In March 2020, Apple acquired Dark Sky, an iOS/Android app that offers “hyperlocal” weather info with down-to-the-minute forecasts. Some of its features have been rolled into the Weather widget on macOS Big Sur. One is the addition of precipitation predictions...
Over the years, we’ve recommended using DiskMaker X as a quick and easy way to create a bootable install disk for various versions of macOS. Guillaume Gète, the developer of DiskMaker X, has decided to call it quits with the...
If you wish, you can rename your macOS user account and your home folder, both of which were named when you created the account. Before you proceed... The name of your user account and home folder have to be the...
“Sign in with Apple” is available on macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and the web. It’s designed to make it easy for users to sign in to their apps and websites using their Apple ID. Instead of filling out forms, verifying email...
UPDATE: April 28, 2021With the release of macOS 11.3 yesterday, Apple has now fixed the bug that prevented the SoftRAID driver from loading on M1 Macs. After updating to this new macOS release, the SoftRAID version 6 driver will load...
Boot Camp and Boot Camp Assistant allow you to install Windows on your Mac. It's a nice capability that lets you select – at boot time – which operating system you wish to use: macOS or Windows. One of the downsides...
With Family Sharing on the Mac, you can create Apple IDs for kiddos under 13. This means they can participate in Family Sharing and use other Apple services such as iCloud, iMessage, and FaceTime. To participate in Family Sharing, all...
So, you got that new iPhone 12 Pro Max for Christmas! You immediately sold your old phone to someone on eBay. In your excitement, you forgot to turn off Activation Lock. Now the new owner is yelling at you in...
Today, I am going to write about trends in Mac threats. But first, I want to provide some data. Mac malware detections are gaining on Windows. In 2019, Macs were infected almost two times more than Windows. Mac malware detections...
