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Last week we kicked off our Introduction to the Mac's Terminal App with a quick look at using and customizing Terminal, using the Bash shell to run a few commands; in our example, we used Terminal to modify the Mac's Dock. In this installment we'll delve deeper into the Bash shell, including creating a basic shell script, and looking at...
Our Macs are remarkably reliable and are evolving to be even more reliable as moving parts like fans and hard disk drives are replaced with passive cooling systems and solid state drives. But there are still members of the Mac...
In last week's article, I discussed how iCloud Photo Library works to synchronize all of your photos and videos on all of your devices -- Mac, iOS, Apple TV, Windows PCs and so on -- so that regardless of the...
Terminal may be one of the least used but most powerful apps included with a Mac. At first glance, Terminal seems to be the antithesis of the Mac's friendly GUI (Graphical User Interface), presenting instead a simple command line interface...
It’s an inevitability that all HDDs eventually fail. However, being prepared for drive failure can lessen the potential impact on your workflow. SoftRAID, the premier software RAID solution, makes failure prediction possible with its built-in monitor. Most disks will start...
The holidays are hitting this month and that means time with family and friends as well as making memories with your iPhone or iPad camera. You might very well take enough photos or video to run out of space on your iOS...
