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...
Whether you’re a Mac newbie or have used a Mac since 1984, there are probably things you didn’t know about one of the most visible aspects of the macOS user interface — the Dock. Today in the first of a...
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...
Having problems figuring out how much free space is available on your Mac? You're not the only one. With the arrival of macOS Sierra, Apple changed how the OS calculates free space on a Mac. The change has more than...
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...
"To sleep, perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub." While neither Hamlet nor Shakespeare had computers available, the famous line from Hamlet's soliloquy does describe a problem many Mac users have experienced: their Macs being in such a sound sleep...
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...
With each new version of the Mac OS come new tips and tricks hidden away in the operating system. While new discoveries are fun to find and share with Rocket Yard readers, it's also fun to rediscover tips for past...
How often have you heard the phrase "make sure you have a backup"? In our tips and articles, we tend to dispense that advice often, usually just before providing instructions for performing some task or other that could lead to...
