macOS Sierra introduced a Tags feature, which offered a way to organize your files. macOS Mojave introduced the new Finder Quick Actions that let you perform quick edits to files without having to open the apps associated with them. Both...
You can use the Disk Utility in macOS to create a disk image from a disk or a connected device. A disk image (.dmg file) is a file that looks and acts like a mountable device or volume. What is...
The Dictation feature of macOS allows you to talk where you would type. You can reply to an email, search the web, or write a report using just your voice. Here’s how: Navigate to any text field, activate Dictation, then...
The Keychain Access app in macOS lets you view the keys, certificates, passwords, account information, notes, and other info stored in a keychain. A keychain is a locked, encrypted container used in Keychain Access to store account names and passwords....
We’ve all been there. Haven’t we? When your perfectly fine Mac becomes an oversized paperweight because everything has been updated and your computers no longer play nicely with hard drives, apps, or other peripheral devices.
Apple’s myriad devices work together seamlessly — except when they don’t. I recently ran across an irritating problem in that my Mac quit allowing me to send messages in the Messages app. It took me a while to find the...
Over the years, we’ve recommended using DiskMaker X as a quick and easy way to create a bootable install disk for various versions of macOS. Guillaume Gète, the developer of DiskMaker X, has decided to call it quits with the...
Admittedly, this Thunderbolt article has an odd title. But it's not random... Keith Shively and I meet every-other Friday to discuss how the blog is doing. We go over more statistics than you can imagine – what the traffic patterns...
Big News! Now that Big Sur has arrived, we have been doing our fair share of testing. One of the big questions people have is, "will all my Thunderbolt gear work with macOS 11 Big Sur?" As we mentioned in...
