It may not be the best kept secret, but you don’t have to use Apple-branded keyboards with your Mac. You have a wide range of keyboards to choose from, including most of the keyboards made for use with Windows. I'll...
Disk Utility, in all of its incarnations, has always had a restore function, a way to copy a disk volume or image file to another volume, creating an exact copy. We often think of this as cloning a drive, so...
When you're troubleshooting a Wi-Fi network, it's often helpful to know whether or not a particular device is "visible" from your Wi-Fi router, what the signal strength is at that device, and so on. The macOS AirPort Utility (found in...
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...
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...
It’s so nice to have a new Mac! You turn it on the first time and are usually filled with amazement at how fast the Mac is running. Pretty soon, though, you’re finding that the new Mac is running as...
Speaking from personal experience, downloading and trying out new Mac utilities can quickly become an addiction. I've probably deleted more utilities than have been created for the Mac. How is that possible? Because I sometimes forget which ones I've already...
Rocket Yard Contributor Steve Sande is out of the country on a great adventure, so he’ll be providing readers with a lot of helpful tips over the next month that can help them use their tech gear confidently and safely...
Rocket Yard Contributor Steve Sande is out of the country on a great adventure, so he’ll be providing readers with a lot of helpful tips over the next month that can help them use their tech gear confidently and safely...
