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In El Capitan, Apple introduced System Integrity Protect (SIP, sometimes also known as rootless), a security feature that’s designed to help protect your Mac against malicious code. Prior to El Capitan, gaining access to your Mac’s most important system files simply required the admin password, which meant that anyone with access to this password could […]
Did you know that you can share your Mac’s Internet connection with other devices, by turning your Mac into a Wi-Fi hotspot? Although it’s far more common to share your smartphone’s mobile Internet connection (in a process known as tethering) you can also do the opposite, and share your Mac’s Internet connection with other devices. […]
Hot on the heels of news that Apple’s Keychain may be unable to provide sufficient protection to prevent hackers from gaining access to confidential user info, the company announced a redesigned and upgraded privacy website which was created to provide consumers with easier access to its privacy policies. The new privacy website clarifies how the […]
In news that Microsoft will undoubtedly not be too happy about, Apple has decided to replace Bing with Google as the default search engine for Spotlight on Mac computers and Siri web searches in iOS. This is according to a TechCrunch report issued yesterday. Things are happening fast — apparently, the switch started rolling out […]
Apple is rolling out its new High Sierra operating system today. With this latest version, Apple is concentrating heavily on overall productivity and improving the Mac’s performance. If you have a MacBook Pro (2010 or later), MacBook (2009 or later), Mac mini (2010 or later), MacBook Air (2010 or later), iMac (Late 2009 or later) […]
Apple yesterday announced the latest update for Safari Technology Preview, an experimental browser that it first launched 18 months ago. The company developed the Safari Technology Preview to test various new features that could later be incorporated into its popular Safari browser. The Safari Technology Preview release comes with no less than 40 enhancements and […]
It is undoubtedly frustrating when you want to upload an app to your Apple smartphone, only to get that dreaded message telling you that it’s more than 100MB so it can’t be done (except over wi-fi, of course). The good news is that the firm has just increased that limit to 150MB. The reason for […]
Time Machine backups are a great safety net. You should always create a Time Machine backup before making any changes at the operating system level, such as installing a beta version of macOS, and before applying any experimental or unsupported changes, such as using a third party app to alter your system font. However, it […]
The good news, which you probably already know about, is that macOS High Sierra will be released six days from now. The bad news is that the new Apple File System will only work on Macs which have built-in all-flash storage. To put it differently, it will not work with Mac minis and iMacs that […]
macOS’ Photos app does a great job of managing and displaying all of your images, but have you ever wondered where these files are actually stored on your Mac? Maybe you want to import a particular image into a different application, share it via an app or service that isn’t appearing in macOS’ ‘Share’ menu, […]
Last week Apple released the iPhone X as well as the iPhone 8 range. And hot on the heels of that, the company has now also announced an important upgrade for its cross-platform iTunes music player/organiser application. The latest release offers support for iOS 11 and boasts a couple of interesting new features. Every time […]
The Dashboard is one of those features that Mac users either seem to love and use all the time, or never use at all – especially since a lot of the information previously supplied by Dashboard widgets is now more readily available via macOS’ Notification Centre. If you’re not a fan of the Dashboard, then […]
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