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In macOS, there’s a default printer by, well, default. It’s the one selected when the Print dialog opens. However, it’s easy to change the default printer — or change a printer’s name. Change Your Default Printer: Choose "Apple menu > System Preferences," then click Printers & Scanners. Click the “Default printer” pop-up menu, then choose an option.If you want the same printer to always...
Hang around a group of Mac power users long enough, and eventually, you’ll hear the term eGPU. As you can probably surmise from this article’s headline, eGPU is an acronym for “external Graphics Processing Unit.” The acronym is pronounced “eee-gee-pee-you,” not “egg-poo.” It describes an external chassis that is connected to a laptop computer via a high-bandwidth connection cable and provides more graphics processing power than is available from the laptop’s internal graphics processing unit (GPU). Let’s get into some more detail!
The Calendar app in macOS includes maps, weather, and travel time to make setting up and sharing your events easy. It’s also easy to create a new calendar. Create a Calendar By default, macOS includes two calendars in the Calendar...
Recently, I took advantage of the price cut and bought the Sean Connery, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan collections of James Bond movies, as well as “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” with George Lazenby’s one and only appearance as 007....
In the course of a few months, most of us have become accustomed to wearing face masks when we're outside of our homes or businesses. If you own an iPhone X or 11, one thing is probably driving you slightly crazy about having to wear a mask — Face ID doesn't recognize you. Trevor Tan, a reporter with the Straits Times of Singapore, outlined a simple method of setting up Face ID so it works with or without a mask, and I'm happy to say that it works!
We are all familiar with the standard hyphen symbol and know what it's called. It is primarily used to hyphenate words (hence its name) and often used as the minus sign (-) in math. But what about those dashes that appear more extended than a hyphen? What are they used for, and how do you type them? This quick little guide should help you out.
