Austin Mac Works Blog: macOS

By default, new Finder windows open to Recents, but we have tips about how to personalize this setting to open a new window to whatever you’d like.

Do you need to help someone with their Mac without visiting them in person? During this time of physical distancing, macOS’s Screen Sharing feature is a perfect solution, letting you converse while observing or controlling a remote Mac.

Split View on the Mac helps you focus on your work in one app—perhaps a word processor—while providing access to one other app. Learn more.

The caps lock key is seldom useful on a computer. It still appears on all of Apple’s keyboards, but macOS lets you disable or remap it. Learn more.

if you have too many menu bar icons, or they’re in random order, finding one when you need it can be frustrating. Learn how to fix this.

Considering upgrading to Catalina? Or maybe you have a new Mac that came with it already installed? Read on for strategies for downgrading to Mojave or running both Catalina and Mojave.

Feeling overwhelmed by the task of finding a particular photo in the haystack of your digital photo library? We run through all the ways you can categorize and search for images.

If something does go wrong, backups can save your bacon, but only if they’re actually working.

In MacOS, use this date format to ensure files sort logically.