Learn how to set a photo, album, folder, or your entire photo library as your Mac’s screen saver to keep your favorite images cycling through the screen periodically.
How to use your Mac Photos library as the screen saver
Mac Tip
How to adjust Mac brightness or volume in 1/4th increments
Learn about a small, easy-to-remember tip that lets you increase or decrease the screen brightness and volume in even smaller, fine-tuned increments than normal.
How to secure your Mac with a firmware password
This tutorial shows you how to set a firmware password on your Intel Mac to further increase the security of your computer.
How to restore your Mac from a Time Machine backup in Recovery Mode
Suppose a software update or an app you installed has corrupted system files and as a result your Mac refuses to start up properly, what do you do?
Those who have planned ahead and created a bootable USB install disk for El Capitan can do a clean install of macOS, and then restore their Mac from the most recent Time Machine backup.
But there's a better way to deal with such situations. In this tutorial, we'll educate you on booting into macOS' Recovery Mode and using the built-in recovery tools to restore your Mac from a Time Machine backup.
How to use Safari in macOS Recovery Mode
From accessing online resources to resolving network issues, this guide will show you how to use Safari when you enter macOS Recovery or Internet Recovery Mode on your Mac.
How to repair Mac disk errors in macOS Recovery Mode
macOS on your Mac includes a disk-repairing app, called Disk Utility, which you can use to scan your connected drives for errors, erase a disk, repair disk permissions, check the disk's structure for physical errors and more.
But what can you do, if anything, should your Mac experience issues preventing it from starting up properly? Not to worry, our friends, because macOS lets you launch a standalone version of Disk Utility from your Mac's built in recovery partition.
In other words, macOS' Recovery Mode gives you a chance to repair a malfunctioning startup disk that prevents your Mac from booting properly.
How to start up your Mac in Internet Recovery Mode
In addition to the startup volume, which holds a bootable copy of the operating system along with your applications and data, your Mac's disk contains a hidden recovery partition that you can boot from in order to reinstall macOS, perform a quick check of connected disks, and more.
But what if the built-in recovery partition gets damaged, for instance? Enter Internet Recovery Mode (or macOS Recovery over the Internet), an Internet-based version of Recovery Mode found on Macs, which loads recovery tools from Apple's servers.
With Internet Recovery Mode, you can reinstall macOS and troubleshoot issues in the unfortunate scenario of your Mac's startup disk having become corrupted or completely unreadable.
In this tutorial, you'll learn everything about Internet Recovery Mode on Intel-based Macs and Macs with Apple silicon. You'll also see how to use it to your advantage if your disk encounters an issue or the startup drive has been replaced or erased.
How to start your Mac in Recovery Mode
Starting your Intel or Apple silicon Mac in Recovery Mode provides the tools you need to solve various problems. It is typically your last chance to repair the startup disk, reinstall macOS or restore from a backup after a fatal failure that prevents your Mac from starting up properly. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to enter Recovery Mode at boot time and use the built-in recovery tools to bring your Mac in perfect working condition.
13 System Settings tricks every Mac owner should know
In this tutorial, you will learn about the most important System Settings (previously called System Preferences) shortcuts and see how to leverage them to make the most of this essential app on your Mac.
How to identify the biggest space wasters on your Mac with DaisyDisk
You can free up a significant amount of storage space on your Mac if you clean up your Downloads folder on a regular basis, remove your old iPhoto library, erase Safari's browsing data and move both your iTunes library and the Photos library to an external hard drive, among other things.
But what about other files on your computer? With Daisy Disk by Software Ambience, one of Apple's Best of 2015 Mac apps, it's easy to identify the biggest storage hogs on your Mac.
The app makes the mundane takes of cleaning up the Mac's storage easy and fun by giving your a nice visual breakdown on your disk space in the form of an interactive heat map. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to reveal the biggest space wasters with DaisyDisk so you can remove them and free up some additional storage on your Mac.
How to transfer purchased media from iPhone and iPad to a computer
In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the easy process of transferring your purchased music, movies, television shows, ringtones, podcasts, and books from an iPhone or iPad to a Mac or Windows PC.
AirDrop not working? Here’s how to fix it
In this article, we cover the most common AirDrop issues and how to fix them on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.