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An SSD (solid state drive) is one of the most worthwhile for your Mac. They provide lightning fast disk access times because there are no moving parts, unlike a traditional spinning hard disk. The only minor downside is that SSD capacities are usually way below those of regular disks and they can be quite expensive […]
Apple’s iCloud is pretty cool really. It allows you to store music, videos, apps and more and then lets you share them wirelessly between your devices. Pretty useful, right? However, as Apple is so restricted with what it will allow, it’s useful for apps and not much else as it can’t be used as a […]
I’m no maths boffin or genius, but even for me this is pretty cool. OS X hides lots of things, but perhaps few are as significant as this. If you take advanced maths or are studying something similar at uni, you’ll more than likely want a graphing application, so you can plot and calculate co-ordinates […]
There comes a time when you need to buy additional memory (RAM) for your Mac. It can help things to run smoothly and extend the life of your Mac for another year or two, meaning that you can probably hold off that upgrade a little long (if you have the willpower). It’s important to have […]
It’s never been easier to keep an eye on your home or business remotely. There are dozens of security camera systems available, many of which run on your Mac and can be monitored remotely from another computer or even your phone. Fancy keeping an eye on the cleaner, or checking that the kids have got […]
You know what it’s like when you’ve got a wallet stuffed full of scrunched up receipts – it can be pretty hard to keep track of everything you’ve spent, especially if you need to use the receipts for expense reports. This collection of handy iPhone apps let you stay on top of your finances on […]
Activity Monitor is one of those essential applications which can help you monitor precisely what your Mac is doing. If you have any issues with system performance or wayward processes, Activity Monitor should be the first port of call to analyse what’s going on, and to check whether anything is using too much memory or […]
Every Mac user knows that it’s essential to have your machine running in tip-top condition to keep things speedy and in good shape. One of the most common complaints among the Mac community is that Safari can become slow, but there are lots of easy ways to speed it up slightly. One such method is […]
Keeping your photos safe is of the utmost importance. Hopefully you already keep your images backed up on at least one external hard drive to ensure that if the worst happened to your Mac you’d still have all those cherished jpgs safe and sound somewhere else. Of course keeping printed copies of your images is probably […]
Data loss is always a nightmare senario, but it’s one that will hopefully fade away as cloud computing hits the mainstream. Sometime soon we’ll all be able to sleep safely at night knowing that no matter what happens to our computers we’ll have copies of our data elsewhere ready to be restored at the press of a […]
Most of your Mac’s main settings and preferences can be accessed from System Preferences, which lets you control various things including hardware, security, internet and wireless settings, and much more besides. Most applications also have unique preferences and settings which can accessed from their own menus, but System Preferences gives you access to the majority […]
Sometimes it feels like no matter what you do some items in the Trash bin on your Mac just won’t delete, no matter how many times you try to click empty trash the system never actually gets rid of everything and you’re let with a full trash icon sitting on your desktop. When this happens […]
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