Originally introduced with OS X El Capitan, System Integrity Protection, usually referred to as SIP, is a security feature built into the Mac operating system that’s designed to protect most system locations, system processes, and Kernel extensions from being written to,...
Disk Utility, the macOS Swiss Army knife for working with disks and storage volumes, may have a few blades missing, especially when it comes to working with unformatted drives and unused space on a disk or storage volume. In versions...
Many Apple fans love the Notes app in macOS and iOS. It's easy to use, it's surprisingly powerful, and since it is cross-platform, a note saved to iCloud on one device shows up on all devices logged into the same...
I was expecting a version of the macOS that would mostly be about security and performance, but while I expected a fastball, Apple threw us a curve. Apple announced that macOS Mojave not only included the expected security, performance, and privacy...
Apple announced macOS 10.14 Mojave, the anticipated follow-up to High Sierra, at today's WWDC 2018 keynote. And while iOS 12 didn't drop compatibility from the list of devices that work with iOS 11, Mojave does drop support for some Macs....
Whether you're a fan of podcasts, music, or just have a lot of little audio files that you've accumulated (from voice memos on an iPhone, for example), you may want to listen to those files without adding them to your...
Disk Utility has long been the workhorse of choice for dealing with hard drives, SSDs, and disk images. With the advent of APFS (Apple File System) with macOS High Sierra, Disk Utility acquired some additional capabilities that allow it to...
In just less than two months, Apple holds its annual World Wide Developer Conference. At WWDC 2018, we expect to see what's new for all of Apple's operating systems from iOS to watchOS. This could also be the year that...
Most Mac users are aware of Time Machine, the backup utility that’s part of macOS. What you may not know is that you may be able to restore data that is lost or corrupted even if your Time Machine backup disk...
