Do you access Google Mail using the Mail app on your Apple Mac? It could be downloading tens of thousands of email messages that take forever to sync. There is a way to stop it doing this.
Are you making the most of the signature at the end of emails? You can simply add your name, but a proper signature is much better. Here's how to create a great one in Mail on the Mac.
Use a MacBook out of the office or home you will probably have connected to many different Wi-Fi networks, macOS remembers each one and the list grows. Is it too long? What can go wrong?
There is more to sleep mode on the Apple Mac than you might think and there are hidden settings, different modes and keyboard shortcuts. Here is everything you need to know.
New Apple Macs are great and have excellent performance. After a few years, several macOS updates, apps and games, they slow down. Here’s how to speed up your Mac and boost performance.
There are special keys on the Apple Mac keyboard, Shift, Ctrl, Option and Command, which modify actions and menus. Most keyboard shortcuts are well known, but here are two you don't know.
The Apple Mac Reminders app is useful for creating lists, like as tasks, jobs, projects, even shopping lists. Go further and use Reminders to notify you to do tasks at specific locations.
iCloud is built into macOS and is part of the system. So is the Photos app for managing your photo collection. Did you know that all your photos are on the web? Here’s how to access them.
Most apps on the Apple Mac are in the Applications folder, but did you know that there are multiple Applications folders and that some apps are hidden? Here is how to access these tools.
Files on USB disks, on thumb drives and attached to emails are easily accessed. How do you email them, transfer them, store them or carry them securely so no-one else can access them?
TextEdit in macOS is a nice little word processor that can be used to create documents on your Apple Mac, but it might be even more powerful than you think. Let's look at printing features.
Photos does a great job of organising your digital photos and thanks to iCloud on the Mac and iPhone, you don't need to transfer them anymore. They sync, but where does Photos store them?
Could your your Mac part of a malware botnet? Is there adware or spyware on it? Where do you start looking for PUPs (potentially unwanted programs)? Let's look at the basics of security.
How do you delete a file in macOS on the Apple Mac? You might think it is a simple question, but there is more to it than that and files deleted that way can be recovered. Bypass the Trash!
The screen is the one thing on your MacBook or iMac that you use the most and if the display is perfect you will suffer irritation, eyestrain and maybe headaches. Fix it with these tweaks.
It is easy to schedule appointments and meetings without realising that there isn't enough time between them to travel there. Use Calendar on the Mac to get travel times to your meetings.
When you need to resize a photo or image for printing or the web, there are several options and the wrong one can ruin it. Should you resample or resize in Preview or other photo editor?
Apple MacBook base models have limited storage space and it is easy to fill small drives. Some MacBooks have 128 GB SSDs, which can cause serious space problems. Find and clean space hogs.
If you have problems with your Mac, identifying the cause is a problem in itself. One way to try to find the cause is to start the Mac in safe mode. It's a bare bones boot without extras.
The Apple Mac menu bar is taken for granted and given little thought. Customise it by adding new icons to access various functions and rearranging them into the most convenient order.
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