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Mac tip: Never tried Mac folder tabs? Here’s 4 tips to get you started

Mac tip: Never tried Mac folder tabs? Here’s 4 tips to get you started

by ben patterson | Feb 15, 2017 | desktops, how-tos, laptops

Annoyed by the clutter of windows on your Mac desktop, or just looking for an easier way to drag files from one folder to another? Time to try one of the Mac’s most overlooked features: folder tabs. Just like the Safari web browser, each Mac folder window is...
Mac tip: How to sneak a peek at any Mac file with a single keystroke

Mac tip: How to sneak a peek at any Mac file with a single keystroke

by ben patterson | Jan 11, 2017 | desktops, how-tos, laptops

Nope, you don’t have to go to the trouble of launching a program like, say, Photos or Preview just to take a peek at an image file, nor must you open Microsoft Word (ugh) to flip through a Word file. Instead, you can take a quick look at just about any file on...
Mac tip: 8 ways to make the Mac desktop dock work for you

Mac tip: 8 ways to make the Mac desktop dock work for you

by ben patterson | Dec 14, 2016 | desktops, how-tos, laptops

Thanks to the handy mac dock at the bottom of your Mac desktop, your favorite programs, files, and folders are never more than a click away—and once you know what you’re doing, you can make the mac dock behave practically any way you want. Indeed, you can...
Mac tip: How to put two full screen windows side-by-side

Mac tip: How to put two full screen windows side-by-side

by ben patterson | Oct 20, 2016 | desktops, how-tos, laptops

A great way to focus on a single Mac window is to put it into full-screen mode, which hides the desktop, the top menus, the dock, and everything else but the task at hand. Sounds good, but what if you need to focus on a pair of windows? If so, you can still make use...
Mac tip: How to add arrows to snapshots using the Photos app

Mac tip: How to add arrows to snapshots using the Photos app

by ben patterson | Oct 6, 2016 | desktops, how-tos, laptops

Mike writes: I want to add an arrow to some pictures. With a photo open (in the photos app for Mac) on my MacBook Pro, I can go to Edit > Emoji & Symbols, and then I get a big box with all the symbols. I can select any symbol, but then there is no way to add it...
Mac tip: Turn off “automatic renewal” for your iTunes subscriptions

Mac tip: Turn off “automatic renewal” for your iTunes subscriptions

by ben patterson | Jun 29, 2016 | desktops, how-tos, laptops

It’s easy to forget the magazine and pay-TV subscriptions you signed up for through your iTunes subscriptions—or at least, they’re easy to forget until those auto-renewal notices unexpectedly land in your inbox. If you’ve lost track of your various...
Mac tip: Put a bunch of desktop items into a new folder in 2 clicks

Mac tip: Put a bunch of desktop items into a new folder in 2 clicks

by ben patterson | May 25, 2016 | desktops, how-tos, laptops

It shouldn’t feel like such a chore, but it does: creating a new folder on your Mac and then stuffing a bunch of stray desktop files into it. First, you need to right-click the desktop, select “New Folder”, rename the folder by selecting its label...
Mac tip: How to add an attachment to a Calendar event

Mac tip: How to add an attachment to a Calendar event

by ben patterson | Apr 13, 2016 | desktops, how-tos, laptops, phones, tablets

Just the other day I’d dropped off some dry cleaning for my wife, and she was hoping to pick it up a day before her upcoming business trip. Not only did she need a reminder in her iPhone calendar to pick up her clothes, she also needed the receipt. My first...
Facebook tip: How to keep the world from seeing your Friends list

Facebook tip: How to keep the world from seeing your Friends list

by ben patterson | Mar 30, 2016 | desktops, how-tos, laptops, privacy, social networks

John writes: Do Facebook fan pages and other likeable pages (including those “what color is” quiz pages) get to see my Facebook friends list? Hi John! If you “like” a fan page on Facebook, the owner of that page will (of course) see that...
Mac tip: Turn on “Do Not Disturb” mode manually or automatically

Mac tip: Turn on “Do Not Disturb” mode manually or automatically

by ben patterson | Mar 2, 2016 | desktops, how-tos, laptops

Just like your iPhone and iPad, your Mac has its own “Do Not Disturb” (DND) mode, handy for silencing all those annoying notifications that pop up in the corner of the screen—and if you didn’t know about the Mac’s DND feature, that’s...
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