For as long as Mac computers have been available, the proud users of Apple products have always thought that they were safe from viruses and other online security threats. Being virus safe was one of the big reasons to consider using a Mac system in the first place. In some cases, users viewed that as […]
Getting Started with Automator on Your Mac
MacOS’s Automator is a little-known but highly useful piece of bundled software. Designed to bring software automation to non-programmers, Automator workflows use a simple grammar that will be familiar to any user of IFTTT. By adopting an “if this, then that” approach to managing complex tasks, it makes it easier for non-expert users to set […]
The Best Email Clients for macOS
As much as you might dislike it, email is a persistent feature of our lives. Unfortunately, macOS’s Mail app frequently makes the problem worse, leaving us to fend for ourselves with third-party solutions. Here’s four great macOS email clients that should help make managing your email slightly less awful. Airmail – $10 If you’ve read more than […]
Get the Most Out of Your Apple Ecosystem
For most of us, it’s that initial Apple product that really gets us going. It makes us wonder why we ever tried using any other piece of hardware. We get so used to the way that Apple does things, when we have to occasionally use other operating systems, it can be a little disorienting. For […]
Who’s Going To Buy an iPad Pro?
Okay, I’ll admit it: I’ve finally come around to the idea of an iPad Pro. Sort of. The closer the release date gets, the more I see its potential in Apple’s iPad lineup. At first, I was really skeptical — okay, more like aghast at the idea of an iPad approximately the same size as […]
How to Sign Up for Apple’s Beta Software Program
Since the World Wide Developer Conference in 2014, Apple has given the public an opportunity to test drive its newest OS X and iOS software before their official releases. Starting with the releases of OS X Yosemite and iOS 8, Apple welcomed virtually anyone interested in trying out Apple’s newest desktop and mobile software — […]
6 Features of OS X El Capitan We Can’t Wait to Use
Amidst the hype surrounding the unveiling of iOS 9 and watchOS 2.0 at last week’s Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple also gave us a preview of what to expect from the next version of OS X as well. Code named El Capitan after the famous mountain located inside Yosemite National Park, the latest version of the Mac’s […]
How to Use Markup in OS X Yosemite
Markup is one of the more under utilized features of OS X Yosemite. So much so, that many users don’t even know that it even exists. The Markup functionality exists within the OS X Mail app, allowing you to make simple edits and annotations to image files and PDF documents that are sent your way […]
How Photos for OS X Will Make You Forget iPhoto Forever
For more than 13 years iPhoto has been a part of the productivity software that comes installed on every Macintosh computer that Apple ships. It’s ability to important, organize, and edit images made it popular with many Mac owners, who often valued simplicity and ease of use over a deeper feature set. But in recent […]
How to Browse iCloud Drive Files in Time Machine
Earlier this week Apple released the latest update for OS X Yosemite, bring Mac users up to version 10.10.2 of the operating system. This long-awaited update to the OS delivered a number of important bug fixes and security patches, many of which users felt were long overdue. For instance, the software patch not only addresses lingering issues […]
