Tag: System Preferences

Apple’s macOS Catalina delivers a brand new, gorgeous ‘Drift’ screen saver

Saturday, July 6, 2019 8:01 amSaturday, July 6, 20194 Comments

The third beta of the macOS Catalina 10.15 software dropped earlier this week…

macOS Mojave’s many software updates

Monday, October 29, 2018 2:56 pmMonday, October 29, 20181 Comment

One of Mojave’s more subtle changes is its reversion to a Software Update pane in System Preferences…

How to make typing in macOS like iOS

Monday, April 9, 2018 3:55 pmMonday, April 9, 20187 Comments

Apple has always offered assistance to iPhone and iPad users typing on their devices…

macOS update paranoia and when will Apple’s APFS finally work on Fusion drives?

Thursday, January 25, 2018 1:01 pmThursday, January 25, 20187 Comments

Apple’s promised fix for the inability to convert a Fusion drive to the Apple File System (APFS) is MIA…

FBI forensic expert blasts Apple ‘jerks’ for encrypting iPhones

Thursday, January 11, 2018 12:01 pm31 Comments

Ever since Apple made encryption default on the iPhone, the FBI has been waging a war against encryption…

Yet another macOS High Sierra bug: Unlock App Store system preferences with any password; another one Apple should have caught

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 6:00 pm21 Comments

Less than two months ago, Apple users discovered a bug in macOS that allowed anyone…

How to enable screen sharing services remotely in OS X

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:28 amTuesday, April 26, 20162 Comments

If you have any Mac that you would like to manage remotely, then you can enable Screen Sharing or Remote Management…

Terminal tips and tricks every Mac user should know

Thursday, March 3, 2016 2:55 pmThursday, March 3, 20162 Comments

These tricks are often simple and can help you spruce up your Mac far beyond what the System Preferences window allows…

How to configure Apple’s OS X to protect your privacy

Wednesday, July 8, 2015 1:28 pmWednesday, July 8, 201510 Comments

We all need to protect our private data…

Protect your Mac with OS X’s built-in firewall

Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:51 pm12 Comments

Your Mac already includes an excellent, built-in Firewall…

Free: A GUI for your Mac’s firewall

Monday, January 12, 2015 12:25 pmMonday, January 12, 201519 Comments

Turning on the Mac’s firewall is easy enough but managing it is not…

Enable and disable OS X Yosemite Dark Mode with a keyboard shortcut

Friday, December 5, 2014 12:59 pmFriday, December 5, 201412 Comments

The new Dark Mode in OS X Yosemite, which gives the OS X Menu Bar and Dock…

Apple releases Yosemite Public Beta 2, new iTunes 12 beta

Friday, August 22, 2014 9:54 amFriday, August 22, 20143 Comments

Apple has just released Yosemite Public Beta 2 complete with a new iTunes version…

Apple releases OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 5

Monday, August 4, 2014 4:39 pm6 Comments

Apple has released OS X 10.10 Yosemite Developer Preview 5…

Five overlooked OS X system tweaks

Monday, May 13, 2013 2:03 pmMonday, May 13, 20137 Comments

If you like to find new ways to tweak OS X, you sometimes need to look…

Apple updates high quality OS X speech with Voice Update 2.0

Friday, July 27, 2012 1:22 pm11 Comments

In March 2011, AppleInsider was first to report that Apple…

Finally, a Mac app solves an age old problem you didn’t know you had

Friday, July 6, 2012 1:00 pmFriday, July 6, 201220 Comments

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