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Tom Nelson

Tom Nelson
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Tom has been an enthusiastic Mac user since the Mac Plus. He’s also been known to dabble in the dark side, otherwise known as Windows, and has a well-deserved reputation for being able to explain almost anything to anybody. Tom’s background includes more than 30 years as an engineer, programmer, network manager, software tester, software reviewer, database designer, and computer network and systems designer. His online experience includes working as a sysop, forum leader, writer, and software library manager.

Access Your Hidden Library Folder With These Five Easy Tricks

The Mac OS is chock full of hidden areas where data, information, or features have been secreted away from Mac users. One of these clandestine locations is the users library folder, commonly written out as ~/Library/. What's In Your Library?...

You Don’t Have to Be a Rocket Scientist to Manage Passwords

Passwords. They're one of the banes of modern life. I know I should be using unique and strong passwords for every account or service I use. But when you consider that the minimum requirements for a strong password can include:...

How to Utilize the Most Useful Mac OS Utilities

The Mac comes equipped with a number of apps, including Safari, Mail, Photos, Calendar, Contacts, and many more, that are used every day by most Mac users. There's also a class of apps known as utilities that are often overlooked...

How to Use Mac’s Disk Utility to Securely Wipe a Drive

There may come a time when you want to completely remove all traces of information on your Mac's drives. It may be because you're selling or donating your Mac, and you want all your personal information wiped clean from the...

How to Exercise Control Over Spotlight Indexing on Your Mac

Spotlight, the Mac's primary search tool, was introduced with OS X Tiger. As most original versions do, Spotlight lacked a few features and had some minor issues, but for the most part, it just seemed to work. One issue that...

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