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Tux the penguin, the official mascot of Linux Linux is an open-source Unix-like operating system that has been available in one form or another since 1991. Many servers operate on Linux, which is probably its primary use case. Early on in the Linux timeline, it was thought that the operating system would be popular for home and educational use; instead, those...
The Mac OS is chock full of hidden areas where data, information, or features have been secreted away from Mac users. One of these clandestine locations is the users library folder, commonly written out as ~/Library/. What's In Your Library?...
Live Photos are magical! The camera on your iPhone 6s/6s Plus, iPhone 7/7 Plus or iPhone SE snaps a "photo" that records what's happening 1.5 seconds before and after you tap the shutter button, so all movement and sound is captured...
Trash on the Mac is quite similar to its real-world analogue -- anything that you place into the trash can remains there until you "take out the trash". In the real world, you eventually empty a trash can into a...
Passwords. They're one of the banes of modern life. I know I should be using unique and strong passwords for every account or service I use. But when you consider that the minimum requirements for a strong password can include:...
As part of the built-in security of macOS Sierra, users are required to enter a password when logging onto a Mac. Security experts suggest that passwords be changed on a regular basis to make it harder for those passwords to...
