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If your Mac is stood idle for a significant period of time, then you’ll usually want it to drift off to sleep. Not only does sleeping help preserve your Mac’s battery life, but it’s also an important security feature that can help keep the contents of your Mac safe from prying eyes. Assuming that you’ve […]
The Internet has completely revolutionised the way we access information. When you’re connected to the World Wide web, it often feels like you have all the information in the world at your fingertips, but the Internet does have its downsides. In recent years many users have become particularly concerned that their online activities may be […]
Your Mac’s Launchpad provides a single place where you can launch all the apps installed across your Mac, without having to pin every last app to your Mac’s Dock, or navigate to your ‘Applications’ folder everytime you want to launch something new. A big part of Launchpad’s appeal is its simplicity – you open it […]
There are times when it can be handy to know which other devices are on your local network. For example, suppose that you need to know whether a certain device (such as a computer, tablet or router) is up and running and responding. If you have a PC or Mac, you can just go to […]
For the average Mac user, the Terminal is something that’s either too complicated to use or completely unknown. If you don’t know what it is, it’s the place where you can have your Mac execute custom commands, many of which you can’t do through other means. It’s a great tool, and unlike many believe, if […]
Whenever you access a URL on the Internet your Mac checks the address against a list of IP addresses stored in the hosts file. Normally your Mac doesn’t find what it’s looking for in the hosts file and quickly moves on to resolving the web address via the DNS (Domain Name System) server.
It can sometimes be necessary to change file and folder permissions on your Mac, usually because you want to restrict access to certain users and groups. Even though it’s possible to set the file permissions using Finder, Terminal gives you slightly more control, and of course can also be used in Automator scripts for a […]
Occasionally it may be desirable to hide a folder on your Mac’s filesystem, either to keep it away from prying eyes or simply because it’s better not to be able to view some folders that could easily be removed or deleted by accident. Finder doesn’t have any built-in ways to hide a folder (i.e. with […]
There are hundreds of ways to speed up the Mac using options and preferences in common applications and of course in System Preferences. But there are also several ways to make your computer run more quickly just using Terminal commands alone. The following tips can help you squeeze every last drop of performance out of […]
Duplicate files such as documents and photos can occupy a surprising amount of space on your Mac’s hard disk and you might not even realise they are there. Perhaps you’ve copied files into several folders and external USB drives, and additional copies could exist in the Mail downloads folder. You might even find a few […]
Some people absolutely love Lion’s new eye candy and flamboyant visuals; others are not so keen and would like to disable many of the newly introduced effects, such as animated window transitions and Mail animations. While the animations and effects rarely hinder the way you use your Mac, anybody that uses many of the features […]
One of the most useful features in OS X Lion is the ability for applications to automatically resume where they left off. This is apparent in applications such as Safari when after quitting and subsequently reopening, the previous tabs and websites are displayed. If the application was in fullscreen mode, it will reopen in the […]
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