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Never lose track of your Mac’s cursor again!

Never lose track of your Mac’s cursor again!

Jessica Thornsby · Mar 21, 2019

It’s not just your imagination: with Mac’s display is increasing in both size and resolution, your cursor really is getting smaller! This shrinking cursor has the potential to cause problems for all Mac users, but it can be a particular problem if you use multiple displays, or have trouble with your eyesight. Thankfully, Apple seem to […]

How to dual boot on High Sierra and Mojave

How to dual boot on High Sierra and Mojave

Jessica Thornsby · Mar 20, 2019

Why settle for one version of macOS, when you can have two? Perhaps you’re desperate to try out the latest beta release, but need a more stable version of macOS for your day-to-day work? Perhaps your favourite apps aren’t compatible with the latest and greatest release, or maybe you’re an app designer, developer or tester […]

Access your Mac’s secret system settings, with TinkerTool

Access your Mac’s secret system settings, with TinkerTool

Jessica Thornsby · Mar 19, 2019

Did you know that macOS has some secret system settings, that you won’t find anywhere in the “System Preferences” app? By default, you can only access these settings by using the Terminal application to manually edit macOS’ system-level preference files, which can be a hugely time-consuming, frustrating and potentially error-prone process. TinkerTool is a free […]

How to use your Mac’s Safe Boot

How to use your Mac’s Safe Boot

Jessica Thornsby · Mar 18, 2019

Safe Boot has been a staple of macOS ever since Jaguar OS X, providing Apple fans with an important way to troubleshoot problems with their Mac. But what exactly is Safe Boot? And how does it work? What is Safe Boot, anyway? Safe Boot is a way to startup your Mac with the minimum number […]

Apple’s conflicting marketing tactics in India and China seem desperate

Apple’s conflicting marketing tactics in India and China seem desperate

Christopher Lee · Mar 15, 2019

Apple is planning some rather extraordinary upgrades for its 2019 range of iPhones, but something else is raising eyebrows right now: the decisions that the firm is making about current models. According to the Economic Times, Apple is responding in a rather peculiar fashion to lacklustre sales in India. It has decided to take the […]

Automatically organise your Photos, using Smart Albums

Automatically organise your Photos, using Smart Albums

Jessica Thornsby · Mar 14, 2019

Most of the time, you create albums on your Mac by manually dragging photos into different folders, but if you’re particularly snap happy or you’ve just got back from an exciting trip and have a tonne of photos, then this can be a time-consuming and frustrating process. In this article, I’m going to share an […]

iPhone demand in China weakened further in February

iPhone demand in China weakened further in February

Christopher Lee · Mar 13, 2019

Longbow Research analyst Shawn Harrison said yesterday that Apple’s supply chain and public demand for iPhones have suffered serious setbacks, and that it will take a long time for iPhone sales to recover. Speaking to Bloomberg, he said: “Multiple iPhone price cuts did not stop China iPhone search trends from weakening further while February supplier […]

Apple sends out invitations for 25 March media event

Apple sends out invitations for 25 March media event

Christopher Lee · Mar 12, 2019

Finally, it’s official: Apple yesterday sent out invitations for its long-awaited media event on 25 March at the Apple Park Campus. The company used the “It’s Show Time” slogan for the event, which seems to confirm expectations that it will be more about services than about hardware. Most observers expect the firm to announce a […]

Get notified when your messages are read in macOS Mail

Get notified when your messages are read in macOS Mail

Jessica Thornsby · Mar 9, 2019

When you send an email, you can usually be confident that your message will be delivered quickly and without any issues – but how do you know whether the recipient has actually opened your message? There’s plenty of reasons why your unopened email might hang around in the recipient’s inbox for a while – maybe […]

Import and export all of your Safari bookmarks, as a single file

Import and export all of your Safari bookmarks, as a single file

Jessica Thornsby · Mar 8, 2019

Apple manage to pack a lot into their Safari web browser, including a dedicated Reader Mode, the ability to block push notifications, and a whole bunch of privacy and security settings. However, Safari does lack an effective way to import and export bookmarks, particularly when compared to other modern web browsers. Although there is an […]

Apple audit highlights green successes and fewer supplier issues

Apple audit highlights green successes and fewer supplier issues

Christopher Lee · Mar 7, 2019

In many respects, Apple’s 2018 audit report brought good news about its supply chain. According to the firm’s 13th yearly Supplier Responsibility Progress Report, it found 27 “core violations” of labour rules – significantly fewer than the 44 that it uncovered the previous year. The report lists 24 instances of fraudulent working hours and two […]

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