50 articles tagged Mac — page 2 of 5.
There’s no shortage of automation tools available for macOS, but if you want to automate every part of your Mac, then Hammerspoon is one of the most powerful and versatile automation tools out there. Rather than building workflows via menus and drag-and-drop interfaces, Hammerspoon is built on a powerful Lua scripting engine. While this does […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Does your Mac look dirtier than when you unboxed it? For most of us, the answer will be a resounding yes! Laptops and their peripherals can get very grubby, very quickly, especially if you’re in the bad habit of eating at your desk, or you don’t wash your hands quite as often as you should. […]
There’s all kinds of reasons why you might need to take a screenshot on your Mac. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, so if you’re getting tech support remotely or reporting a bug then it’s often quicker to take a snap of what you’re seeing, rather than trying to describe […]
Most of us have experienced the pain of buyer’s remorse at some point, but chances are you’ve rarely made the effort to physically go back to the store, speak to customer service, and get your money back. The great thing about regretting a digital purchase, is that you can often get a full refund simply by […]
In this article, I’m going to show you how to run macOS directly from an external hard drive. Not only does this let you switch between operating systems, but it’s also a great way to experience different versions of macOS without permanently changing anything on your Mac. For example, if your favourite app only runs […]
Your Mac has a media access control address (confusingly for Mac users, it’s called the MAC address) that uniquely identifies your laptop. This string of letters and numbers is hard-coded into your device in the factory, so it’s impossible to change on a permanent basis. However, you can change this fingerprint temporarily, using a technique […]
Many people use additional devices with their Macs, such as external displays, keyboards and mice. Although wireless peripherals are becoming more popular, USB is still one of the most common ways to connect an external device to your Mac. Macs aren’t exactly blessed when it comes to USB ports, so if one of your ports […]
MacKeeper is a collection of utilities, apps and services that promise to help keep your Mac clean and protected from malware, but it’s also a controversial topic amongst the Apple community. If you Google “Is MacKeeper” then the suggested results make it very clear that people aren’t entirely convinced that MacKeeper is a legitimate application. […]
If you love trying out new applications, then it’s easy to lose track of the programs that launch automatically, every single time you boot up your Mac. Having a tonne of programs running in the background is bad news for performance, so identifying apps that don’t need to launch at startup is one of the easiest […]
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