New to the Mac world (from PC) but really like it so far. In wanting to understand the operation of the laptop, I was reading about the function keys. One book listed the "MacBook Pro's Default Function keys. Went someth…
Lees meerAfter I had a disturbing discussion with an Apple engineer I realized that Catalina is heading at us like a freight train right now - and not necessarily in a good way, but acceptation is going to be mandatory by Apple. In…
Lees meerNew to the Mac world (from PC) but really like it so far. In wanting to understand the operation of the laptop, I was reading about the function keys. One book listed the "MacBook Pro's Default Function keys. Went someth…
Lees meerThere is an up arrow with a line underneath it in my menu bar. Clicking, right clicking, and CMD + Click does nothing. Also cannot drag and remove. Thoughts? I've never seen this before. Running Mojave 10.14.5
Lees meerNew to the Mac world (from PC) but really like it so far. In wanting to understand the operation of the laptop, I was reading about the function keys. One book listed the "MacBook Pro's Default Function keys. Went someth…
Lees meerI'm often logged into a non-public Network, where I was given a user name and password for the captive portal to gain internet access. In Safari on my MacBook, I made a bookmark for the portal page and stored the password…
Lees meerThis is similar to "Quick search in folder by key press", but with a slightly different case. When I have a Finder window open and press s on the keyboard, it selects the first file that starts with "s" however I want it …
Lees meerNew to the Mac world (from PC) but really like it so far. In wanting to understand the operation of the laptop, I was reading about the function keys. One book listed the "MacBook Pro's Default Function keys. Went someth…
Lees meerI am using the following layout for two Airport Time Capsules. The second augments (wirelessly) the network of the first. The objective is to have backup redundancy, while still not bothering with managing disks and sch…
Lees meerWant to quickly invert a picture on the Mac? You can use the excellent bundled Preview application to invert any image, there is no need for any powerful or expensive photo editing tools. Just as it sounds, inverting a picture will take the colors o…
Lees meerAll of us are aware of the importance of security whether it be the office or home. Encryption is a top agenda in today’s society and having the ability to route web traffic through a secure server is high in demand. Though there’s no doubt that sec…
Lees meerI have a macbook pro that I'm using for work. So I set up an ssh key for use with a bitbucket team account. My work email is a gmail account. But my bitbucket account is a team account with same email, of which I don't ha…
Lees meerI have a problem with the menu bar clock showing the wrong time after resuming from sleep. This doesn't happen a lot but when it does, I have to restart to fix it. I have checked that my timezone is still correct (Eastern…
Lees meerI have a problem with the menu bar clock showing the wrong time after resuming from sleep. This doesn't happen a lot but when it does, I have to restart to fix it. I have checked that my timezone is still correct (Eastern…
Lees meerI have a problem with the menu bar clock showing the wrong time after resuming from sleep. This doesn't happen a lot but when it does, I have to restart to fix it. I have checked that my timezone is still correct (Eastern…
Lees meerApple Mail 9.3 has an archiving feature. I'd like to better understand what this feature does, how it works, and why someone would want to use it. Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time finding detailed documentation about …
Lees meerSpecifically there's a site called gab.com that's about free speech and has attracted a number of radical people. Because of this it has been banned form the Apple app store, even in its more recent iterations as it moved …
Lees meerWant to remove Mail rules from Mac Mail? Or perhaps you need to disable Mail rules when an errant mail rule has wreaked some havoc in the Mail app? Perhaps you created a Mail auto-responder and no longer need that mail rule anymore, or maybe you mis…
Lees meerI want to encrypt a file then email it. The recipient needs to decrypt it. Needs to be free. I'm looking for an encryption application that runs on Windows 10 and macOS 10.10 at a minimum. Would be nice if the app run …
Lees meerAfter a Mac has been intruded upon with some rogue or unwanted software, what usually happens is that web browsers are taken over. Usually, running MalwareBytes and performing follow-up steps will fix this situation (see our previous post). But if y…
Lees meerWhile the dispute between the US and Huawei carries on, the Chinese smartphone maker is going about business as usual, with two new handsets fresh for the summer: the Mate 20 Pro and the Mate 20 X 5G—and we have teardown wallpapers for both! Both mo…
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