Chip is a 30-year Apple industry veteran, is author of 18 commercial Mac software products, and is a former Apple and Sony employee. He began hacking away on Apple computers on the Apple II+ in high school in the mid 1980's, then moved on to the Mac in the early 90's. In a previous life he created the game developer audio tools for Playstation 2 at Sony, and worked on the New World OpenFirmware found in late 90's Macs.
It's easy to make boot disks on old Macs for older hardware, but as the years have gone on, it's gotten a little more difficult. Here's how to make classic Mac OS 9 and early Mac OS X boot media on your modern Mac.
Refurbishing the last of the plastic body Mac minis is pretty easy — once you know a few tricks. Here's how to get that 15-year old computer up and running again, and faster to boot.
HDMI is the de facto standard for connecting a monitor to a Mac and has been for many years, but there are many older Macs out there that can't be easily connected to that modern connector. Here's how to connect your vintage Mac to your new monitor.
There is an easy way to see a list of everything Apple talked about at WWDC sessions since 2000, without manually combing through Apple's pages. Here's how to do it.
After upgrading an iPad, you may want to find a use for your old one instead of disposing of it. Here are ways you can make your older iPads more useful.
There are several utilities you can use on your Mac to secure it at startup. Here's how to use them to keep your Mac and data safe.
Whisky allows you to install Apple's Game Porting Toolkit on your Mac. Here's how to use it to run Steam games.
File Transfer Protocol is an older networking protocol for transferring files to network servers. Here's how to use it on your Mac.
Managed Device Attestation enables enterprises to verify Apple devices for security, protecting the corporate network. Here's how to use it.
Apple Maps on macOS allows you to add Quick Links to locations in the sidebar for easier access. Here's how to add the shortcuts.
Whisky is an app that simplifies using the Game Porting Toolkit on your Mac, and can open up a wealth of Windows games to Mac users. Here's how to use it.
Time Machine is Apple's backup system that automatically saves your Mac's files. Here's how to use the macOS file protection feature.
Subscribers of Apple Music can allow third-party apps to access the app and their music collection. Here's how to grant that access to other apps in macOS.
The macOS Photos app uses AI to detect details like addresses in images. Here's how to open the addresses in Apple Maps.
Apple services use a variety of ports and connections that may not be immediately accessible when used on a corporate network. Here's how to access them on enterprise networks.
Time Capsule was Apple's discontinued line of network backup products. This is how you could use one on a modern network.
Apple's 5th generation Time Capsule allows you to wirelessly back up your hardware. Here's how to refurbish the combined base station and NAS device.
Xcode 15 allows you to preview your iOS app's user interface as you build it. Here's how to use it to see how your app appears to users.
Spotlight is Apple's smart search indexer for macOS. Here's how to use its metadata utilities to get more information about your documents.
Apple's Configurator is one way to restore or recover a Mac. Here's how to use it to revive an Apple Silicon Mac.
There are several reasons why you might want to revert to an older version of macOS than the version currently installed on a Mac. Here's how to do it.
Microsoft's Copilot is an AI assistant available on multiple platforms. Here's how to use Microsoft's rival to Siri on iOS and iPadOS.
Text has long been customizable in Xcode when creating software for Apple's platforms. Now, String catalogs make it even easier to localize your app to multiple languages.
The Mac has several third-party package managers for installing additional software. Here's how to use the Nix package manager with macOS.
AI copilots promise to ease and speed up tasks for users, making work easier in the long run. Here's how to use Microsoft's Copilot app on macOS.
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