Twitter threads are the worst. Don’t make them.
How to Turn Twitter Threads Into Readable Blog Posts
Twitter threads are the worst. Don’t make them.
Twitter threads are the worst. Don’t make them.
How to Make the Mouse Cursor Bigger or Smaller on Your Mac
The macOS cursor isn’t tiny, but some people have trouble seeing it. If you’re one of them, you might want to make it bigger, and it’s not hard to do so.
How to Test Your Internet Speed from the Command Line
Want to quickly check the speed of your current Internet connection? With speedtest-cli you can run a test in the command prompt, on any operating system.
How to Disable Window Transparency in macOS
There are a lot of transparency effects in macOS these days. You can see it twice in the Finder window above: the colors from the desktop wallpaper show through the left sidebar, and the pictures I’m scrolling past bleed through the top of the window. You can even see this while scrolling.
How to Empty the macOS Trash on Your External Drives
You know that flash drive full of kitten pictures you carry at all times? Of course you do: we all have one. Sometimes you want to free up some space on your kitten drive, so you drag a couple gigs of old pictures to the Trash on your Mac.
How to Enable macOS’ Dark Menu Bar and Dock
You’ve seen it in screenshots: a black menu bar, and a black dock. How did they do that?
What Is blued, and Why Is It Running on My Mac?
You’re looking through Activity Monitor when you notice a process called blued. Should you be worried that this is running? No: it’s the process that powers Bluetooth on your Mac.
How to Run Your Mac’s Boot Camp Partition as a Virtual Machine
Sometimes you want to quickly run a Windows program, without restarting your Mac. Sometimes you need access to all your Mac’s computing power for a Windows program or game. All of this makes it hard to decide whether you should dual boot with Boot Camp or use a virtual machine.
How to Install Windows on a Mac With Boot Camp
Thanks to the switch from PowerPC to Intel many years ago, a Mac is just another PC. Sure, Macs come with macOS, but you can easily install Windows alongside macOS using Apple’s built-in Boot Camp feature.
How to Set Up Network File Sharing on macOS, Without Sharing Your Username and Password
Sharing files over the network is convenient, but not without risks. If you leave permissions open, anyone on the network can see all of your files, which isn’t ideal on large networks. But if you lock things down you’ll have to share your Mac’s user account with anyone who needs access to the files. That’s not ideal for all sorts of reasons.
How to Edit Your Mac’s Hosts File From System Preferences
It’s a time-honored hack: editing the hosts file on your computer to block websites, create local re-directs, and otherwise change what happens when you type particular domains into you address bar.
How to Try the macOS High Sierra Beta Right Now
Excited about High Sierra, but don’t want to wait until autumn? The public beta is now available to try; here’s how to install it.
How to Monitor and Control Your Mac’s Fans
Your Mac’s fans probably aren’t something you think about very often—until something goes wrong. Maybe you hear the fan too often, and it’s driving you nuts. Maybe you’ve stopped hearing your fan altogether, even when you Mac feels hot. Either way, you should probably look into that.
What Is the Process WindowServer, and Why Is It Running on My Mac?
While checking the Activity Monitor, you noticed something called WindowServer occasionally taking up a bunch of CPU power. Is this process safe?
How to Use Google Assistant on Your Mac (Seriously)
Let’s be honest: Siri for Mac isn’t as exciting as we thought it would be. There’s no really fast way to trigger the virtual assistant, and for some reason she feels slower to respond on a Mac than she does on your phone.
How (and When) to Reset the SMC on Your Mac
Your Mac is acting funny, and you’ve tried everything: restarting your computer, resetting the NVRAM, and all the tricks that speed up a slow Mac. You even ran 50+ diagnostics at once to see what’s going on, and yet you find nothing. What’s the next step?
What Is installd, and Why Is It Running on My Mac?
You hear your Mac’s fans running, so you check Activity Monitor. Turns out something called “installd” is taking up a bunch of CPU power. What’s going on?
How to Force Quit Applications on Your Mac When They’re Not Responding
Macs are very stable, but not every Mac application is. Every once in a while, something you’re using is going to crash. Sometimes this means the spinning beach ball of death, sometimes this means clicking an open window doesn’t do anything, no matter what you try. Sometimes the Dock indicates an application is open, but you can’t seem to find or open any windows.
What Are mds and mdworker, and Why Are They Running on My Mac?
While checking out Activity Monitor, you noticed a couple of processes you don’t recognize: mds and mdworker. Neither have an icon, and they seem to be running constantly. Don’t worry, they’re harmless.
How to Completely Block Distractions on macOS with Self Control
You settle in to do some work, but first, you check email for a second. Okay, now work. Wait: let’s check Facebook. Work now? In a bit: first Twitter, then back to email, then Facebook one more time in case anyone responded.
Try Out New Safari Features Early With Safari Technology Preview
Some of the coolest new features in the upcoming macOS 10.13 High Sierra are in Safari, and you can try them out now without upgrading your entire operating system.
What Is hidd, and Why Is It Running on My Mac?
You recognize most of the processes you see while browsing Activity Monitor, but not hidd. The name is cryptic, and there’s no icon for you to recognize. Should you be worried?
How to Set Up Multiple User Accounts in macOS
If you share your Mac with someone else, it’s a good idea to create a different user account for each of you. That way, you don’t see your husband’s email notifications, or have to sift through his bookmarks.. Here’s how to add a new account to your Mac.
How to Switch Users Instantly With TouchID on macOS
Ever wish you could switch users instantly by pressing a button? Thanks to TouchID on the MacBook Pro, all it takes is the correct fingerprints.
How to Stop Two-Side Printing From Being the Default in macOS
Two-sided printing is great in theory, because it uses less paper for multi-page documents. It’s also frustrating when you forget to turn the option off when you don’t need it.
