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7 articles tagged customise.

Get more out of the Finder: 4 ways to customise the sidebar

Get more out of the Finder: 4 ways to customise the sidebar

Jessica Thornsby · Apr 8, 2019

Whether you’re launching an app, searching for a file, or bringing some order to your messy “Downloads” folder, the Finder is one of the most important macOS apps. But, are you really getting the most from your Finder? In this article, I cover all the essential ways that you can customise the Finder, so all […]

How to customise the Touch Bar and Control Strip on MacBook Pro

How to customise the Touch Bar and Control Strip on MacBook Pro

Jessica Thornsby · Mar 28, 2019

When Apple released the 2016 model of MacBook Pro, the Touch Bar was the feature that really grabbed the headlines. If you own a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) or later, or a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) and later, then you’ll have access to a thin touchscreen display that replaces the keyboard’s […]

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 […]

Change your Dock’s colour, shape and the way it functions, with cDock

Change your Dock’s colour, shape and the way it functions, with cDock

Christopher Lee · Apr 16, 2018

macOS isn’t the most customisable of operating systems, but with the help of some third party tools you can completely overhaul the macOS Dock to better reflect your personal style. In this article, we’re going to look at how to change the Dock’s colour, shape, and even the way it functions, using the cDock application. […]

Customise any Mac folder, file or hard drive icon

Customise any Mac folder, file or hard drive icon

Christopher Lee · Jun 15, 2017

Every Mac comes with a range of icons that are used to represent your files, hard drives and folders in the ‘Finder’ window and on the Desktop, but you don’t have to use these default icons. While macOS’ default icons do communicate some basic information about each item, macOS uses the same icon for all […]

Customise every part of your Mac’s Login Screen

Customise every part of your Mac’s Login Screen

Christopher Lee · May 28, 2017

Want to give you Mac’s login screen a makeover? While you won’t find a ‘Login screen’ option in your Mac’s ‘System preferences…’ there’s actually a number of ways that you can customise the look and feel, and even the functionality, of your Mac’s login screen. By default, macOS uses a blurred version of your Desktop […]

How to customise the Dock on your Mac

How to customise the Dock on your Mac

Christopher Lee · May 15, 2012

The Dock on your Mac is one of the most used bits of Mac OS X, it’s where you keep your most used apps, where you store the folders you often look in, and it’s where apps your currently using hide when you’ve not got them fully opened. Like most aspects of OS X the […]

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