4 Tips to Make Your Mac Run Faster
Unfortunately, it’s an inevitable part of life. Your brand new shiny laptop is gradually going to accumulate all kinds…
Hide the Menu Bar in OS X El Capitan for a True Full-Screen Experience
If you’re busy exploring everything that OS X El Capitan has to offer, one of the smaller new features that you might…
Here's How To Use Google Play Music From a Desktop App
Google Play Music lives on the web and as several mobile apps. But as you would expect from Google, there’s not much in…
How to Get Siri on OS X El Capitan (Kind Of)
Windows 10 has Cortana, iOS has Siri, Android has Google Now, but what about Mac owners who want to bark orders at…
How To Maximize Your Battery Life in OS X El Capitan
If your laptop is running out of juice more often than you’re finding yourself near a power source, you’ve got yourself…
How To Use Extensions to Enhance Your Photos in OS X El Capitan
As with iOS, the Photos app in OS X El Capitan now supports third-party extensions: That means other apps can plug…
11 Things You Can Do in OS X 10.11 El Capitan That You Couldn't Do in Yosemite
Apple’s latest OS X 10.11 software is out of beta and available as a free upgrade for your Mac later today. To help you…
Windows 10, On a Mac
Tentatively wondering whether it’s worth setting up Windows 10 as an alternate boot option on your Mac? I’ve taken the…
Streamline the System Preferences Dialog in Mac OS X
The System Preferences dialog controls just about everything on your Mac OS X machine, from trackpad behavior to screen…
Make Your Mac Feel Like New Again With a Fresh Install of OS X
Remember that zippy performance and warm feeling you got when you booted up your Mac for the first time? Seems a long…
Use Smart Folders on OS X To Put All Your Photos in One Convenient Place
Smart folders have been available in Mac OS X since 10.4, but if you're new to the platform—or haven't really explored…
How to Sync Your Open Safari Tabs Across Mac, iPhone, and iPad
iCloud Tabs have been around for a while—they work on iOS 6 or later and OS X Mountain Lion or later—but they're worth…
10 Tricks to Make Yourself an Apple Maps Master
After a less-than-stellar start, Apple Maps is starting to establish itself on the desktop and on iOS as well. Despite…
Leap Motion Controller Hands-On: The Future Is Magic (Now With Apps!)
Greasy fingers are the bane of touchscreens, obscuring the display behind snail trails of oil and streaks of grime.…
How to Run Mac OS X Inside Windows Using VirtualBox
Even if you’re a Windows fan, you’ve probably thought about trying OS X. Maybe you’d like to test drive OS X before…
Apple's Working on a Flashback Counter-Attack
Apple announced today that it is hard at work, developing a means of scrubbing the Flashback.k Trojan from the 600,000…
The End of Mac
The latest Mac OS X is now just OS X. The "Mac" is now gone. It's a clear declaration of intentions. The end of…
Apple's New High Definition Cursors In Mac OS Update May Signal Retina Display Macs
Cheerful, Apple spokesman aficionado John Gruber talks about four tweets that, according to him, "may" indicate an…
Skitch for OS X: Creating Screenshots Has Never Been So Fun
Skitch for OS X has been around for so long you might have it on your computer and not even know it. But that doesn't…
Make Your Own Apple-Sanctioned OS X Lion USB Drives for Free
Many took issue with Lion being download-only. Apple responded by offering to sell overpriced USB drives. Now they've…