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With Macs getting more and more powerful all the time, it’s becoming far too easy to minimise an application window, and then forget about it – but the apps, processes and software that’s running on your Mac has a huge impact on your laptop’s overall performance. Even if you haven’t noticed a drop in your […]
Bluetooth is a great way to quickly and easily transfer content between your devices, and it’s also one of the most popular ways of connecting wireless peripherals to your Mac, such as an external keyboard or mouse. But what happens when your Mac’s Bluetooth doesn’t work as expected? In this article, I’ll run through all […]
While it’s safer to create long, complex passwords that you enter manually every single time, most of us are guilty of relying on autofill to complete password fields for us. But, what if you try to log into your account, only to discover that the little ‘Password’ field is no longer being autocompleted automatically? Perhaps […]
There’s many reasons why you might want to take screenshots on your Mac. Perhaps you’ve seen something funny that you want to share with friends, or maybe you’re getting remote assistance, and tech support want to see exactly what’s happening on your screen. By default, every screenshot you take is saved to your Desktop, but […]
Do you share your Mac with friends or family? Or perhaps you suspect a nosey roommate might be snooping around your Mac when you’re not at home? If you’re worried about other people seeing your web browser history, then you could delete this history at the end of every browsing session, but this requires you […]
System Preferences is one of the most important applications on your Mac, packed with preference panes that let you control everything from screen brightness, to parental controls, and whether your files are automatically backed up to iCloud. However, not all preference panes are created equally! If there’s one or more preference panes that you use […]
There’s no shortage of automation tools available for macOS, but if you want to automate every part of your Mac, then Hammerspoon is one of the most powerful and versatile automation tools out there. Rather than building workflows via menus and drag-and-drop interfaces, Hammerspoon is built on a powerful Lua scripting engine. While this does […]
No matter how big your Mac’s memory, chances are you’ll manage to download enough apps and create enough files, to completely fill up that memory. When your Mac inevitability starts complaining about the amount of memory available, you could splash out on an external hard drive – or you could move some of your files […]
There’s many areas where a Mac has an advantage over the average smartphone, most notably when it comes to screen and keyboard size. However, some of the most popular mobile apps simply aren’t available for macOS. You may spend a good chunk of your days scrolling through the Facebook and Twitter apps on your mobile […]
Macs aren’t exactly known for being easy to customise, but if you’re craving a more personalised experience there there’s a few ways that you can tweak your Mac’s look and feel, to better match your own unique style. In this article, I’ll be sharing 4 quick and easy ways to change your Mac’s appearance, without […]
Thanks to the advancement in smartphone cameras, we’re all taking more photos and videos than ever before, but many of us are also guilty of leaving that media languishing on our iPhones, never to be looked at again. If you never seem to get around to sorting through your iPhone photos and videos, then in […]
We all have tasks that we hate doing, or that take up way too much time. Automation has the potential to save you from all of those time-consuming, frustrating tasks! We’ve previously covered a number of automation software and tools, ranging from Mac’s built-in Automator app to home automation, but Zapier is a web-based automation […]
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