications that, for most people at least, have truly made them a seamless experience that works right out of the box.

Bookmarklets and extensions are incredibly useful. Extensions like Evernote’s web clipper, AdBlock, and Pushbullet go a long way in improving your productivity. Bookmarklets are getting a bit old but you can’t doubt the usefulness of th

Spotlight Search is one of the best things about OS X and with Yosemite it got even better. It can do calculations, conversions and even look up movie information for you. But it’s best used to find and launch obscure files and folders instead of l

If you use your Mac frequently, then you surely are excited about Yosemite, Apple’s latest version of OS X. The new system is not only the largest departure from past versions, but it also brings a new stunning look, both minimal and colo

Chances are, you have more than one email account. One for personal use and one for work. If you live in the age of the internet, you’ve also got access to your company’s social media profiles. And you just can’t make the mistake of mixing them

If your MacBook is overheating or the fan just won’t stop buzzing, it’s time to check the Activity Monitor. Because the systemstats process might be unnecessarily eating up your CPU processes.

Some things work better on smaller screens. Twitter is better on phone than it is on the desktop site (it’s just so buggy), there are less ads on mobile websites and not to mention, a lot less clutter. If you’re visiting a responsive website, you

One of the aspects where Macs differ from Windows PCs the most is when it comes to installing applications.

One of the most convenient aspects of the newly released OS X Mavericks is that it is available through the Mac App Store as a simple update for Mac users. That means that once you download it, all you have to do is follow a few simple instructions

If you have a Mac, then you most likely know already that Apple released OS X Mavericks recently. The best part of all? This latest version of OS X is completely free and available right now from the Mac App Store. Now, installing a new OS always s