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Is Your Drive Failing? A Replacement SATA Cable Might Be The Fix

A recent comment from a happy OWC customer pointed out that something as simple as a bad cable can cause an internal hard drive or SSD to appear to be failing. For this customer, the Mac's system report (accessible from the Apple menu > About this Mac... > System Report) showed that the drive was failing, so it was time to replace...

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macOS 101: How to Manage, View Downloads in Safari

In the macOS Safari web browser, you can choose where downloaded files are deposited. By default they’re located in your Downloads folder. You can find the Downloads folder by going to the Users folder on your Mac’s hard drive and...

macOS 101: How to Take Full Advantage of the Dock

The Mac’s Dock is the place where you can keep items you use frequently. You can add or remove items from the Dock, make it larger or smaller, or even hide it altogether. Folders in the Dock are called stacks....

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,...

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...

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