50 articles tagged Mac — page 3 of 5.
Regardless of whether you’re a Chrome, Safari, or Firefox fan, all web browsers are changing, all the time. You may have noticed that when you visit certain websites, you encounter a popup asking whether that website can send you notifications. If you click ‘Allow’ then this website will gain the power to push notifications to […]
MacBooks have a reputation for being some of the best laptops that money can buy, but even the most diehard of Apple fans can’t deny that Apple products are expensive. While there’s no such thing as a cheap MacBook, when it’s time to purchase a new laptop there are ways that you can shave a […]
Whether you’re sat in front of your computer at home or at work, chances are your smartphone is within easy reach – even if you really shouldn’t be answering SMS messages during working hours! Smartphones can be a serious distraction. Even if you just glance at your smartphone screen, realise it’s only a Facebook notification, […]
Being tracked by online advertisers is something we all worry about. There’s something seriously unsettling about searching for a product once, only for that exact same product to suddenly crop up in every single advert you encounter across the web! According to Freedom to Tinker, advertisers have a discovered a new way to track your […]
Most of the time, turning off your Mac is as simple as selecting ‘Apple > Shut Down’ from the menu bar, but occasionally your Mac may refuse to shut down as expected. Maybe your Mac is taking longer to power down than normal; perhaps there’s a particular app that keeps getting in the way of […]
Many of us switch between multiple computers on a regular basis – for example, maybe you have a computer at home and a Mac you’ve been assigned at work; or an older MacBook that you’ve kept as your personal laptop and a shiny new Mac that’s setup as the communal, family computer. If you regularly […]
Symbolic links (sometimes also called symlinks or soft links) are shortcuts that can point at any file, directory, app or utility, located anywhere on your Mac. While symbolic links share many similarities with macOS’ better known alias feature, there are several important differences that make symbolic links much more powerful. Firstly, you can use symbolic […]
When you try to send a message in macOS’ Messages app, you may occasionally encounter the following error: “There was an error sending the previous message. Would you like to send it again?” However, sometimes this error may pop up seemingly out of nowhere, including when you’ve just rebooted your Mac, or brought it out […]
If you only ever use your Mac in one location, then you typically won’t have to worry about your network settings: just enter your Wi-Fi password once, and your Mac will automatically connect to the Internet every time you switch it on. However, with us all spending more time online than ever before, it’s becoming […]
Screen sharing is where you temporarily give someone else the ability to view and control your Mac’s screen, and vice versa. Screen sharing can be useful in a number of scenarios, but it’s particularly useful if you’re experiencing problems with your Mac, as it allows an engineer to remotely access your Mac, so they can […]
If you share your Mac with someone else on a regular basis, then you’ll typically want to create an account for that person. This gives them the freedom to customize their settings and preferences, and gives you more privacy and security, compared to both of you sharing the same account. But what if someone only […]
If you’ve been a Mac fan for a while, then you may have an old Mac lying around somewhere, gathering dust. Maybe you’ve told yourself that you’re going to get around to selling or donating it one day (perhaps as soon as you’ve found the time to wipe all your personal data from it) but […]
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