Macs are more popular than ever, thanks to a “halo effect” from buyers of iPhones and iPads who decide to make the switch from Windows to macOS. Like all computers, Macs tend to slow down a bit after a few...
Last week, we started our exploration of Finder customization by looking at the Icon and List view options. If you would like to review the first installment, you'll find it in the Rocket Yard article: Mac 101: Customizing Finder Views,...
Perhaps you're getting a new Mac over the holidays. Whether it's a sleek MacBook or MacBook Pro, an iMac, or perhaps a powerful new iMac Pro, we'd like to start off the relationship with your new Mac on the right foot. To do...
Other World Computing has announced Aura Pro X SSD Flash upgrade availability to now include the 2.0TB model, providing up to an incredible 16X more capacity than an existing Apple factory drive as well as twice the maximum capacity option ever available...
The Finder is the operating system's default file manager for viewing and working with the Mac's filing system. It allows us to easily see and work with the hierarchical organizational structure inherent in our Macs. To help us easily find,...
Your Mac really does try to be helpful. In the past few versions of macOS, Apple built in the ability for the operating system to suggest additions to Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, and even Maps based on information received in emails...
It's that time of year when visions of sugar plum fairies bringing us new Macs dance through our heads. Or more likely, you're considering buying a new Mac to replace an older model, or to give as a gift to...
After 16 months of using and testing APFS—Apple's new file system—I’ve come to the conclusion that you probably don’t want to use it on HDDs (disks with rotating platters). Why? Well, to understand why APFS and HDDs are not well...
You may have heard rumblings about an incredibly bad bug in macOS High Sierra that allows anyone to walk up to a Mac and log in as a root superuser without needing a password. Now the root superuser has ultimate...
