Getting tired of the same old Windows wallpaper, or can’t decide which baby picture to plaster all over your Mac desktop? If so, try this: just set your Mac or Windows PC to shuffle some or all of your favorite desktop wallpaper (or “background”)...
(Updated on 11/6/2017) So, here’s a quick question: how long does it take for your Mac to start up? A minute? Two minutes? Five? Or just too long? One possible reason your Mac may be slow out of the blocks is that it’s trying to launch a slew of programs all at the...
Ever wish there were a Print button next to the Reply and Forward buttons in the Mac’s Mail app, or a pair of Zoom buttons on the top of every Safari browser window? Well, here’s the thing: you can add, remove, and rearrange the buttons in the...
Wondering what happened to your scroll bars? Want to put your display to sleep with a flick of your trackpad, or move the dock to the side of the screen? No problem. Read on for 10 ways to make the most of your Mac’s desktop, including how to zoom your display,...
Annoyed that the Mac’s Preview app, and not Adobe Reader, always gets to open your PDF files, or that Safari has dibs on your HTML documents rather than your favorite text editor? Well, one way to open your documents with the programs you want is to right-click...
Jill writes: Whenever I try to open a PDF in Safari, I just get a blank screen. Isn’t Safari supposed to be able to open PDFs by itself? I could’ve sworn it used to. Hi Jill! Yes, Safari can and should be able to open PDF files directly in the browser...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYXu8dW8XeA&w=600] If you haven’t tried Mission Control—the handy Mac feature that gives you a bird’s-eye view of all your open windows and virtual desktops—it’s high time you gave it a whirl. Now, Mission...
Need a gentle, spoken reminder that yet another hour has ticked away? I know I do, particularly whenever I find myself sitting at my keyboard, staring blankly into space. Here’s a handy way to stay focused. You can set your Mac’s built-in clock to read the...
