Giving Away a Mac Running macOS 12 Monterey? Try Erase All Content and Settings
Before macOS 12 Monterey, if you wanted to sell, trade in, or give away your Mac, you had to boot into Recovery, erase the internal drive with Disk Utility, and …
Change Your Pointer Color in macOS 12 Monterey
Some people find it hard to find the mouse pointer at times, particularly on a large screen or when working in Dark Mode or in apps with dark interfaces. You’ve …
Need to Resize Images in Various Ways? Give Preview a Try
Even those of us who don’t work with graphics professionally often find ourselves needing to resize images. Perhaps you have a large square headshot, but the site to which you’re …
When It Comes to Wi-Fi Networks, Sometimes It’s Better to Forget
It’s easy, particularly when traveling, to end up connecting to a Wi-Fi network that doesn’t provide Internet access, requires credentials you don’t have, or lacks access to the network’s printer. …
Today’s announcements from Apple, the concise edition
Today Apple had lots of announcements to make about the Mac lineup at a virtual press event today. In particular, the high end MacBook Pro got the M1 Apple silicon …
Apple releases macOS 11.6, iOS 14.8, iPadOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2
Today Apple released some small updates across most of their devices. These updates do not add any new features, but they are important to install as soon as you can …
How long can I expect a Mac to last?
It’s hard to predict when your computer might become obsolete or when it might start breaking down. And sometimes you just get lucky or unlucky. But in general: MacBook Air …
Disable Unused Sharing Options on Your Mac If You’re Not Using Them
Many security breaches—even high-profile ones—stem from simple oversight. There’s one spot in macOS that has long been particularly susceptible to such lapse: the Sharing pane of System Preferences. In it, …
Apple releases macOS 11.5, iPadOS 14.7
Shortly after releasing updates for most of their mobile OSes on Monday, Apple released updates for macOS Big Sur and iPadOS today. Normally they release all of these updates at …
Reduce Your Email Load with Three Features in Apple’s Mail: Mute, Block, and Unsubscribe
Complaining about getting too much email is like complaining about bad traffic—we (collectively) brought it upon ourselves, and while it’s impossible to escape entirely, it’s worth knowing how to reduce …