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Need a new Mac but don't want to spend "New Mac money"? This guide has you covered on how to research a successful used Mac purchase.

Spotlight is a handy macOS utility that allows you to quickly find documents, applications, files, and folders on your Mac. It can also serve up the latest weather forecast, movie times, currency exchange rates and even look up someone in...

Six-ounce dock with built-in cable storage – up to 100W of USB-C charging power – 1 HDMI and 2 USB 3.1 ports – SD card slot – for students, mobile professionals, creative pros, and prosumers. OWC has released the next...

We all have favorite apps that we tend to install right away on a new Mac. For the most part, these are the apps we use every day to assist us in how we use our Macs. Your favorites may...

The business end of my Yamaha Pacifica PAC-112V A few weeks ago, I introduced Rocket Yard readers to my new goal — to learn how to play electric guitar. If you read the linked article, you know the “why” of...

A bootable version of the macOS Catalina installer is one of the often-overlooked tools a Mac user should have on hand before upgrading to or performing a clean install of Catalina. The bootable installer you create in this guide will...

Buzz Aldrin's boot print on the lunar surface, July 20, 1969. Public domain image via NASA. Seeing the Rocket Yard article about the model rocket launch at OWC Headquarters on July 16 commemorating the launch of Apollo 11 fifty years...

The Apple Maps app has been included with the Mac OS since the release of OS X Mavericks. The Maps app provides mapping services that include directions, turn-by-turn navigation, transit time for car, public transit, and walking, 3D modeling of...

If you’ve been using Macs for a while, you may remember when Microsoft was offering Internet Explorer for the Mac. There was even a 5-year period (1997 through 2003) when it was the default browser for the Mac. Microsoft stopped...