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How to Get iOS 7 Like Control Center On Your Mac

The new Control Center on iOS7 is very handy for accessing a number of important apps and toggles. Controls+ is an app that brings similar functionality to Mac.

How to Make Your Mouse Pointer Bigger in OS X Mavericks

Is your mouse pointer too small in OS X Mavericks? Have no fear, here is how you can make your mouse pointer bigger and easier to see.

Disable Attachment Previews in Mail [Mac]

Don’t want anyone peeking at your attachment in the Mac OS X Mail app? Here’s a quick tip that will show you how to disable attachment previews.

How to Use Emoji in Mac OS X Mavericks

Want to insert smilies and symbols into your tweets and/or Facebook status messages? If so, here’s how you can use Emoji in Mac OS X Mavericks.

How to Eject Stuck CD/DVD on Your Mac

There’s nothing worse than having a CD/DVD stuck in your Mac. Use the method here to force eject stuck CD from your Mac.

How to Access Hidden OS X Mavericks Wallpapers

Mac OS X Mavericks comes with 43 beautiful, stunning and yet, hidden, backgrounds. Use the trick here to access these hidden Mavericks wallpapers

Automatically Move Archive Files to Trash After Expanding [Mac]

Tired of having folders full of unneeded archive files on your Mac? Learn how to automatically move archive files to trash or delete them after expanding.

Keyboard Shortcuts to Minimize and Hide Applications in Mac

For Mac users, if you have plenty of applications running, you might find that your desktop is cluttered with all sort of application windows. Here are several keyboard shortcuts that you can use to quickly de-clutter your desktop.

How to Install Encfs and Encrypt Files in Mac OS X

Encfs is particularly useful for encrypting files that you want to store in the cloud. Using encfs in Linux and Windows is pretty straightforward as there are installers for both platforms. However, for Mac OS X, installing encfs is not as easy as it should be. Here is how you can install and use encfs in Mac OS X.

How to Remove Notification Center in Mac

Some people will find the notification center in Mac useful while many others will find it useless. If you belong to the latter, here is an easy way to remove the notification center and reclaim back the small icon space in the system tray occupied by the Notification center icon.

Reduce Dock Clutter in Mac With This Simple Trick

The dock in Mac can get messy very fast if you minimize a lot of windows at the same time. Here is a simple trick to quickly reduce dock clutter.

How to Easily Sync Folders in Your Computer With Synkron

There are times when you need to synchronize several folders in your computer, such as syncing several folders to the Dropbox folder. Synkron is a cross-platform compatible application that allows you to synchronize files and folders in your computer. It works in Windows, Mac and Linux and it can help you keep your files and folders updated.

6 Useful Apps to Control iTunes From the Menu Bar in Mac

If you’re one of those who uses iTunes to listen to music, you may be looking for easier ways to control it while doing other things on your Mac. We’ll take a look at 6 Mac apps that allow you to control iTunes from the menu bar.

How to Make a Folder Private in Mac OS X

If there are multiple users on your Mac, you can easily make a folder private in Mac OS X with this simple trick.

How to Setup a Web Server in Mac OS X

In this tutorial, we will show you how to activate the web server in Mountain Lion, as well as setting up PHP, MySQL and PhpMyAdmin. At the end of this tutorial, you will have a MAMP (Mac, Apache, MySQL, Php) server running on your Mac.

Manage Noisy or Overheating Fans with Macs Fan Control [Mac]

Do you have issues with noisy or overheating fans on your Mac? If so, Macs Fan Control app is both effective and easy-to-use tool that can help to keep these issues under control.

How to Set Up Home Sharing in iTunes

Home Sharing in iTunes allows for multiple computers, regardless of their operation system, to share iTunes contents together. This has been helpful for everything from sharing content between computers within the house. This article will discuss how to set up Home Sharing in iTunes and dive into sharing content between computers.

How to Setup Folder Actions to Automatically Resize Images in Your Folder [Mac]

Without any third party software, you can get your Mac to automatically resize an image when you place it in a specific folder. Here is how you can do so.

Turn Any URL Into An Interactive Desktop Wallpaper [Mac]

Do you have a favorite webpage that you like to check multiple times a day? How about turning it into your desktop wallpaper so you can quickly access to your favorite webpage without having to open your browser.

Font Book on Mac: A Thorough Tutorial

Font Book is the area of the Mac where you are able to view, delete, and download new fonts. It’s an aspect of Mac that not all users discover. In this article, we will go through the Font Book in details and let you know what you can do with it.

How to Adjust The Cursor Speed in Mac [Quick Tips]

If you are using Mac and find that your cursor is moving too slowly when you press the Left/Right arrow button, here is how you can adjust the cursor moving speed.

How to Activate Hidden Mac Games in Terminal

The Terminal may seems like a scary place for many Mac users, but do you know that you can play games in your Terminal too? Other than Tetris, there is also Ping Pong, Snake and even lesser-known games like Doctor. If you are keen, here is how you can start playing the games in your Mac’s terminal.

Turn Your Mac’s Trackpad into a Tablet with Inklet

Have you ever wanted to use your Mac’s trackpad for something other than navigating your Mac? Mac OS X has handwriting recognition built into it, so you’d think that you’d already be able to use the trackpad much like you would a tablet. Here is how you can turn your trackpad into a pen tablet.

How to Turn Your DVD/CD Library Into a Digital Library

As technology continues to get smaller and increasingly mobile, many of us are stuck with CD and DVD collections that are growing less compatible with our new lifestyles. Here’s a guide to knock the dust off your stack of DVDs and CDs and turn them into a digital music library.

Share a Single Mouse and Keyboard between Windows and Mac Computers

Do you have two different computers that you want to use at the same time via the same mouse and keyboard? Adding on to that, the two computers are running different operating systems. How can you make use of one set of keyboard and mouse and control both computers? Here’s the fix.

How to Use AirDrop Over Ethernet and Unsupported Macs

Airdrop allows you to send a file over to another Mac that is in the same WiFi network. However, not all Macs support Airdrop, especially those without the latest updates. Even those with the latest updates may not work out if not under a WiFi network. This doesn’t mean you have to miss out. Here, we will go over how to use Airdrop in both situations.

Turn Your Screen Saver into a Flip Clock on Mountain Lion

Have you noticed some of the cool new screen savers in Mac OS X Mountain Lion? Many of them have nice effects like flashing and rotating colors, moving text and photo slideshows. An elegant alternative to Mountain Lion’s default screen savers is a simple flip clock – appropriately named FlipClock. This screen saver does one thing only: displays the current time. It’s a simple, yet comes in handy and looks nice.

Guide to Transitioning from iMovie to Final Cut Pro X

If you are transiting from iMovie to Final Cut Prox X, here is a quick guide to help you make the transition easier and faster.

Add Your Pinterest Pins to Your Desktop Background [Mac]

Learn how to add Pinterest pins to your desktop background with the Mac app, Desktop Pins. Your wallpaper will never be boring again.

Seven Preview Secrets You Need to Know (Mac)

Preview in Mac may be around for a long time, but there are still plenty of features that are not known to many. If you are a Mac user, here are 7 Previews secrets you need to know.

How to Disable the Guest User Account in Mountain Lion

The guest account in Mountain Lion is there as a safety precaution in case you ever lose your Mac, but if you are adamant about removing it, here is how you can do so.

Add a Word and Character Count to Any Mac Program

One feature that’s always handy to have, but missing in many applications is a character and word count function. Here is how you can access word counts at your beck and call with just a right click. Mac only.

How to Set Applications to Launch at Start Up [Mac]

The number of startup apps will determine how fast your system will run. Here’s how you can customize your login apps in Mac and configure which apps should show up and which one should not.

Get Rid of Unnecessary Apps in Your “Open With” List [Mac]

It can be irritating to find the Finder menu’s “Open With” option fill up with unnecessary programs. This tutorial shows you how to remove those unnecessary app from the Open With list.

How to Share Your Mac’s Internet Connection

Sharing the Internet connection on your Mac is particularly useful when you are travelling and there is only a corded connection. You can easily setup a Wifi network and share the Internet with your coworker.

How to Transfer Your iTunes Library in Mac

Over the years, I am sure there are instances where you need to transfer a song or even the whole library to another place. Today, we will show you how to transfer your iTunes library to anywhere you want.

Damaged Laptop Screen? Here are Your Options

Do you have a laptop with damaged screen? Should you change the whole laptop? Send for repair? Or simply dispose it? Here are all the options you have.

How to Turn Any Printer Into an AirPrint Printer

Even though there is absolutely nothing wrong with my Epson printer, I was thinking of getting a new one. I wanted the ability to print anything on my iPhone or iPad. I can print some things and can do extra work to print almost anything, but it would sure work much better if I could just print anything like I could on a Mac or with an AirPrint printer. Luckily, there is one way that you can use to turn your printer into a airprint capable printer.

All About Launchpad for Mac

Launchpad is one of the many programs included in OS X Lion. While it is a good concept, many individuals may find it hard to find the value in the application. If you are unfamiliar with the program, Launchpad is just like the home screen of iOS devices. You have all of your applications, spread […]

How to Use Mail Rules to Manage Your Incoming Emails [Mac]

Have you been in a situation where you always receive emails that you don’t want to receive? Even with the help of a good spam filter – you know, the kind that filters out the messages for natural male enhancement or claiming that you have won the Spanish National Lottery, there are still many other […]

How to Make A (sort of) Song Template in GarageBand

At the first look at this title, you may be wondering why anyone would want to make a song template in GarageBand. A song template can help you to save time and make your song writing and recording much simpler. A song template can help you to manage your preferences across multiple songs. No more […]

How to Convert Mac .Pages Format Into .Jpeg

Let’s be honest. While there are a seemingly ever-increasing number of Mac users in the world, we still have to play well with the Windows users of the world. We may be proud of the platform we are using, like iWork, iTunes, etc, but there are always problems when we attempt to share files with […]

How to Convert Mac Font (dfont) to Windows Compatible Font (ttf)

If you are a designer and always switch between Mac and Windows, you will find that some of the beautiful fonts in Mac are not available in Windows. Even when you copy the font over, the Windows system does not recognize the font and can’t register it to the system. The reason is because those […]

How to Resize Video In Mac, Windows and Linux

Occasionally, while editing videos, we might need to resize it and change the screen resolution. It could be because the video screen size is too big to be uploaded to YouTube, or you need to enlarge a small video to fill up your large monitor. Previously, we have mentioned several software for video editing, compression […]

How to create your own OS X Dashboard Widgets from Safari

One of the many unique ideas Apple has pioneered in operating systems is the use of desktop widgets. Apple first introduced widgets with the Dashboard when they released OS X v.10.4. Since then, they’ve grown in popularity, in number of widgets available, and have been copied in several iterations for every major operating system. While they […]

How to Run Multiple Dropbox Accounts in Mac and Linux

Previously, we have done a tutorial on setting up multiple Dropbox accounts in Windows 7. There is no reason for us to leave out Mac and Linux as well. So here is it, the tutorial to run multiple Dropbox accounts in Mac and Linux. Note: The below tutorial assumes that you have already installed (and […]

How to Create a Mac Snow Leopard USB Installer Disk

All Macs come with a DVD drive that you can use, so in most situations, you won’t have the need for a USB installer disk. However, there can be times when your DVD ROM is spoilt and you need to reformat/upgrade your OS. This is where an USB installer disk comes in handy. In addition, […]

Qumana: An Easy-to-Use Alternative to Desktop Blogging

Desktop blog editors provide bloggers with additional functionalities that are missing in your blog’s default editor (e.g. WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, etc.). Additionally, you are able to write and edit your blog posts offline, which provides a way to save your work on your computer’s hard drive while also not having to be connected to the […]

4 Useful Visualizer Programs to Monitor Your Mac’s Storage Space

Maintaining one’s hard drive space is admittedly a less pressing task in the age of cheap and available storage, but it’s never a bad idea to keep an eye on your disk usage. Here are three programs and a handy Finder trick related to file size and available space.

How To Enable 3D Acceleration In VirtualBox

Virtualbox is an excellent application to have if you’re looking to try out new operating systems and/or are generally interested in virtualisation for the many benefits it offers. Make Tech Easier has extensively covered VirtualBox a couple of times earlier and we are great fans of this cross platform, open source application. One thing which […]