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Quick Tip: Using Spotlight to Get a Weather Forecast

Especially in the winter months, it's helpful to get up-to-date weather forecasts while you're working on your Mac. After all, if a blizzard is on the way or the polar vortex is pushing the temperature down to double-digit negative numbers, you might want to delay an offsite meeting until things warm up or dry out. There's no need to pull...

Cloud Apps are the New “Portable Apps” for Mac

In the world of Windows PCs, one popular thing to do -- instead of lugging around a laptop on your travels -- is to load up a USB flash drive with what are called portable apps. These are applications that...

macOS 101: Mark It Up with Preview

Preview, the free PDF viewing app included with the Mac, can do a lot more than view images or open PDF files to view. It includes a number of features and services that can be used for editing PDFs, working...

How to select multiple files in the macOS Finder

Ever needed to select more than one item in the macOS Finder? It’s easy. But first a brief reminder on the difference between the Mac Finder and the Mac Desktop. The Finder is the first thing that you see when...

Tech Tip: Keep Your Electronics Warm During Cold Weather

(Cutaway view of internal HDD showing platter and read/write mechanism) Although the end of January is less than a week away, cold weather can still affect parts of the Northern Hemisphere for another three months or so. As unpleasant as...

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