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6 Features of OS X El Capitan We Can’t Wait to Use

June 17, 2015 by Kraig Becker 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Mac, OS X Tagged With: iMac, Mac, Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, OS X, OS X El Capitan, os x yosemite, WWDC

How to Use Emoji on Your Mac

April 29, 2015 by Kraig Becker Leave a Comment

It is amazing just how socially acceptable the use of emojis has become over the past few years. Once written off as quirky Japanese characters destined to remain squarely in the realm of teenage girls, these cartoony-looking emoticons are now used by just about anyone and everyone. The increasing use of smartphones for communication has […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: Emoji, emoticons, features of OS X Yosemite, OS X, OS X Mavericks, os x yosemite

How to Use Markup in OS X Yosemite

February 25, 2015 by Kraig Becker Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: OS X Tagged With: Apple Mail, features of OS X Yosemite, mail.app, Markup, OS X, os x yosemite

How Photos for OS X Will Make You Forget iPhoto Forever

February 9, 2015 by Kraig Becker 8 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: OS X Tagged With: iPhoto, Mac, OS X, os x yosemite, Photos, Photos for OS X, Software

How to Browse iCloud Drive Files in Time Machine

January 30, 2015 by Kraig Becker 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: OS X Tagged With: backup, data backups, iCloud, iCloud Drive, OS X, os x yosemite, Time Machine

How to Disable iPhone Cellular Calls on iPad and Mac

December 29, 2014 by Kraig Becker Leave a Comment

  One of the new features that Apple heavily touted with the release of iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite was the ability to route iPhone cellular calls to your iPad and Mac, giving you the ability to answer phone calls from those devices. At the time, this seemed like a very handy feature to have, […]

Filed Under: iOS, OS X Tagged With: ios 8, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, os x yosemite

How to Customize Notification Center in OS X Yosemite

December 22, 2014 by Kraig Becker 2 Comments

For many Mac users, the Notification Center in OS X Yosemite has become one of the most useful tools that the new operating system has to offer. Not only does it put a wealth of information at our fingertips, it also provides alerts on breaking news, updates from social media, and much more. The inclusion […]

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5 Great Features of OS X Yosemite That No One is Using

December 5, 2014 by Kraig Becker Leave a Comment

When Apple released OS X Yosemite – the latest version of the Mac operating system – back in October, it brought a host of new features, enhanced applications, and security updates along with it. Amongst the more highly publicized features of Yosemite were a refreshed user interface, an improved use of notifications, the ability to make phone calls directly […]

Filed Under: OS X Tagged With: features of OS X Yosemite, OS X, os x yosemite

How to Use AirDrop to Share Files Between iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite

November 24, 2014 by Kraig Becker 1 Comment

AirDrop has been a feature of the Mac operating system since the release of OS X Lion back in 2011. It is a service that enables quick and easy file sharing between computers on the same network without the need of email or a file server. As OS X has continued to evolve, AirDrop has gotten […]

Filed Under: iOS, OS X Tagged With: AirDrop, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Mac, OS X, os x yosemite

How to Make Phone Calls From Your Mac with OS X Yosemite

November 3, 2014 by Kraig Becker Leave a Comment

Thanks to the new Continuity features found in iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, our iPhones, iPads, and Mac laptops and desktops can now interact like never before. For example, the Handoff functionality lets you start work on one device, then seamlessly transfer to another to wrap up whatever it is you’re working on. Similarly, SMS […]

Filed Under: OS X Tagged With: ios 8, iPhone, Mac, os x yosemite

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