Maybe your Time Machine drive is full. Maybe you’re worried about an older hard drive dying on you, taking your backups with it. Whatever the reason, you want to migrate your Time Machine files from one hard drive...
Your Mac stores all kinds of passwords. It’s saved the passwords for your Wi-Fi networks, the ones used by your applications, and even the ones you save in Safari. You might be wondering where those passwords are...
The Finder seems pretty basic, but there are all kinds of things hidden just below the surface. Whether you want to cut and paste files or jump to a particular folder, it’s all about knowing the right keyboard...
Get to know the Finder on your Mac If you're new to Mac, learning about the Finder is the first step toward finding and organizing your documents, media, folders, and other files. The Finder is the first thing...
Your Mac’s serial number is a unique identifier that distinguishes your Mac from all others. You have to provide your Mac’s serial number when requesting warranty service. You may also want to look up your Mac’s...
When it comes to troubleshooting, I always try the simplest things first, and these tricks have been successful in solving some 90 percent of the Mac problems I've encountered. I've used these to solve a wide...
System Preferences are a Mac users one-stop location to make changes to the operating system, tweak the hardware, and configure features like Siri and Parental Controls. Most people access the System Preferences by...
Icon via Apple Inc. There's a lot of password management software available for the Mac and iOS, but none quite compares to iCloud Keychain , Apple's built-in implementation. iCloud Keychain has been around...
If you frequently delve into the Finder on macOS, chances are you end up with a bunch of open windows after a while. You could go through, find all these windows, and attend to them one by one, or you can just...
There are times in life when you find yourself having to use something other than your first choice out of necessity. This is true for computer operating systems too. Most Windows users will probably come into contact...
Image: Apple Boot Camp has been allowing Mac users to run Windows natively on their Apple computers for several years. While virtualization apps like Parallels or Fusion allow for installing just about...
Can’t get your Mac to start up? The problem could be software, in which case your best bet may be to reinstall macOS . If that fails, though, the problem could be hardware-related. Happily, Apple offers tools...
You know that thing where you copy something important, forget to paste it anywhere, then copy something else? It sucks, because the important thing you copied first is gone. Unless, of course, you have a...
If you use a MacBook, you can add an external display to give yourself more screen real estate. A second display can really help your productivity and make everything feel a little less cramped. Before you can...
When it comes to Web browsers, things weren’t always so great for Apple’s desktop operating system. But since the launch of Mac OS X Panther in October 2003, Apple has included Safari as the default Web browser...
Apple has a reputation for making products that “just work,” but many Mac users may still need to occasionally troubleshoot their desktop or laptop. Thankfully, there are a number startup options that are...
Image: Brandon Vigliarolo/TechRepublic Maintaining sufficient disk free space is a long-running challenge that became more difficult when SSDs—typically possessing smaller storage allocations—arrived....
MacOS has a feature called “Gatekeeper” designed to lock down your Mac, forcing it to only run Apple-approved software by default. But a Mac is locked down in the same way Android is locked down –you’re still free...
It’s 2016, shouldn’t we stop worrying about disk space? Nope, not at all! A modern MacBook might have a solid-state drive with just 64 GB of space. You’ll want as much space for your important data as you can get. ...
Apple recommends that before you try anything else, owners of MacBooks with removable batteries should reset the battery by fully removing it and re-inserting it. Any issues with its installation will be fixed by this...