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As a longtime tech writer, I'm sometimes asked how I get ideas for articles. Some of them come from readers who ask questions that intrigue me. The other day, an email arrived asking “I have an iMac running 10.13.6 and somehow when I start my Mac it tells me that my date and time is incorrect, but it’s not so I was wondering would you be able to explain to me in an easy way that I can understand: what’s going on?” Here's what the problem is, along with a solution.

The Mac has so many features that it’s not uncommon for new Mac users to overlook helpful tricks, as well as for old hands to simply forget about them. In this New Year, the Rocket Yard takes a look at often overlooked but surprisingly helpful tips for managing Mac's desktop.

Handoff is a tool that was designed into Apple’s operating systems to make it easy to copy and paste things like text and images between devices or answer a call coming into your iPhone on your Mac. It’s part of an overall scheme called Continuity that was developed by Apple to let users start work on one device, then continue on another. Did you know that Handoff also works well to transfer files? In this tech tip, we’ll show you how to transfer files from one Apple device to another easily.

Using an external device as your Mac’s primary startup device can offer a number of advantages, as we outlined in Using an External Drive as Your Startup Drive: Part 1. This can include having increased storage space, faster performance, the ability...

The long-awaited 16-inch MacBook Pro arrived today, touted by Apple as “by far the most powerful notebook we’ve ever made.” Probably the most desired feature of the new MacBook Pro is the new Magic Keyboard, which features a scissor mechanism with 1 mm of travel for responsive and quiet typing...without the mechanical issues of the troublesome butterfly-switch keyboard used on recent models. The new laptop replaces the 15-inch MacBook Pro and starts at $2,799.

If you just upgraded to a new Mac, or used the clean install method to upgrade to macOS Catalina, chances are you’re going to need to copy information from your old Mac, or older Mac OS, to your upgraded Mac. There...

Did you upgrade to macOS Catalina and decide it's not for you? Perhaps a favorite app isn’t Catalina compatible, or changes in some of the apps Apple provides are not to your taste. Maybe your Mac just seems to be...

In macOS Catalina, the Find My iPhone and Find My Friends apps are combined into one app that can be used to help you find a missing device and/or find out where your friends are. You can locate a missing...

On September 24, 2019, Apple officially releases iPadOS 13 — the first version of its operating system specifically for the iPad line. While the Rocket Yard staff has been preparing you for macOS 10.15 Catalina, we’ve been quiet on the...