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Macs can operate in macOS Recovery Mode, which allows you to run emergency maintenance on your desktop or laptop. It’s a special mode that loads native recovery tools that help you restore from a Time Machine backup, get help online, reinstall macOS, or erase a hard disk and more. The recovery tools are loaded from a special disk partition holding...
I’ve recently started using multiple monitors. Again.And I’ve completely forgotten how to move the dock from one monitor to another. Again.So now I am aggravated with myself and highly embarrassed. Again.Not to mention that I’m going to have to look...
Starting with macOS Catalina, iTunes was broken up into separate apps: Apple Music (where your iTunes media library is located), Apple TV (the app, not the set-top box or streaming service — yes, it’s confusing), Apple Books app, and Apple Podcasts app. The result was some tweaks to the way playlists were handled. But, not to worry, it’s still relatively easy.
In macOS, System Preferences controls many of the settings that make your Mac different from every other Mac. While most of us are familiar with a handful of these preferences, today we’ll look at some that are less well known....
macOS sports a “Mission Control” feature that comes in very handy. Dashboard, Exposé, and Spaces were combined together and renamed Mission Control in 2011 with the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. (Mac OS X was renamed simply macOS...
I've been working from home for a long time now, and more and more folks like me are joining the WFH numbers thanks to the COVID pandemic. Whether this is a temporary or permanent situation, you may find yourself (as...
