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Get more storage space: Move your files to the cloud

Get more storage space: Move your files to the cloud

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 16, 2019

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 […]

Turn any website into a Mac app, with Fluid

Turn any website into a Mac app, with Fluid

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 15, 2019

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 […]

4 ways to personalise your Mac’s look and feel

4 ways to personalise your Mac’s look and feel

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 14, 2019

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 […]

How to transfer photos from your iPhone, to your Mac

How to transfer photos from your iPhone, to your Mac

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 10, 2019

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 […]

Upgrade your Spotlight searches with Alfred

Upgrade your Spotlight searches with Alfred

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 8, 2019

Locating and opening a file, folder or application isn’t exactly difficult, but since it’s one of the most common tasks you’ll perform on your Mac, anything that can make this process even slightly easier is going to be a real time-saver. Alfred is a productivity app that lets you locate and launch any file, folder, […]

How do I upgrade macOS safely?

How do I upgrade macOS safely?

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 6, 2019

So, a new version of macOS has just been released and you’re eager to experience it for yourself – but resist the urge to install this update straight away! Although updating your Mac is usually pretty straightforward and error-free, there’s always a chance that you might be one of the unlucky few who do encounter […]

How to downgrade to an earlier version of macOS

How to downgrade to an earlier version of macOS

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 5, 2019

There’s several reasons why you might want to revert to an earlier version of macOS – perhaps you rely on an app that’s incompatible with the latest and greatest release; maybe you installed an experimental beta and it’s causing some problems, or perhaps you hate the direction that Apple are taking macOS, and you’re craving […]

Low on space? Completely delete every trace of unwanted applications

Low on space? Completely delete every trace of unwanted applications

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 4, 2019

No matter how big your Mac’s memory, inevitably you’re going to download enough apps and create enough files, to fill up that memory! If you’re getting low memory warnings, or your Mac is running more slowly than before, then you can often free up a tonne of space, by deleting unwanted apps. While your first […]

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Apple App Store sets record for holiday-week sales

Christopher Lee · Jan 4, 2019

One day after lowering its revenue guidance to investors for the first quarter of FY 2019, Apple announced record-breaking sales for its App Store during the holiday week. App Store customers worldwide set spending records during the holiday week, marking a strong finish for the App Store, which also recorded a sales record for the […]

Test your Internet speed using macOS’ Ping command

Test your Internet speed using macOS’ Ping command

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 3, 2019

There’s nothing quite as frustrating as slow or intermittent Internet! In this article, I’ll show you how to test the speed and quality of your Internet connection, using MacOS’ built-in ‘ping’ command. And, if you’re struggling to even get online, I’ll also be demonstrating how you can use this command to test whether the connection […]

Apple lowers revenue estimate for first quarter of FY2019

Apple lowers revenue estimate for first quarter of FY2019

Christopher Lee · Jan 3, 2019

On 2 January, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook released a guidance letter to investors lowering the company’s revenue estimate for the first quarter of FY2019, which ended 29 December 2018. The company lowered its revenue guidance to $84bn (£66.9bn) from its previous projection of between $89bn (£70.9bn) and $93bn (£74.1bn). Apple also lowered its projected gross […]

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