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Spring is traditionally the time to clean out the cobwebs, dust, and dirt that have collected after you’ve been closed up in the house all winter. As long as you’re in a cleaning mode, it’s a good idea to take the time to clean up your Mac and other electronic equipment. Dust, dirt, and even cobwebs have been known to cling to a Mac, and not only mar the look, but also block airflow, or hinder the working of mechanical components. Taking the time to clean your Mac can help extend its useful life. As long as you’re doing a bit of cleaning, you may as well do a little Mac maintenance as well, to ensure your Mac not only looks good, but also continues to perform at its best.

Catalina Quick Tip iCloud Keychain is a convenient, time-saving feature. One useful thing it does is keep website login information and credit card information you use with AutoFill in Safari on macOS and iOS. iCloud Keychain also stores account settings,...

Recent Macs have been missing something that has been part of the Macintosh experience since 1984 -- the startup chime. For example, the 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro is silent during startup, along with other new Mac models. Fortunately, a few Twitter users showed that a simple Terminal command can bring back the chime.

With a subscription to Apple News+, you can access hundreds of magazines, newspapers, and digital publishers in the News app on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. And if you use Family Sharing, everyone in your family automatically has access...

Gatekeeper, part of the Mac's security system for ensuring files you download or install on your Mac are safe to use, has been around in one form or another for quite a while. Primarily intended to prevent various forms of malware from...

My recent experience with water damage to my new 16-inch MacBook Pro reinforced two practices that I've followed for many years; making a bootable backup and creating a bootable macOS install drive. While I was able to reload my MacBook...

With macOS Mojave, Apple has added support for favicons (short for "favorite icons”) in Safari tabs. Favicons are those little icons that let you quickly identify which of your open tabs is which website. A favicon is a file containing...

"Stacks" is a feature introduced in macOS Leopard (although the official name at the time was Mac OS X Leopard). It was available in the Dock, but nowhere else. The feature "Stacked" files into a small organized folder on the...

The Mac has so many features that it’s not uncommon for new Mac users to overlook helpful tricks, as well as for old hands to simply forget about them. In this New Year, the Rocket Yard takes a look at often overlooked but surprisingly helpful tips for managing Mac's desktop.