macOS Articles
The Best Mac Keyboard Shortcuts to Learn
Will quickly upgrade your user experience
How To Remap Fn Keys On Your Mac
Finally, a way to make them really useful
How To Access Recent Items From The MacOS Dock
A hidden feature that makes recall a snap
15 Tips To Extend The Battery Life On Mac
By minutes or perhaps even hours
Compared to many other laptops, Mac machines enjoy a longer battery life because of the optimized operating systems they run. If you’ve been using a Mac for quite some time, […]
How To Bulk Rename Files On Your Mac
Save yourself from hours of tedium
Many times when you download files off the Internet or you copy files from a USB drive, the naming formats aren’t always what you expected. This is especially true for […]
How To Create Symlinks On Your Mac
Works differently than a regular shortcut
A symbolic link, often shortened to symlink, is a type of link that is stored at one location on your machine and points to another location on the same machine. […]
20 Tips To Get The Most Out Of The Finder On Mac
More than just a pretty face icon
Mac has a wonderful file explorer called Finder that provides you with a lot of options to manage and organize your files. Most of the features in the app are […]
The Best MacOS Automator Scripts You Should Have Installed
Just drag and drop, no programming required
Automation tools like IFTTT and Siri Shortcuts are popular options to streamline day-to-day tasks, but MacOS has long had a tool for this. Automator is not well known to anyone […]
Take Screenshots On Mac Like A Pro With These Tips & Tricks
Simple tweaks to get the shots you want
Taking screenshots on a Mac is extremely easy thanks to the amazing screen capture utility it comes preloaded with. The utility comes with even more features than what you find […]
Third-Party Tools That Do Better Than Some Of MacOS’ Default Apps
Alternatives to Mail, Pages and more
I am a big fan of some of Mac OS’ default apps but like everything else online, there are tools and software apps that can do MacOS tasks better, faster, […]
How To Create & Use Smart Folders On MacOS
More like a saved search on your machine
macOS has an efficient system to help you search for files and folders in your storage. You can run searches that contain specific words or other criteria to find the […]
5 Ways To Reveal The Path Of a File On MacOS
Plus a bonus tip to make it even easier
When you create or copy a file to your Mac, it is assigned a path which is the actual location of the file on your Mac. Paths let you easily […]
5 Apps That Will Take Your New Mac To The Next Level
You'll fall even deeper in love
Much of the preinstalled default apps on a macOS computer is actually really good. But like any new computer, there is always new stuff you can add to make your […]
How To Find & Upgrade 32-Bit Apps On Your Mac
Otherwise you will lose access to them
Up until now, your Mac supported all the versions of any apps on your machine. You could run an app whether it was 32-bit or 64-bit without any issues on […]
How To Enable & Use ‘Picture In Picture’ Mode On Your Mac
For Sierra users and above
“Picture in picture” mode has long been available for many devices except for the Apple Mac. If you don’t already know what it is, it is a mode that allows […]
How To Set Up & Use MacOS Dictation
Save your wrists, stop destroying keyboards
I write a lot. It is my occupation, my hobby, and pretty much the one thing I am good at. If I am not writing articles, I am writing books, […]
How To Create Your Own Dynamic Wallpapers On MacOS
Good news, there's a free app for it
If you have had a macOS computer for a while, you will know what dynamic wallpapers are. These are the ones that change depending on what time of day it […]
How To Encrypt a Folder On MacOS Using Disk Utility
An easy way to keep data safe
On Windows, you have Bitlocker. Cross-platform, you also have VeraCrypt (successor to TrueCrypt). But if you want to encrypt a folder on the fly in MacOS, then the quickest and […]
How To Hard Reset a Mac OS X Computer & Reinstall The OS
Luckily, Mac makes it easy for you
It’s a fact of life that computers slow down. Sometimes it’s due to wear and tear but it can also be something as simple as your hard-drive filling up with […]
How To Delete The Hidden Download Log On Your Mac OS X Computer
It keeps track of everything you download
Did you know that every time you download something on your Mac, it records it in a handy log file? Yeah….thanks for that Apple. I can hear the illegal downloading […]