The world of digital security can be a scary one. With hackers in the news and a big ransomware scare just recently wrapping up, folks have good reason to be concerned. Staying secure online is crucial, and it starts with good security habits. But what if you’re concerned that someone is spying on you through […]
Archives for May 2017
Free iOS Apps Today: Download Paid Apps for Free, May 29, 2017
Here is your weekly dose of free iOS apps you can download. Note: These apps are free as of this writing; they will go back to their regular price anytime.)
Best iOS Email Apps For iPhone and iPad
Whether it’s dealing with bad customer emails or putting out the day’s fire, using one of the best iOS email apps will help you better manage your daily onslaught of email. Outlook It might be surprising that one of the best iOS email apps is Outlook, made by Microsoft. The long-time Apple competitor has turned out an […]
Pro Terminal Commands: Using diskutil
diskutil is the command line version of Disk Utility, the macOS application used to manage hard drives. Just like Disk Utility, you can use the command to format disks, erase drives and more. Once you’re familiar with it, you’ll find that the command is often more powerful and faster than Disk Utility, with more features to boot. […]
What to Expect from Apple: WWDC Predictions for 2017
What will Apple unveil at WWDC 2017? Here are our WWDC predictions for 2017, including updates to iOS and macOS, refreshed MacBook Pros, a new size for the iPad Pro and more. What is WWDC? WWDC stands for World Wide Developer Conference, and it’s Apple’s major software release event for the year. At the week-long Bay […]
Free iOS Apps Today: Download Paid Apps for Free, May 22, 2017
Here is your weekly dose of free iOS apps you can download. Note: These apps are free as of this writing; they will go back to their regular price anytime.)
How to Get Touch Bar Functionality on Your Old MacBook
A little while ago, Apple released MacBook Pros with the Touch Bar, a new method of interacting with the computer. The Touch Bar lives above your keyboard, replacing the function keys with contextually-aware software buttons that can trigger specific actions. There’s been some hemming and hawing about whether this constitutes a good features, but unless […]
Change the Name of Your Home Folder in macOS
It might seem like the name of your Mac’s home folder can’t be changed.. However, it is completely possible to do so, and you don’t even need to use Terminal. It’s not exactly easy to change the home folder name, and you can run in to some odd problems, so don’t do it without some consideration. […]
Use macOS Sierra’s Purgeable Space to Optimize Storage
Bigger might be better, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at Mac hard drives. Thanks to expensive SSDs, the base storage for a new Mac is now only 128 GB, and expanded internal storage can be ludicrously expensive. To help you deal with this reality, macOS Sierra includes features to help save disk space. As part […]
Create a Bootable Clone of Your Mac for Easy Backup
A good backup strategy is crucial for any computer user. And with built-in backup tools like Time Machine, macOS makes it easy to keep on top of basic backups. But the macOS ninjas out there do something even better than Time Machine: they use a bootable clone to recover their system from total annihilation at a moment’s […]
