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Mac refusing to sleep? Figure out what’s keeping macOS awake

Mac refusing to sleep? Figure out what’s keeping macOS awake

Jessica Thornsby · May 15, 2017

If your Mac is stood idle for a significant period of time, then you’ll usually want it to drift off to sleep. Not only does sleeping help preserve your Mac’s battery life, but it’s also an important security feature that can help keep the contents of your Mac safe from prying eyes. Assuming that you’ve […]

System Preference Tricks Every Mac User Should Know

System Preference Tricks Every Mac User Should Know

Jessica Thornsby · May 11, 2017

Your Mac’s System Preferences provides a control center where you can customise pretty much every part of your Mac. Whenever you want to change something at the system level, System Preferences should be the first place you turn, but are you really getting the most out of this app? In this article, we’ll be looking […]

Get Unlimited Free Wi-Fi at any Airport on your Mac

Get Unlimited Free Wi-Fi at any Airport on your Mac

Christopher Lee · May 2, 2017

There’s nothing quite as frustrating as being stuck in an airport with nothing to do, especially if your flight is delayed. Many airports offer complimentary Wi-Fi, but often this Wi-Fi is only free for a set amount of time. As soon as you hit that time limit, you may find yourself permanently locked out of […]

How to Wipe Your Mac Clean and Restore Factory Settings

How to Wipe Your Mac Clean and Restore Factory Settings

Christopher Lee · Apr 20, 2017

Thinking of selling your Mac? Or maybe you’re planning to do a good deed and pass your old Mac along to a friend or family member? Regardless of whether you’re gifting or selling your Mac, no one’s going to be thrilled to find that their new computer is packed with someone else’s content and data, […]

How To See Battery Time Remaining In macOS Sierra

How To See Battery Time Remaining In macOS Sierra

Christopher Lee · Mar 9, 2017

The latest release of macOS Sierra (update 10.10.2, if you’re counting) saw an interesting change, as Apple removed a long-standing feature of the Mac user interface. If you’re running the latest version of Sierra, then try clicking the battery icon in the menu bar: you’ll notice that the ‘Battery time remaining’ estimate is no more. […]

Watch Premiership Football for Free with Kodi on your Mac

Watch Premiership Football for Free with Kodi on your Mac

Christopher Lee · Feb 13, 2017

Kodi is a free media player that allows users to stream films and TV programmes over the Internet. Kodi can run on a wide range of platforms, from computers, to smartphones, tablets, set-top boxes, and even on devices like Raspberry Pis and Amazon Fire TV sticks! By default, Kodi doesn’t contain any actual content, but […]

How to Rip Encrypted DVDs on your Mac

How to Rip Encrypted DVDs on your Mac

Christopher Lee · Jul 8, 2016

Increasingly films and TV shows are becoming available on streaming services shortly after release, but contrastingly it’s becoming more difficult to obtain digital copies of older films and indie productions. In many cases the only option is to purchase a DVD and make a copy for yourself. However there are many downsides to owning a […]

Mail in OS X El Capitan

What’s New in Mail 9 – OS X El Capitan

Roland Banks · Oct 12, 2015

Mail on the Mac is sometimes believed not to be the most feature-rich email app available, but it’s baked right into OS X and is the default mail client. It’s also more than good enough for the majority of people and offers some nice features that make it that little bit easier to compose and read messages. In the latest […]

How to Block Ads System Wide in OS X With Adguard

Harry Robinson · Jun 19, 2015

As any user of the Internet will tell you, ads are the bane of our lives. They can be found on almost every website, and can even be found in apps installed on your computer, such as Skype and uTorrent. Thankfully Adguard is here to save the day! Unlike other ad-blocking programs you may have […]

New to OS X Yosemite? – 12 Apps You Should Go Download Right Now

Harry Robinson · Apr 28, 2015

With so many apps available for Apple’s OS X operating system, it’s hard to tell which are worth a download, and which aren’t. Hopefully this article will help shine a light on those Yosemite apps that you just can’t do without. 1. Caffeine Free from the Mac App Store Caffeine is a small app that […]

Personalize Your Dock with Superdocker

Personalize Your Dock with Superdocker

Christopher Lee · Aug 7, 2012

SuperDocker is a great way to extend your docks personalization options, lets take a look at all that SuperDocker has to offer. When you open SuperDocker you’ll see several categories on the left side of the window. Here you can customize your dock, finder, safari, dashboard and so on. Let’s start with the Dock settings. […]

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