Early in the evolution of the Macintosh, folders became a way to logically organize documents. In the early 2000s with the release of Mac OS X, folders gained a number of different views that made it possible for Mac users...
(Mirroring an iOS device. Image via AirSquirrels.com.) When teaching other people about iOS, demonstrating usage of various iOS devices, screencasting, or podcasting, it's often useful to be able to mirror iOS devices to a Mac or PC so that the...
Time Machine is the built-in application in macOS that automates the process of backing up your data to an external drive. It's easy to use, and it makes recovering from a drive failure or a macOS update gone awry as...
This is the third installment in the Using the Mac's Accessibility Features series. If you missed the previous installments, you can catch up by reading: macOS 101: Getting Started With the Mac's Accessibility Features macOS 101: Using Accessibility's Vision and...
When you look inside a folder on a Mac, you see a collection of files and folders that can be acted upon -- you can open files and folders, delete them, move them, and so on. But did you realize that...
Last week, we started our foray into the Mac's Accessibility features with an overview of the services available, and a look at the General category, which provides quick access to many of the Accessibility features. If you would like to...
In this article, we’ll show you how to spoof a MAC address on a macOS computer running High Sierra. This is a technique for changing the factory-assigned physical Media Access Control (MAC) address of a network interface on a networked...
This is the first in a series of articles that will explore the Mac's built-in accessibility features that are designed to make using a Mac as easy as possible for everyone. Is the mouse cursor a bit too small? You...
Do you keep your Macs for longer periods of time than do most of your friends? I've been accused of hoarding my old Macs; for example, keeping an original 2006 Mac Pro running long after it should have been retired....
