Macworld You went out and splashed the cash on a new MacBook, you’ve completed the hallowed unboxing ritual, and you’re ready ...

Macworld Your Mac is full of surprises, and even many years after first owning one, you can still find yourself learning new ...

Are you forever opening up your Mac’s System Preferences app and searching for the section you need? If so, it’s because by default, all those Preference Panes are ordered by category, which — to me ...

Logs, caches and plugins all serve a purpose on your Mac. The problem is that they tend to hang around long after they stop being useful. If you want to know how to clean Mac storage and free up space ...

One of the handiest tools in the Mac OS X arsenal is its self-identification tool, System Profiler. Located in the Utilities folder (in the Applications folder), System Profiler provides essential and ...

When switching to a Mac, you’ll likely worry most about software compatibility, but don’t forget all your hardware—the PC accessories and add-ons you’ve invested in over the years. Here’s what you ...

Apple has released Mavericks (OS X 10.9), but before you rush out and install the new OS, you’ll want to get your Mac ready for the upgrade. As with Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) last year, and Lion (OS X ...

Amy Nichol Smith spent more than 20 years working as a journalist for TV and newspapers before transitioning to software and hardware product reviews for consumers and small businesses. She has been ...

There are a number of reasons your small business may choose Mac devices over PCs. Macs are easy to set up and manage, even if you don’t have an information technology (IT) department. Plus, they ...

Mac developers are currently in the midst of a major hardware architecture transition. But for some app makers, this is the third time that they have done this. Although the transition is expected to ...

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