Siri, Apple’s “personal digital assistant,” is pretty handy. But what if you don’t like the default voice of the "personal digital assistant”? No problem, you can change it on a Mac running macOS Sierra or later, as well as tweak other settings. Here's how...
Have you ever been in the hard drive aisle at the electronics store and wondered, “Hey, will this drive work on my computer?” Worry not! This article will help you better understand what all those drive formats mean and which...
As you may recall, I've offered several solutions for creating virtual machines on M1 Macs. UTM, for example, is a low-cost way to run Windows and Linux on Apple Silicon. Earlier this month, Parallels released Parallels Desktop 16.5, offering native...
It’s easy to use Safari in macOS Sierra (and later) and iCloud Keychains to keep your credit card data in sync between your Mac and iOS devices. And it’s easy to add or remove a credit card. Note: Keychain is...
macOS Sierra introduced a Tags feature, which offered a way to organize your files. macOS Mojave introduced the new Finder Quick Actions that let you perform quick edits to files without having to open the apps associated with them. Both...
You can use the Disk Utility in macOS to create a disk image from a disk or a connected device. A disk image (.dmg file) is a file that looks and acts like a mountable device or volume. What is...
The Dictation feature of macOS allows you to talk where you would type. You can reply to an email, search the web, or write a report using just your voice. Here’s how: Navigate to any text field, activate Dictation, then...
The Keychain Access app in macOS lets you view the keys, certificates, passwords, account information, notes, and other info stored in a keychain. A keychain is a locked, encrypted container used in Keychain Access to store account names and passwords....
March 24, 2001, was a banner day for Mac users. On that day, twenty years ago, Apple introduced the next generation of the Mac operating system – Mac OS X 10.0 "Cheetah." The introduction was no small matter, as it...
