Learn how to display week numbers in your calendar views across iPhone, iPad, and Mac so you can have an additional piece of useful information while working inside this app.
How to show week numbers in Calendar on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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How to start up your Mac in Apple Diagnostics or Apple Hardware Test mode
Apple gives you a number of options if you need to troubleshoot software and hardware issues that might be plaguing your Mac. If you cannot determine the root cause of your problem by isolating issues in macOS, your first port of call should be macOS' built-in recovery tools.
But that may not be necessarily enough and Recovery Mode may be unable to help you get your Mac back to working order.
As the last option, you can boot your Mac in a hardware diagnostics mode, which on newer Macs is called Apple Diagnostics or Apple Hardware Test on older models. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to enter Apple Diagnostics or Apple Hardware Test mode to identify the potential source of a hardware issue.
How to use your Mac Photos library as screen saver
Learn how to set a photo, album, folder, or your entire photo library as your Mac’s screen saver so your favorite images cycle through the screen periodically.
How to use your Mac’s Calculator app as a unit converter
Learn how to use the Calculator app on your Mac to quickly convert a unit of measurement to another.
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.
10 handy keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate Finder on Mac
In this piece, we'll share with you 10 useful Finder keyboard shortcuts that you can use to quickly navigate around the filesystem on macOS.
10 useful keyboard shortcuts for the Preview app
The Preview app comes pre-installed on all Macs and is more useful than a lot of people give it credit for. It's not only used for opening different file types that reside on your Mac but it can also be used to edit those files and extract images from apps.
Regardless, most of you probably use just your mouse or trackpad to get things done in the Preview app. In this piece, we'll show you 10 ways you can use your keyboard to quickly perform actions in Preview by way of these useful individual keyboard shortcuts.
Give your Retina Mac’s screen more real estate with scaling options
Macs that comes with retina displays allow the user to configure their own resolution scaling options.
These scaling options can be taken advantage of to give your Mac more screen space and gives you the illusion that your screen is bigger than it really is. With that in mind, you can run more windows side-by-side and be more productive.
In this tutorial, we'll be showing you how you can create more space on your screen for additional windows on your Retina display Mac – this includes the new MacBook, some MacBook Pro models, and even some iMac models.
10 useful keyboard shortcuts for the Mail app on Mac
Check out these must-know keyboard shortcuts for the Apple Mail app on Mac so you can streamline your workflow and speed things up.
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.
3 built-in ways to get your Mac speak any selected text
Get your Mac to speak selected text back to you, turning your computer into a personal reader that can help you absorb information more effectively, and even assist if you have visual impairments.