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How to Use the New Picture-in-Picture (PiP) Features of Safari 13

With macOS (Sierra and higher), Apple has provided a convenient — and fun — Picture in Picture (PiP) feature. You can “float” a video window from Safari or iTunes/Apple TV over your desktop or a full-screen app. You can see my article on how to use it here. However, with the introduction of Safari 13, Apple has kicked things up a...

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Customizing Catalina’s Desktop

You made it through the macOS Catalina installation, perhaps without any of the issues being reported by some users. Or if you did experience a few hiccups, you were able to resolve the issues and now Catalina is installed and working...

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Catalina Quick Tip: How to Find and Open DVD Player

You may think that Apple’s DVD Player app disappeared with macOS Mojave in 2018. It hasn’t and can be found in macOS Catalina, but Apple apparently wants you to think it has, even though the software has been upgraded to...

How to Downgrade from macOS Catalina to Mojave or Earlier

Did you upgrade to macOS Catalina and decide it's not for you? Perhaps a favorite app isn’t Catalina compatible, or changes in some of the apps Apple provides are not to your taste. Maybe your Mac just seems to be...

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