A common issue, especially with users new to Mac, is how to create screen captures. There are several different ways of creating screen captures depending on what you’re trying to do. Whether you’re trying to get an entire screen, just a portion, or perhaps record what is happening on your screen. This step-by-step tutorial will [...]
Easily Rename 1000s of Files in Seconds – Download File Renamer Anyone that deals with lots of files will invariably need to rename them to something more useful from time to time. When you have hundreds of files that need to be renamed however, doing it manually in Finder is just way too labour-intensive – [...]
Most icons in OS X can be customized quite easily, but although it’s simple to do it’s not as immediately obvious as you may think. Individual icons such as documents and folders can be replaced in seconds with any icon you wish, but a few items (such as iTunes and your computer’s hard disk icon) [...]
Every username in OS X has associated with it a special directory called the Home Folder. The Home folder is important because it stores all the documents and settings for each user in a unique folder structure, which is inaccessible to most other users. The Home Folder (shown below) can be named anything you wish, [...]
Do you find it difficult keeping up with emails from various important contacts because you are inundated with loads of emails every day? Well there is a great way to organise your e-mails in Mail, called Smart Mailboxes these are a form of smart folder used to hold data from various sources and display it [...]
As was covered in the previous post Mac OS X Security: An Overview, Mac OS X is more secure than ever. However there are a few simple steps every Mac user should be familiar with to ensure they avoid any security issues. Here are 10 simple steps to help you keep your Mac secure.
These are a few really simple shortcuts that every Mac owner should know about. If you don’t yet know about these then this will save you loads of time. Whenever you want to trash a file just select it by clicking on it. Hold the cmd / ⌘ key and hit the delete key.
Is your Mac taking forever to empty the trash? Well the reason for this could be down to one simple hidden setting; Secure Empty trash has been turned on by default. Before explaing how to configure this setting let me start by explaining what it is and how it works.
Sometimes when you double click a file to open it your Mac chooses the wrong application. For instance you might open a text file expecting it to open in Pages or Word but instead your Mac chooses TextEdit. Never fear there is an easy way to get around this problem: Right click (control click) the [...]
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