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Can Siri Tell Me The Weather on my Mac?
Ah yes, our voice enabled future. Some people love it and others hate it, saying we’re already so self-absorbed (witness the huge rise of selfies) that we shouldn’t be talking to our computer, just...
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Can I Open a PDF in the Kindle for Mac App?
It’s easy to forget that Amazon‘s domination of the ebooks world with the Kindle includes not just a physical product line and apps that work great on iOS and Android tablets, but also Kindle apps that...
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How Do I Force Quit a MacOS X Mac Program?
My first thought is that you should probably either get an update to the game in question or just stop playing it; sounds like it’s incompatible with your version of MacOS X or just too darn old to...
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How Do I Update Adobe Flash in Google Chrome?
Of all the technologies that power the Internet, few are as controversial as Flash, a product from Adobe that’s available across all major computing platforms. In the early days, it was what powered...
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MacBook Pro Charger Not Working Correctly?
Ah, you’ve opened up a Pandora’s Box of complexity when you move to third party anything in the Apple ecosystem. Cables, chargers, both can have a surprising effect on your power and charging...
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Trim Video Start and End Points in Quicktime Player?
You can certainly use third party software like the Joyoshare program mentioned in that article, but you’re right that on the MacOS X system there are programs already included with your computer that...
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Does 1.1.1.1 Really Offer Free, Secure DNS?
The short answer is that you’re right on all counts. In the United States, your ISP has the legal right to not just log every single site you visit, but sell that data to advertisers without even...
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Create and Share “Notes” on a Mac System?
Most people don’t realize it but that handy Notes program that’s included with MacOS X is quite a sophisticated application with many more features than it seems. At first glance, it’s just for text...
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Can I Download a Mac App Purchased Years Ago?
One of the big changes as we have moved from software you buy at a store on disk to digital software stores and downloads is that you just need access to the purchase account to restore an app, not a...
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Mac App “Can’t Be Opened”. How to Open Anyway?
While it can be super frustrating to try and open up a program just to get that pesky can’t be opened because it’s from an unidentified developer error, the fact is that your Mac system is doing that...
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Get Started Formatting an Apple Numbers Spreadsheet?
You came to the right person because it turns out that I love working with spreadsheets. I think it’s from getting an MBA and having to create dozens and dozens of them; ya just had to “master” the...
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How to Get Started Using Apple Maps
Glad to hear you’re getting into the groove with Apple Maps, it’s one of my favorite programs on my Mac, actually. From figuring out driving times to checking traffic, exploring satellite views to just...
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Identifying Google Chrome Tabs by CPU Usage?
There are a number of reasons that Google Chrome can be running slowly on your Mac system, actually, and not all of them are related to individual tabs. One thing that could be going on is that there’s...
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Making it Easy with Movavi Screen Recorder for Mac
It’s reasonable to both recognize the potential benefits of screen recording and be intimidated that it seems too complicated to try recording your Mac screen too. What you need is a user-friendly...
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How to Delete a Locked File On My Mac?
Like all modern operating systems, your Mac has a sophisticated model for managing files and applications. One of the most important features is what’s getting in your way; making sure that the wrong...
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Secretly capture screen activity while away from your Mac?
That’s very curious that you aren’t allowed to set up any privacy on your computer at work. My guess is that it’s to ensure that everything’s open and available at all times, but since others can get...
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How to Pair A Bluetooth Device with a MacBook?
Ah, laser pointers. Good to know that there’s a purpose for them other than to taunt and play with cats. Then again, you didn’t say that you were using it for any purpose other than to taunt and tease...
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Turn iTunes Mp3 Into an Actual Audiobook?
There are a remarkable number of different ways to acquire audiobook digital files, ranging from simply copying them out of your iTunes media library after purchasing them through the iTunes Store to...
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Send Tapback Emoji on Photos sent in Messages?
Great question, because it’s a really fun area to learn about on your iPhone and Mac system. Let’s step back and talk for a bit about text messages. Originally on the iPhone text messages were sent in...
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How do you Share Wi-Fi Passwords via iPhone?
Among the zillion features that Apple has added to both iOS 11 (the operating system that runs on your iPhone and iPad) and MacOS X (the operating system on MacBooks, iMacs, etc) is password sharing....
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