100 articles tagged macos — page 2 of 9.
Most of the time, you create albums on your Mac by manually dragging photos into different folders, but if you’re particularly snap happy or you’ve just got back from an exciting trip and have a tonne of photos, then this can be a time-consuming and frustrating process. In this article, I’m going to share an […]
When you send an email, you can usually be confident that your message will be delivered quickly and without any issues – but how do you know whether the recipient has actually opened your message? There’s plenty of reasons why your unopened email might hang around in the recipient’s inbox for a while – maybe […]
Apple manage to pack a lot into their Safari web browser, including a dedicated Reader Mode, the ability to block push notifications, and a whole bunch of privacy and security settings. However, Safari does lack an effective way to import and export bookmarks, particularly when compared to other modern web browsers. Although there is an […]
The Finder is the main way you explore your Mac – it’s how you find folders, launch files and apps, and how you delete unwanted items. To help you explore macOS’ file system, the Finder gives you several ways to view its contents. If you select “View” from the Finder menu bar, then you can […]
Many third party apps and utilities automatically add a preference pane to your Mac’s “System Preferences” app. While some of these third party preference panes may be useful, others will be completely unnecessary and do little more than clutter up your System Preferences, making it more difficult to find the preference panes that you do […]
Is your Mac running more slowly than when it was shiny and new? Has it become prone to freezing? Or perhaps it seems to be taking forever to start up? When it comes to speeding up an ailing Mac, there’s no shortage of advice out there, but in this article we’ll be covering one of […]
Every time you launch an app for the first time, macOS will use that application’s Developer ID to verify whether it’s from an identified developer. By default, macOS will warn you about any apps that are a) installed from outside the official App Store, and b) published by unidentified developers. Depending on your settings, macOS […]
Most of us have multiple apps, tabs and windows open at any one time. Whether you’re in the bad habit of leaving Facebook open when you’re supposed to be working, or you’re a multi-tasking pro who can juggle several tasks at once, sometimes it can help to have multiple apps visible onscreen. macOS has a […]
If you’ve ever chatted with Siri on your iPhone, then you’re probably aware that Siri doesn’t work quite the same on Mac. On iOS, every conversation with Apple’s virtual assistant starts with a “Hey, Siri,” but on macOS no amount of vocal prodding will catch Siri’s attention. By default, Mac users have to launch the […]
Take stock of everything that’s running on your Mac, and chances are you’ll end up with a long list of applications. Most of us have multiple applications open at any one time, and dip between them throughout the day. Sometimes, this kind of multi-tasking can help you get the job done, for example you might […]
Microsoft may not immediately spring to mind when you need some extra storage space, but Mac users can get up to 5GB of storage space for free, via Microsoft’s OneDrive service. Once you’ve setup OneDrive on your Mac, you can simply drop files, folders and apps into your local OneDrive folder, and they’ll be synced […]
Most of the time, taking out the Trash is easy: simply Control-click the Trash icon in your Mac’s Dock and select ‘Empty Trash.’ But from time to time, you may run into problems. In this article, I’ll show you how to delete any file, folder or application, even if the item in question is locked, […]
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