by Austin MacWorks | May 18, 2018 | Mac OS Tips
Finder freezes. They shouldn’t happen at all, and they don’t happen often, but it’s not unheard of for your Mac’s Finder to freeze, freak out, or otherwise stop responding properly. To bring it back to life, hold down the Option key, click and hold the Finder icon in...
by Austin MacWorks | May 3, 2018 | Mac OS Tips
One of the great innovations of the Mac, way back when, was the concept of the Trash. Instead of deleting files immediately, you’d put them in the Trash, where they’d sit until you either took them out or removed them for good by emptying the Trash. You undoubtedly...
by Gretchen Heber | Mar 28, 2018 | Mac OS Tips
Snazzy shadowed text probably isn’t appropriate for your company’s annual report, but if you’re whipping up a flyer for a birthday party, you might want to jazz up the text with a drop shadow. You can do that in most Mac apps that support macOS’s system-level Fonts...
by Austin MacWorks | Mar 2, 2018 | Mac OS Tips
Here’s one for those who use Apple’s Notes app for storing bits of information. By default, Notes in macOS gives you a single window, with each note listed in a sidebar. But what if you want to see two notes at once? Or keep one always available no matter what else...
by Austin MacWorks | Feb 28, 2018 | Mac OS Tips, Safari Tips
For navigation, every Web browser offers back and forward buttons, generally represented by arrows in the upper left of the toolbar. You can also navigate by choosing menu commands and typing keyboard shortcuts—did you know that Command-Left arrow and Command-Right...
by Austin MacWorks | Nov 29, 2017 | iOS, Mac OS Tips
An extremely welcome under-the-hood change in iOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra is that Photos facial recognition syncs across iCloud Photo Library. Previously, people you identified on one of your devices remained unidentified on others. But what if Photos now...
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