Building a Mac style menu for iOS
iPhone and iPad are held back in the productivity department in part due to Apple’s decision not to adopt a more comprehensive menu system beyond iOS’s weird popovers. What iOS needs is Mac style menus.
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How to add the weather forecast to your Mac menu bar
Save yourself from opening a separate app to check the weather. Here’s how to put the forecast and current conditions in your Mac menu bar.
How to display clocks for other time zones in your Mac menu bar
Learn how to add more clocks for different time zones in the menu bar of your Mac. This is particularly convenient if you work with people in different time zones, or if you just like to track the time for a specific city.
Add Spotify controls to your Mac’s Menu Bar with SpotMenu
This extension for macOS adds Spotify Music controls to your Mac’s Menu Bar.
How to remove the Siri icon shortcut from your Mac’s Menu Bar & Dock
Starting with macOS Sierra, you can now access the Siri voice assistant right from your desktop without having to use one of your mobile Apple devices. But of course, by default, Apple clutters up both your Menu Bar and Dock with shortcuts for Siri.
If you followed our recent tutorials for setting up a Siri keyboard shortcut or enabling “Hey Siri” on your Mac, then you don’t really need those clickable shortcuts anymore, so here’s a quick tutorial for removing the redundant shortcuts.
What to do if your Mac shows the wrong battery level
All Macs with internal batteries have an indicator that appears in the Menu Bar. In rare circumstances, the indicator may not display the correct battery level.
In this piece, we’ll be talking about the various troubleshooting steps you should try to remedy this problem.
CloudClip: Universal Clipboard for your Mac right now
Apple’s newly-announced macOS Sierra is set to release to the public this Fall as the company revealed at WWDC 2016 this week, and it includes a variety of improvements that will make using your Mac even better than ever.
One of those improvements is Universal Clipboard, which is a Continuity feature that lets you share your clipboard between your iOS device(s) and your Mac.
But what if we told you that you didn’t have to wait until the public release of macOS Sierra to enjoy a similar feature on your Mac?
Clean up time: how to remove your account name from your Mac Menu Bar
Any time you set up a new Mac, or make a new user account, OS X will automatically display your account name in the Menu Bar so you know what account you’re logged into.
But for some people, you probably already know what account you’re logged into because you only have one account, or perhaps that text is just cluttering up your Menu Bar and you want it gone.
No matter what the scenario may be, there’s an easy way to remove your OS X account name from the Menu Bar and we’ll show you how it’s done in this simple tutorial.
This Mac app tracks how often you slack off
A lot of us use our Macs not only for our daily lives, but also for our work. The problem is, with all of the internet at our fingertips, it can be hard to stay focused when the allure of social networking, like Facebook and Twitter, as well as other things you can do to slack off, are no more than just a click away.
That’s the idea behind the creation of an awesome free app for your Mac called Escape by FocusList, which tracks how much you slack off each day and provides you with a daily report for your viewing pleasure.
In this piece, we’ll give you a look at the software and how it works; you might even find interest in trying it out for yourself!
The importance of your Mac’s battery condition and how to check it
If you have ever wondered just how close you are to needing a battery replacement on your Mac, then you’ll be happy to know that macOS is actively monitoring it. In this piece, we will show you how to check your Mac battery condition using a simple keyboard shortcut.
Reclaim your productivity from distractions with Focus for Mac
Help ensure that you only stick to the task at hand when you need to work or complete homework. In this piece, we’ll show you Focus for Mac works.
How to display an analog clock in your Mac Menu Bar
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to enable the analog clock in the Menu Bar on your Mac instead of a digital clock. Although an analog clock isn’t for everybody, if you do enjoy analog clocks, this is a cool little feature baked into the Mac operating system that anyone can enable with the click of a button.