Posted: March 24, 2018
Have some fun on your Apple Mac by creating custom folders for your files with different colours, text or even emoji characters. This step by step guide shows exactly how to do it.
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Posted: March 20, 2018
You can do a lot more than enter a filename when saving a file or opening one on the Apple Mac. There are hidden features that you may not have discovered and functions you didn’t know existed.
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Posted: March 16, 2018
Wouldn't it be great if you could put together a combination of photos and videos and then show them off on the big screen TV in your lounge? PhotoVideoCollage enables you to do just that.
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Posted: March 12, 2018
In some ways Spotlight is a great search tool in macOS and it helps you to find files, apps, folders, and bookmarks, but in some ways, it is poor. EasyFind is a more powerful search tool.
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Posted: March 7, 2018
It is not exactly a fault and some might call it a feature, but it's still very irritating and if you use USB thumb drives (flash drives) you will have discovered it. They run out of space.
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Posted: March 2, 2018
The Calendar app on the Apple Mac can be used to access calendars on iCloud or stored locally on the disk. There are pros and cons of each type of calendar. Let's take a look at the differences.
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Posted: February 25, 2018
Do you have photos stored in your Apple Photos library that you would rather not see or don't want others to see? How can you hide them without actually removing them from Photos? Here's how.
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Posted: February 20, 2018
There are junk files and folders cluttering up your iCloud storage and they may be using valuable space. However, they are hidden and are not obvious. Let's see how to make them visible and to remove them.
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Posted: February 16, 2018
If you use iCloud Drive to store files and need to access them quickly there are several ways to make it slightly easier and a tiny bit quicker. Add quick access icons to Finder and Dock.
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Posted: February 12, 2018
There are many online storage services, including iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box and others. After using Google Drive for years, I'm switching to OneDrive - here's why.
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Posted: February 8, 2018
There is no shortage of note taking apps and the Apple Mac comes with a great one built in. However, there are some fantastic alternatives and Agenda is one you should definitely consider.
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Posted: February 3, 2018
Dragging apps to the Trash on the Mac will remove an app, but it will not remove all of its associated files. They remain on the disk adding to the junk and clutter. These tools can delete them.
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Posted: January 30, 2018
Not everyone likes iTunes and while it is very simple, some people say it tries to do too much and has become bloated. AnyTrans is an alternative that gives you more control and features.
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Posted: January 26, 2018
There have been many video file formats over the year and some odd ones on certain devices. If you have unplayable videos on your Mac, KeepVid is a free online tool that can make them playable.
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Posted: January 21, 2018
Apple says that iCloud is not an online drive, even though you can store files on it. There are significant differences between iCloud and Google Drive for example. Here’s what you need to know.
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Posted: January 17, 2018
No matter how careful we are, sometimes files go missing. Whether they are on the Apple Mac’s internal drive or an external one, Mac Data Recovery might be able to restore them for you.
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Posted: January 7, 2018
Apple’s MacBook retina displays are the envy of the industry and are capable of very high resolutions. If you like working in high res, learn how to use the zoom feature for fine control.
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Posted: January 3, 2018
What is wasting the most space on your Mac’s disk? It could it be duplicate files. Finding and deleting file duplicates is one way to recover disk space and there’s an app for that!
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Posted: December 29, 2017
Apple has confessed to slowing down the iPhone’s performance when the battery is old and weak, so how bad is your phone’s battery? Run coconutBattery on the Mac to get a detailed report.
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Posted: December 20, 2017
When you have a problem with the sound on the Apple Mac, what can you do? Here are some suggestions and with a few tweaks and checks you should be able to get it working again fairly quickly.
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