Remember last week’s Mac tip about using the Option key to type letters with accent marks? That was clever, I thought, but a helpful reader has chimed in with a much better idea. Here’s the message I got from Carole R.: You have just answered a query re...
Angela writes: Saw your tip on how to type letters with accents on an iPhone, but how do I do it on a Mac? I’ve just been copying and pasting, which isn’t very efficient. Can you help? Hi Angela! Great question—and to be perfectly honest, I’ve just...
Ansley writes: When I went to my hard drive, there was always an option to open a folder only with items from today or this week. Now it’s gone! I used this a ton to find documents that accidentally saved to the wrong place on my computer. How can I get this folder...
Lee writes: We have a new-to-us Mac Pro that has us puzzled. Many of the keyboard keys don’t match the characters on the keys, so we have to do sleuthing by trial and error when we need to insert a hyphen or a slash or colon, etc. How can we reset the keyboard...
Nancy writes: I recently purchased a MacBook Air and realized it did not come with Java, which I need to play games on POGO.com. I downloaded the most recent Java for Mac and there were icons for these downloads placed on my desktop. Presumably, these applications...
Just because you tossed a bunch of sensitive files into your Mac’s trash bin doesn’t mean they’re gone forever. Even after emptying the trash, your deleted files are still sitting on your hard drive, waiting to be recovered by anyone with enough...
[Updated 3/13/2018] If scrolling on your Mac trackpad or Magic Mouse feels strangely upside-down, topsy-turvy, or just plain wrong, there’s a simple explanation—and an easy fix. Back in the olden days of Mac (not all that long ago, mind you), you’d flick “up” on...
My iMac’s one-terabyte hard drive is stuffed with close to 15 years worth of files—everything from old email messages and snapshots to manuscripts, press kits, stickies…well, you name it. Now, if you’re looking for something specific in your mountain...
