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5KPlayer is a powerful UHD player that turns your Mac into an AirPlay receiver [sponsor]

Sponsored Post ∙ Updated June 24, 2019

If you need a more capable, hardware-accelerated 4K video player for your Ultra HD videos, one capable of streaming your media from iOS devices or even mirroring the screen of an iOS device to your Mac via AirPlay, 5KPlayer is it. With this comprehensive media player, you can watch 4K and UHD movies on your Mac without stuttering, manage your media with ease, open all common video and audio formats without conversions and more.

How to add missing album artwork in the Music app on Mac or PC

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated June 12, 2025

Learn how to automatically download missing album artwork from Apple or upload custom cover art in the built-in Music app on your Mac or Windows PC.

2019 MacBook Pro teardown finds a tweaked material in the butterfly keyboard mechanism

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 24, 2019

This year’s Mac keyboards were immediately added to Apple's newly expanded keyboard repair program following the speedy 8-core MacBook Pro models that dropped Tuesday.

How to delete an email account from the Mail app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated August 22, 2025

Find out how to quickly remove Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or other email accounts from the Apple Mail app on your Mac or iOS device to declutter and streamline your inbox.

Compress and convert 4K video flawlessly with MacX Video Converter Pro + license giveaway [sponsor]

Pegatron is allegedly set to start assembling MacBooks and iPads in Indonesia next month

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 23, 2019

Contract manufacturer Pegatron is allegedly set to soon move iPad and MacBook manufacturing out of China amid an escalating trade war between the US and China.

Historical strategy game Total War: Three Kingdoms now available for Mac

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 23, 2019

Today, Aspyr Interactive announced that the historical strategy game Total War: Three Kingdoms is now available for Mac and Linux systems.

How to hide and unhide purchased music, movies, and TV shows on Mac

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated June 21, 2024

You may buy items in the Music app, TV app, or iTunes that you want to keep to yourself from time to time, especially if you use Family Sharing. It could be a movie, song, album, TV show, or audiobook. You can hide purchases and keep them hidden on all devices that use the same Apple ID.

If you need to keep something you buy away from prying eyes, here’s how to hide and unhide your purchased media on Mac.

Apple’s Keyboard Service Program now includes 2018 MacBook Pro, 2018 MacBook Air and 2019 MacBook Pro

Evan Selleck ∙ May 21, 2019

Apple launched a Keyboard Service Program in 2018, meant to help those afflicted with issues with the butterfly keyboard in select models. However, despite launching last year, the program didn't include any 2018 model Mac notebooks for service coverage, even by the time 2019 rolled around. But that's finally changing.