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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, play games, or even work online. Sometimes though, your Internet access might seem like it’s in serious need of a speed boost – but what can you […]
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 browser tabs? iCloud doesn’t yet sync tabs but fortunately in Safari, Chrome and Firefox there are several other ways synchronise them, so that you can work more seamlessly […]
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 where you can type characters and highlight them as bold, italic or underlined, but there aren’t many more options than that. It’s not easy to make a signature stand out […]
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 that it will be available on the Mac it opens up lots of new possibilities. For example, showing Keynote presentations on a large TV, Safari web […]
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 release will be known simply as OS X Mountain Lion (the “Mac” moniker has been dropped from the OS, perhaps a hint that OS X could be […]
Everybody who uses a Mac daily strives to become more productive in order to get the most from their computer. Thankfully, the Mac is one of the most user-friendly machines available and Mac OS is geared up to support novice and advanced users alike. Over time, you can’t help but pick up some handy techniques […]
It’s possible to use your Mac much more quickly and effectively, simply by ditching the mouse and learning some of the most common keyboard shortcuts and trackpad gestures. Most MacBook users will already be familiar with many of the trackpad gestures, but there are some additional shortcuts and techniques that can help to streamline your […]
There’s no better way to keep up to date with the latest news than with an RSS reader, because it can save you the trouble of visiting a dozen or more individual websites to get your daily fix of news. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and if you’re not already familiar with it, it’s […]
Because Safari is the default browser on the Mac, it’s used daily by millions of people and on the whole does its job very well. Unfortunately, over time Safari’s performance can become noticeably degraded unless you follow a few simple measures to make sure it stays running like clockwork. Unfortunately the spinning beach ball can […]
The Mac has a reputation for reliability and ease of use, but crashes and freezes do in fact happen from time to time either due to performance-related issues or software bugs. It can be a nasty surprise when your Mac temporarily freezes, or worse still crashes completely (thankfully that’s a very rare occurrence), and you […]
There are hundreds of ways to speed up the Mac using options and preferences in common applications and of course in System Preferences. But there are also several ways to make your computer run more quickly just using Terminal commands alone. The following tips can help you squeeze every last drop of performance out of […]
When you’re searching for email in the Mac’s Mail application and can’t find it, there could be several possible causes. Mail includes a very convenient built-in search facility to find messages based on the headers, recipients and content, but occasionally you might find that it’s not coming up with the results you expect. Once you’ve […]
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