{"id":43339,"date":"2018-01-02T09:15:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=43339"},"modified":"2018-01-04T11:56:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T17:56:58","slug":"new-to-mac-here-are-5-high-sierra-utilities-you-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/43339-new-to-mac-here-are-5-high-sierra-utilities-you-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"New to Mac? Here Are 5 High Sierra Utilities You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If early sales figures are any indication, many shoppers purchased Macs during the recent holiday season. That\u2019s not a surprise: sales of Macs have been rising for years as people decide to extend the Apple user experience they\u2019ve come to know from the iPhone to their \u201cPC\u201d. In today\u2019s article, we\u2019ll introduce readers to five utility apps in macOS 10.13 High Sierra that are sure to be useful when trying to troubleshoot some problems.<\/p>\n

What are utilities? In the world of computers, they are apps \u2014 usually included as part of the operating system \u2014 that provide a look into the operation of your machine. On the Mac, they\u2019re found in the Utilities folder inside of the Applications folder.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an easy way to get to the Utilities folder: from the Finder, select Go > Utilities to display all of the Utilities currently shipped with macOS (see screenshot below).<\/p>\n

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(The Utilities folder contains a number of utility apps, including some added by developers such as Adobe.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Activity Monitor<\/strong>
\nThe first utility to learn about is Activity Monitor, which tracks the CPU, memory, energy, disk and network usage of every application or background process running on your Mac. The background processes are applications that are launched by the operating system at system startup in order to perform a variety of functions.<\/p>\n

When launched, Activity Monitor displays a list of the processes currently running on your Mac (see screenshot below). Clicking on the various tabs across the top will then show you details on CPU usage (by % of CPU used, CPU time, number of threads, and more), memory (RAM) usage, energy usage, disk usage, and network usage (sent and received bytes and packets).<\/p>\n

\"Activity
(Activity Monitor is a powerful utility for determining which processes on a Mac are using the most CPU time, RAM, energy, disk access, or network resources.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What can Activity Monitor be used for? If your Mac begins acting sluggish for no apparent reason, launch Activity Monitor and see what processes are using more of the computer\u2019s processor power than the others.<\/p>\n

The Network tab in Activity Monitor gives a similar view of what\u2019s using the most of your network bandwidth. Unsurprisingly, on my MacBook Pro as I\u2019m writing this article, I see that most of the network usage is taken up by mDNSresponder \u2014 a \u201cdaemon\u201d (background process) that runs Domain Name Service on your Mac to let it talk to web services around the world. Seeing sluggish response from the Internet? The network tab can show you if an unknown, oddly-named daemon is using most of your network bandwidth \u2014 which may indicate that malware has been installed on your Mac and is sending your data to a hacker somewhere\u2026<\/p>\n

Laptop users may find it interesting to see what apps are using the most energy. Clicking the Energy tab reveals a list of the average energy impact of every app running on your Mac. On my MacBook Pro, Safari and Mail are the biggest energy users, so I know that if I\u2019m not using one or both of the apps it\u2019s a good idea to shut it down to save battery.<\/p>\n

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(Under the “gear” icon is a menu item for running detailed System Diagnostics.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There\u2019s one more use of Activity Monitor \u2014 finding out if something is really seriously wrong with your Mac. Under the \u201cgear\u201d menu (so named because of the gear-shaped icon) is a selection for \u201cRun System Diagnostics\u201d (see screenshot above). Doing this will take some time, and when it is completed a gzipped folder will be saved on the Desktop showing you how all of the subsystems of your Mac are faring. The data that\u2019s gathered is comprehensive, and it\u2019s probably only of use to Apple engineers. If you\u2019re ever asked by an Apple Genius or other support tech to run System Diagnostics, you\u2019ll know how to do it.<\/p>\n

AirPort Utility<\/strong>
\nAs of the beginning of 2018, we\u2019re not sure if Apple is planning to continue to develop and market AirPort Wi-Fi products, but in the meantime, one of the more useful utilities is AirPort Utility. This utility works with the AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express and AirPort Time Capsule routers.<\/p>\n

Launch the app and you\u2019ll see a simple diagram showing \u201cThe Internet\u201d and your router (see image below). Green lights next to each indicate that everything\u2019s running smoothly; a yellow light on Internet usually means that your ISP is having difficulties, while a yellow light next to your AirPort router is telling you that it\u2019s rebooting or having issues.<\/p>\n

\"The
(The simple AirPort Utility interface provides access to a lot of information about a wireless network.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Utility also notifies Mac users if a firmware update is available for their router; since many these updates deal with security, it\u2019s a good idea to pay attention to the notifications and update your AirPort device ASAP.<\/p>\n

Click on the Internet icon and you’ll see the external IP address for your router, the DNS servers it is using, and the domain name of the router (in this case, service is provided by Comcast.net).<\/p>\n

Click on the picture of your AirPort and you\u2019ll see a list of devices that are currently connected to the router. That list can be quite long depending on how many wireless devices you have; not just things like Macs, iPhones and iPads, but home automation devices and accessories as well. Hovering the pointer over any of the “wireless clients” in the list shows detailed information on the name, internal IP address, the MAC address (also known as hardware address), signal quality, data rate, received signal strength indication, and what PHY (ISO physical layer) mode is being used for the connection. For Wi-Fi connections, this will usually be something like 802.11b\/g\/n.<\/p>\n

AirPort Utility is also used to change your AirPort\u2019s password and the SSID password, something that should be done by every computer user from time to time. The device has a password to keep unauthorized people from changing settings, and there\u2019s also the Wi-Fi password that\u2019s used to encrypt your wireless connectivity. This is done by clicking the small Edit button on the lower right corner of the device list (highlighted in red in the screenshot above). As seen in the screenshot below, the Base Station password is changed under the Base Station tab. The SSID (wireless network name) and password for the network can be changed under the Wireless tab.<\/p>\n

\"Clicking
(Clicking the Edit button on the list of wireless clients opens this editing interface.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keychain Utility<\/strong>
\nKeychain Utility is used to look at and edit the iCloud Keychain, the online storehouse for user names and passwords. In the past, it didn\u2019t sync to other devices through iCloud, but now any and all logins, credit card numbers, secret notes and so on that you tell the device to save are not only saved locally, but to all of your other Apple devices as well.<\/p>\n

Perhaps at one point you were asked by Safari if you wanted to save a user ID and password for a website. If you allowed Safari to do so, that information was stored as encrypted data in the iCloud Keychain. At some point you may need to look up a password you’ve forgotten, and that’s quite easy to do in Keychain Utility.<\/p>\n

\"Web
(Web form, application, and internet passwords are stored in the iCloud Keychain. Note: some personal data obscured in this screenshot).<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the image above, the user has 835 items stored in iCloud Keychain. To recover a password that may have been forgotten — especially if it hasn’t been used lately — double-clicking one of the entries displays a dialog showing the attributes of that entry. To view the password, check the “Show password” checkbox highlighted in the screenshot below. Enter your Mac administrator password to see the password.<\/p>\n

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(Check the “Show password” box and enter the administrator password to view the saved password.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

System Information<\/strong>
\nThe System Information utility is perfect for learning more about the hardware used in your Mac. Each item listed under hardware displays a detailed description when clicked. For example, to learn what audio devices are connected to or built into your Mac, click on the Audio item in the list. Find out what Bluetooth devices are paired with your Mac and what the configuration of those devices has been set to by clicking on Bluetooth. Clicking the top-level “Hardware” listing shows the type of CPU<\/p>\n

\"The
(The hardware overview shows the model of Mac, processor name and speed, and more.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

System Information can be used to help troubleshoot hardware issues as well. If a particular Mac component — say Wi-Fi — on an older Mac isn’t working suddenly for some reason, open System Information and click on that component in the hardware list. It may show that the component doesn’t exist, in which case the hardware has either malfunctioned or a cable or connector has loosened.<\/p>\n

There’s an amazing amount of information that can be found using the System Information utility. Want to get even more info about Wi-Fi than you can find in the AirPort Utility? Click on “Wi-Fi” under the Network section of System Information, and it’s possible to learn the supported Wi-Fi modes and channels for your Mac, whether or not it supports AirDrop, and even the details about every Wi-Fi network within range of your Mac. System Information is fun and useful, and definitely worth poking around in since you can’t break anything while using it.<\/p>\n

Disk Utility<\/strong>
\nDisk Utility is a utility that CAN break things if used incorrectly, so be sure that you either know what you’re doing with this app before you start or have written instructions in front of you to follow. Disk Utility is used to perform “First Aid” on disks that are acting up, to partition physical drives into logical volumes, to erase and reformat drives, to unmount devices, and to restore disk images.<\/p>\n

In the most basic view, Disk Utility displays the total capacity of the drive (in the screenshot below, it’s a 2.11TB Fusion Drive), the used and free space, and some additional information. One important use of Disk Utility is to run First Aid, which can fix common problems that may arise. If your disk is acting oddly and if files aren’t being saved or can’t be opened, it’s a good idea to fire up Disk Utility, highlight your disk drive, and then click First Aid. It first does a scan of the disk’s directory, then fixes problems if it finds them. Note that the First Aid feature does prevent access to apps while it’s running, so be sure to let it finish its job unimpeded.<\/p>\n

\"Disk
(Disk Utility, showing basic information about the boot disk in a Mac.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Considering selling or giving away a Mac? To delete all of the data on the Mac and then install a clean copy of the operating system, restart your Mac while holding down Option-R on the keyboard. The Mac boots into its Recovery Partition, and one of the available apps is Disk Utility. Use Disk Utility to erase the Mac’s boot drive, then Install macOS to install a fresh copy of the operating system. For the new user, it’s just like getting a brand new Mac with no apps or data on it.<\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite Utility? Let us know in the comments section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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