How do I Get New Games for my Mac System?
While the app store for iOS has exploded with tens of thousands of programs – many of which are games! – Apple’s MacOS X app store is a bit more moribund. Which isn’t to say that there aren’t some good...
View ArticleFind Emoji by Name on a MacOS System?
There’s a whole world of emoji, all specified by the Unicode consortium, and at last count, there are 2,823 emoji in the Unicode standard. The most recent emoji release is Emoji 11.0, which added 157...
View ArticleChange MacOS Screen Capture Format to JPEG?
As you might expect with my Web site theme of computer tutorials, I have taken tens of thousands of screen captures over the years. Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, you name the OS, I’ve figured out how...
View ArticleHere are 6 Smart Ways to Secure Your Mac Right Now
But even with all that sheen and glamour, Apple’s products are as vulnerable to security threats as other devices. So contrary to popular perception, a high amount of malware and ransomware is...
View ArticleCan I Disable Fingerprint Login on my MacBook Computer?
You must have some hella interesting or valuable data on your Mac to worry about the risk of someone using your finger – detached from the rest of you! – to log in to your computer! Maybe Ethan Hunt in...
View ArticleHow to Enable “Open Recent” for your Mac apps?
In one of the weirder user interface choices in all of MacOS X, it turns out that the setting for “open recent” is actually in a centralized spot in settings, not actually within an app’s settings (or...
View ArticleHow do I use Magnifier/Zoom on my Mac System?
As the resolution of screens keeps going up and computer users age, the two are leading to a situation where what’s known as assistive technologies are proving critically important for a wide swatch of...
View ArticleCan I Clean Up My Mac Context Menus?
Apple has put a lot of attention into almost every corner of the MacOS X experience and with hundreds of releases there’s been plenty of time to fine tune the experience, get rid of dead wood, and...
View ArticleCustomize My MacOS X Notifications Center?
You ask a great question because too few people pay attention to the Notifications Center on their Mac systems, not realizing that it offers a great place to peek at your day and what’s going on. It’s...
View ArticleHow do I Get New Games for my Mac System?
While the app store for iOS has exploded with tens of thousands of programs – many of which are games! – Apple’s MacOS X app store is a bit more moribund. Which isn’t to say that there aren’t some good...
View ArticleFind Emoji by Name on a MacOS System?
There’s a whole world of emoji, all specified by the Unicode consortium, and at last count, there are 2,823 emoji in the Unicode standard. The most recent emoji release is Emoji 11.0, which added 157...
View ArticleChange MacOS Screen Capture Format to JPEG?
As you might expect with my Web site theme of computer tutorials, I have taken tens of thousands of screen captures over the years. Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, you name the OS, I’ve figured out how...
View ArticleHere are 6 Smart Ways to Secure Your Mac Right Now
But even with all that sheen and glamour, Apple’s products are as vulnerable to security threats as other devices. So contrary to popular perception, a high amount of malware and ransomware is...
View ArticleCan I Disable Fingerprint Login on my MacBook Computer?
You must have some hella interesting or valuable data on your Mac to worry about the risk of someone using your finger – detached from the rest of you! – to log in to your computer! Maybe Ethan Hunt in...
View ArticleHow to Enable “Open Recent” for your Mac apps?
In one of the weirder user interface choices in all of MacOS X, it turns out that the setting for “open recent” is actually in a centralized spot in settings, not actually within an app’s settings (or...
View ArticleHow Do I Look Up Words While Reading on My Mac?
Ever since the rise of interactive computers we live in a golden age of dictionaries and word definitions. Whether you’re reading a Web page, immersed in some email you just received or even checking...
View ArticleAccess Copy/Paste from the MacOS X Command Line?
While you may think that the Mac system, with its highly polished graphical interface, would be the last place to find a sophisticated command line interface, you’d be wrong! No, it’s not 1999 all over...
View ArticleHow Can I Customize my Mac Folder Icons?
User interface design for the last decade has been fighting between offering lots of customization and having a clean, standardized look to improve the overall aesthetic. Think MySpace versus Facebook....
View ArticleDelete Hidden Google Calendar from iCal?
Curiously enough, I too have had this problem once I hooked up my Google Calendar to my Apple Calendar. The basic problem is that Apple Calendar (aka iCal) subscribes to all of your Google Calendar...
View ArticleHow to find and cancel iTunes monthly subscriptions?
Companies are adept at slipping additional charges into our bills. Think of your cellphone or power bill: do you really go through every single line and ensure that you understand all of the nuances...
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