How to use Activity Monitor in macOS Ventura
You can easily keep tabs on what's running on your Mac and get things running smoothly by using Apple's Activity Monitor. Here's how to get started.
You can easily keep tabs on what's running on your Mac and get things running smoothly by using Apple's Activity Monitor. Here's how to get started.
Crash reports can lead to clues as to why an app crashed in macOS. Here's how to understand what those reports actually say about your Mac.
There are a number of settings you can change to control how the macOS Dock looks and behaves, which can help enhance your usage of the macOS UI element. Here's how to access them.
Toolbars in macOS make performing common tasks much easier in apps, but you can make them better. He's how to arrange them to your liking.
There are a few less obvious features for managing and manipulating your storage devices in the macOS Disk Utility. In the third part of our deep dive into Disk Utility, here's how to find and use them.
Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference will be held in 2023 the week of June 5. Here's how to use Apple's Developer app on iPhone to access WWDC content.
SFTP and rsync are two tools that can help you transfer files across networks and the web. Here's how to use them within macOS.
The macOS Finder lets you customize window sidebars to provide quick access to files and volumes on your Mac. Here's how to personalize it to your needs.
Retro computing lets you get to grips with technology's history, showing how far modern computers have come. Here's how to build your own working Apple I replica.
Apple's Notes app stores local copies of your Notes on your Mac. Here's how to find them.
The Mac's Contacts app is incredibly useful for storing personal and work contact info. Here's how to back up your Contacts database.
Disk Utility provides features for creating disk images, RAID, and repairing disks. In the second part of our deep dive, we'll look at those options.
Disk Utility ships with macOS and has been part of the operating system since its first release. Here's how to use it.
Apple has provided a way for years to lock your Mac's screen when unattended. Here's how to use the options within macOS.
Hidden background apps may be slowing down your Mac. Here's how to fix that potential impact to your Mac's performance.
A handful of macOS apps let you make near-exact copies of your Mac's storage devices, which can be handy for backing up in case of a data emergency.
If you're feeling the pinch of limited storage capacity on your Mac, these disk space analyzer apps could help you see how it has been consumed, and potentially free some space up too.
Today, RAID is fast and can speed up drive access on your Mac. Here's how to get started building your own, inexpensively.
Little Snitch 5.5 is an app which allows you to track, allow, and deny network connections on your Mac — and it's not for everybody.
Homebrew, the macOS package manager, has been updated to version 4.0, and includes speed enhancements, improvements to automatic updates, and more.
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