In about two months, macOS Monterey comes out of beta testing and into the hands of Mac users. For those who can’t wait to give Monterey a try but don’t want to risk running a beta operating system on their...
To say that 2020 is a year we will not forget would be an understatement. With the bulk of the year taken up by a global pandemic, we have all had to quickly learn how to adapt. Even though we...
macOS Recovery is part of the built-in recovery system of your Mac. It can help you restore data from Time Machine, reinstall the operating system, get online help online, repair or erase a hard disk, and much more. You can start up from macOS Recovery and use its utilities to recover from many types of software issues or take other actions on your Mac such as...
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...
Installing a new version of the Mac OS is generally a fairly pain-free process; this trend continues with macOS Catalina. Even so, it's a good idea to review our Rocket Yard guides for a clean install of macOS Catalina as well as...
Like many developers and tech writers, I wanted to start working with macOS 10.15 Catalina as soon as I could. A vacation and some oral surgery delayed my experimentation, but I decided to give the new OS a try in...
It’s easy to rename a single file, folder, or disk with macOS. But what if you need to rename multiple items? Thankfully, this is relatively easy as well. Here’s how: Select the items in a Finder window or on the...
There are many features of the Mac that are often overlooked by new users, or simply forgotten about by those who have been using Macs for a while. In some cases, the feature is used once when setting up a...
