by Austin MacWorks | Aug 23, 2019 | Hardware, Mac OS Tips
It’s extremely uncommon for a Mac to freeze or crash these days, but it can happen. What should you do if your Mac locks up and becomes completely unresponsive to the mouse and keyboard? The trick is to press and hold the power button until the Mac turns off. Wait 5...
by Austin MacWorks | Jul 30, 2019 | Mac OS Tips
Image by Apple We’ve all had it happen. “Can I use your Mac for a minute to check my email?” The answer can be “Yes,” but to keep people from poking around on your Mac, have your visitor log in as Guest. To enable the Guest account, go to System Preferences > Users...
by Austin MacWorks | Jul 24, 2019 | Mac OS Tips
Image by Nathan Anderson on Unsplash Most Mac users probably think of searching on the Mac in relation to finding files on their drives. That may be the most common use of Apple’s Spotlight search technology, but over the years, Apple has continually enhanced...
by Austin MacWorks | Jul 1, 2019 | Mac OS Tips, Software
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay By default, Apple populates your Mac’s Dock with all sorts of apps and arranges them in a particular order. But there’s no rhyme or reason to the defaults, and you shouldn’t be afraid to add, remove, and rearrange apps on your Dock. To...
by Austin MacWorks | May 24, 2019 | Mac OS Tips
Photos makes it easy to create and switch between libraries. That’s good when photos need to be kept completely separate. For instance, a real estate agent might want to keep personal photos separate from house photos taken for work. But too much separation is...
by Austin MacWorks | May 7, 2019 | Hardware, Mac OS Tips
SSDs are great—they’re fast, durable, and reliable—but they’re also expensive, which results in many of us not having as much storage built into our Macs as we’d like. Particularly for those who watch videos in iTunes or take a lot of photos, it’s all too easy to run...
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