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How to Control Another Mac on a Network with Screen Sharing

One of the more useful things you can do as a Mac expert is to help others in your company or home who need assistance. There are a lot of third-party apps and services that let you share your screen with another person or control the Mac of another user, but most of them have a cost associated with them....

How to Run Android Apps on Your Chromebook or Mac…or Not

A while back I showed readers of the Rocket Yard how to take an old MacBook and repurpose it as a Chromebook -- a computer that runs Google Chrome as a web-based operating system. Today I'm going to take the cross-platform...

Why Hard Drives Fail and Why You Should Have a Backup Plan

Like death and taxes, there's one more thing that's an absolute in life - all hard disk drives (HDDs) will eventually fail. It's not a matter of "if" the drive will fail, just "when" it will stop working. That's why we...

Get the New iOS 10 and macOS Wallpapers Right Now

The cover was taken off of iOS 10 and the freshly named macOS Sierra at WWDC this month, with the usual performance and aesthetic improvements. One of the minor updates many Apple fans look forward to is the new default...

Rocket Yard Guide: How to Optimize Your Mac for Gaming

Macs are great gaming machines. But even great machines need maintenance to stay in good working order. This guide will help you make software and hardware adjustments to keep your Mac as speedy as possible over the long haul so...

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