Help me, I spilled water on my Mac!
I don’t think I need to tell you that giving your computer a bath isn’t a good idea, but I can tell you what you should do if that happens, …
Make Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts on the Mac
Power users use keyboard shortcuts because it’s faster to press a couple of keys than to navigate lengthy menus. If you have trouble remembering shortcuts, click the menu icons across …
How to Find the Images You Want in the Mac’s Photos App
Digital cameras have been around long enough that we barely remember the days where a shoebox of 200 photos was overwhelming. But given the tens of thousands of photos many …
Apple releases iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, HomePod OS 13.3.1, watchOS 6.1.2, macOS 10.15.3
Today Apple released software updates across their operating systems. These updates include some security patches and bug fixes but no new features, so I recommend everyone install these updates soon …
Use Dropbox’s Selective Sync or Smart Sync to Save Space on Small Drives
If you’re like many of my clients who use Dropbox intensively, you have a desktop Mac with a large drive and a MacBook with much less drive space. How do …
Here’s How to See Full URLs in Safari’s Smart Search Bar
By default, Safari on the Mac hides full Web addresses—technically known as URLs—from you, showing just the domain name in the Smart Search field at the top of the window. …
Make More Space for Documents by Putting Your Dock on the Side of Your Mac’s Screen
By default, Apple locates the Dock at the bottom of your Mac’s screen. If that location interferes with you seeing as much of your document windows as you’d like, you …
Did You Know You Can Use Your Mac Laptop Closed with an External Screen and Keyboard?
Those of you who use a Mac laptop—a MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro—probably know you can connect it to a large external display for more screen space, getting you …
Use Your Apple Watch to Unlock Your Mac and Apps in Catalina
If you’ve resisted requiring a password on your Mac after it wakes up or comes out of the screen saver because it’s too much work to enter repeatedly, an Apple …
Need to Move Lots of Data Between Macs? Try Target Disk Mode
We have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to the number of ways we can move data between Macs. You can send files via AirDrop, attach them to an …