Safe mode and single-user mode are two of the special start-up modes that your Mac can be powered up to. They're often used to troubleshoot issues a Mac may be experiencing or to assist in isolating and repairing some common...
Four years ago, David Rosenthal excitedly assembled his first Apple MainStage rig for live performances. That excitement quickly died when the keyboardist hit a roadblock. “I set up conventional hard drives with FireWire 800, and I programmed up some songs,”...
(Image courtesy of pro-tools-expert.com.) For creative workflows, project archives, and system backups, the next generation Mercury Elite Pro Dual with Thunderbolt 2 technology is the perfect RAID solution. Inside The Elite Pro Dual are two drives, that can be easily...
First, it was computer viruses, then other forms of malware. Now there's a new threat out there: stalkerware. If you haven't heard the term "stalkerware" before, it's probably because it's something that has only surfaced in the past few months thanks...
Many Mac users never give deleted emails a second thought. You delete it, and it's gone... or is it? In this Tech Tip, we'll discuss what Apple Mail does with those trashed emails, whether or not you can get them back,...
Even with the bigger hard drives, SSDs, and Fusion drives in modern Macs, it's still possible to run low on storage space. Especially on the MacBook and MacBook Air with 128GB of SSD storage, storing a lot of video, photographs,...
Chances are you've never had any problems with your Mac and this guide to common Mac error messages won't be of interest to you. Just kidding. It's much more likely that you've seen at least a few of these error...
We're in the middle of summer here in the northern hemisphere, which means that for most of those in the temperate zones, it's hot. Humans don't do well in extended hot conditions, nor do our favorite consumer electronics. In this post,...
I'm pretty sure my web browser (Safari) is the most often used app on my Mac, though it could also be my mail client (Apple Mail). Both are always running whenever my Mac is on. But it's no doubt the...
