Whenever you download something on your Mac, it goes into one place by default — the Downloads folder. Normally you download files from your web browser, but other apps also use Downloads as a repository for files transferred to your...
Ten years ago this week, on April 12, 2011, at the NAB Supermeet, Apple made an announcement that would literally send a shockwave throughout the film and video industry. Their popular non-linear editing (NLE) system, Final Cut Pro 7, was...
The M1 Mac Family Have an M1 Mac? You can create an external, bootable drive for it — but the disk won’t work with Intel Macs. There are benefits to having an external, bootable drive. For example, it allows you...
One question that new Mac users often ask is whether they should shut down their computers at the end of the day or just let them sleep. The quick answer is that sleep is better for your Mac, and in...
Do you have multiple files you need to rename? Thankfully, batch-renaming files in macOS isn’t difficult. Here’s how: Start in the Finder. And remember not to confuse the Finder with the Desktop. The Finder is the first thing that you...
Apple updated the Find My app today, finally allowing third-party products to use Apple’s Find My network. This secure and private network is made up of hundreds of millions of Apple devices. Device manufacturers can now build products that utilize...
Over two months ago, I wrote about the bug Apple introduced into macOS 11.2 that prevented the SoftRAID driver from loading on M1 Macs. Here is where things stand.
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....
Today is March 31, the day we use to advise readers to back up their devices regularly and not be "April fools". This day has a name: World Backup Day. The goal? Reminding everyone to back up their data. If...
