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5 Apps to Watermark Images on Your Mac

Watermarking your images is a good way to prevent image theft. Here are five apps that can do watermarking for you on your Mac.

Maximize Windows without Going Full Screen in Mac Yosemite

One of the many changes in Mac Yosemite is the clicking the green button to go full screen instead of maximizing the window. Here’s a quick tip to maxmize the window without going full screen.

3 Ways To Find Your Mac’s MAC Address

The MAC address helps other peripherals in your network to uniquely identify various components on your PC. Here are 3 easy ways to find the MAC address in OS X.

How to See the Print History on Your Mac

Have you ever wanted to know exactly how many print jobs have been done on your Mac? You can see the print history using the workaround explained below.

How to Reset Printers on Your Mac

If you are facing printing issues on your Mac, one of the solution is to reset the printers. here’s how you can reset the printing system on your Mac.

How to Increase Line Spacing in Terminal for Better Reading [Mac]

The line spacing of the command for the Terminal app in Mac is tiny. Here is how you can change the line spacing in the Terminal app in Mac.

How to Connect to a VPN in Mac

Having trouble setting up VPN on your Mac? Follow this guide to easily connect to a VPN in Mac.

5 Great Screencasting Apps for Mac

Screencasting is a good way to help your friends troubleshoot his computer. Here are some of the best screencasting apps for Mac OS X.

TG Pro Helps You Keep Your Mac Cool

Does your Mac CPU’s fans spin very loudly and the machine become very hot? TG Pro helps you diagnose what’s wrong with your Mac hardware and fix the issue.

How to Play Old DOS Games on Your Mac

If you are feeling nostalgic and want to play your old DOS game on your Mac, here is how you can do so.

aText Helps You Accelerate Typing on Your Mac

aText allows you to accelerate your typing using abbreviations that expand to their full forms. Check out our aText’s review and stand to win a copy of aText.

Fantastical Is Your New Calendar Assistant for Mac

Fantastical for Mac allows you to easily add events and working with these calendars as if they were humans. It’s not free, but we have a giveaway event for it. Check it out.

How To Change the Text Cursor Blink Rate in OS X

Some of you might want to change the rate at which your OS X text cursor blinks. Here is the way to change this rate.

How To Change the “Highlight Text Colour” in OS X

The default highlighted text color in OS X is blue, but you can change it to any color you want. Here is how you can change highlighted text color in OS X.

How To Recover Missing Hard Drives In Finder [Mac]

Sometime, there are issues that prevent connected hard drives from showing in the Finder sidebar. Here are two ways to fix the problem.

How to Easily Turn Your Computer Into an Internet Kiosk

If you have the needs to install an Internet kiosk in your shop, or home, here is a little hack to easily turn your existing computer into an Internet kiosk.

How to Mount Amazon S3 in Mac Finder

Do you want to mount Amazon S3 in Mac Finder so you can easily sync and backup files? Here are two ways to do so.

How To Use Markup in OS X Yosemite

One of the new features in OS X Yosemite is the Markup feature in Mail, which allows you to perform edits and annotations to a PDF or image file. Here’s how it works.

How to Fix Dual Boot Issue with OS X Yosemite and Ubuntu

If you have previously dual-booted your OS X with Ubuntu, and you have upgraded to Yosemite, you will lose the dual boot. Here is the solution to fix the dual-boot issue.

iTunes 12 – Has It Changed for the Better?

As part of the overhaul of OS X, there is also a radical redesign of iTunes 12. Let’s check it out and see if it has changed for the better.

How to Include System Files in OS X Searches [Quick Tips]

By default, you won’t be able to search for system files in OS X’s Finder or Spotlight. Here is a quick and simple way to search for system files in Finder.

The Best FTP Clients (Free and Paid) for Your Mac

There are plenty of FTP clients for Mac users. Some are simple while others require a fee. Here we have complied a list of the best FTP clients for Mac.

How to Batch Convert Text Files to Other Formats in Mac (Via the Terminal)

A lot of you might have your own method to convert a text file to another format. Here’s a simple way to batch convert text files to other format in Mac. Check it out.

Reset OS X Account With the Terminal In Single-User Mode

Have you tried all means to reset your OS X password without any success? The last resort to reset OS X account is via the use of Terminal Single User mode. Let check it out.

How to Create a Partition on Your Mac

By default, your Mac comes only with a single partition and all the OS and your files are stored in it. Here is how you can create partition on Mac, for backup or for dual-booting purpose.

10 Interesting Easter Eggs in Mac You Probably Don’t Know

Did you know that your Mac has come preloaded with a ton of easter eggs? Here are 10 interesting easter eggs in Mac that you can check out yourself.

The 8 Best Apps to Install First When Buying a New Mac

Got a new Mac, but have no idea which apps to install? Here are the 10 software apps you need to install when buying a brand new Mac computer.

How to Remotely Wipe a Mac

In very unfortunate cases when your Mac is stolen or lost, you can make use of the remote actions to remotely wipe your Mac so others can’t access your data. Here’s how it works.

How to Take a Screenshot of the Login Screen on Mac

The default screen capture tool in Mac OS X is pretty nifty, except that it doesn’t allow you to take screenshot of login screen. Here is how you can overcome the limitation.

How to Block and Report iMessage Spam Messages to Apple

If you received plenty of spam messages on imessage, follow this steps to block and report iMessage Spam messages to Apple.

OS X Pages Easter Egg: Access Steve Jobs’ Speeches in Pages

One of Steve Jobs famous speeches is the one he presented in Stanford University, named “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”. If you have missed it, you can access it in OS X Pages.

How to Use Facebook Chat in OS X’s Messages App

The usual way to access Facebook chat is via the Facebook website. In Mac, you can easily add Facebook Chat to the message app and access it from the desktop.

How to Easily Put Your Mac’s Display to Sleep

There may be many moments when you want to simply turn off your Mac’s display without shutting down the entire system. Here are a few ways to do it.

Add A Custom Message To Your Mac’s Login Screen

Apple introduced a feature back in OS X 10.7 Lion which allows the user to add custom text to your Mac’s login screen. Here’s how you can do so.

How to Easily Drag Text to Copy and Create Text Clippings in OS X

It is easy to use Cmd + C/ Cmd + V to copy/paste, but do you know you can do the same simply by dragging and dropping the selected text?

How to Turn Your Favorite Web App Into a Native Mac App

Some people prefer to use a native app rather than accessing a web app in the browser.Here is how you can turn your favorite web apps into native Mac apps.

All You Need to Know About Apple’s New Programming Language – Swift

Apple released a new programming language – swift – back at WWDC 2014, here is what you need to know about it.

Dual Boot OS X Yosemite And Mavericks On Mac

If you want to try out OS X Yosemite, but don’t want to overwrite the existing installation, here is how to dual-boot OS X Yosemite and Mavericks on your Mac.

Will Your Mac Run OS X 10.10 Yosemite?

With Apple having announced the next version of OS X – Yosemite, you will probably be wondering – will my Mac run Yosemite? Check out the list here for the answer.

OS X Mavericks Vs. Yosemite – A UI Elements Comparison

Apple released the beta version of OS X Yosemite and totally revamped the UI. Here’s a comparison of Yosemite’s UI elements vs that of OS X Mavericks. Check it out.

How To Try OS X Yosemite Beta For Free

Today, we’ll be showing you how to sign up for the OS X Beta Seed Program, and to download and install OS X Yosemite beta on your Mac.

What’s New in OS X Yosemite

Every year Apple introduces exciting new changes at the WWDC. This year is no different. The following are the exciting new changes to OS X Yosemite.

How to Configure Your Mac to Work with Google DNS or OpenDNS

One of the main reasons for using Google DNS is that it speeds up your Internet connection. Here’s how you can configure your Mac to work with a Google DNS.

How to Clear and Manage “Recent Places” In OS X

Don’t like the choices in the Recent Places in OS X? Here’s how to clear out that list, manage it, and set the number of entries in Recent Places.

How to Fix Wrong Hard Drive Data Usage Calculation in OS X

Occasionally, your Mac will show the wrong storage info of your hard drive. Here is how you can fix wrong hard drive data usage calculation on OS X.

How to Fix Missing Users Folder In OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks

The latest OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks update came with a new missing Users folder bug. If you are affected by this, here’s the fix to restore your Users folder.

How to Easily Fix a Mac Stuck in Expose View

The Expose feature in Mac allows you to view all open applications at once. However, there is a bug in Mac that cause Expose to stuck. Here’s the fix.

Tips to Manage the Privacy Settings in OS X

If you have added Facebook and Twitter to your Mac, you might want to change the privacy settings so other apps don’t post to your accounts without you knowing.

How to Share Reminders in OS X

Apple launched the Reminders app in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. If you are a regular user of Reminders and to-do list, here is how you can share reminders in OS X.

How to Enable and Use the OS X Character Viewer on Your Mac

The OS X keyboard offers additional characters available via the modifier keys. Here is how to enable and use them through the character viewer.