Apple’s next Mac operating system, macOS 10.14 Mojave, will be available for free in the Mac App Store on September 24th, and it has new features you’ll want to try. Visual Changes The most noticeable change is the optional new Dark mode, which applies a light-on-dark look to windows. Turn on Dark mode in System […]
When you double-click a document, macOS uses the document’s file extension to figure out which app should open the file. So, by default, a PDF file called laser-squid.pdf opens in Preview because the Finder knows that everything with a .pdf extension should open in Preview. But what if you would prefer to open .pdf files […]
When a Mac folder contains a lot of files, the Finder’s List view often works best, since it lets you focus on a single folder and easily sort the contents by clicking the different columns: Name, Date Modified, Size, and Kind. But did you know that you can resize columns, rearrange them, and even add […]
Have you ever needed to write directions for where to find a file on the Mac? That’s easy if it’s in a well-traveled location, like the Music or Pictures folder, but more difficult if it’s in an obscure hidey-hole. Rather than write out instructions like “Look in the Chrome folder inside Google’s Application Support folder […]
The Mac’s Finder offers an abundance of features, but some people do better with fewer choices. In particular, preschoolers who are new to the Mac—as well as older people who struggle to understand it—may prefer a more streamlined computing environment that offers fewer opportunities for mistakes. To make the Finder simpler and easier to use, […]
If your Mac is anything like ours, you end up with lots of apps open, each with one or more windows that obscure the Desktop. For those people who like to save in-progress documents to the Desktop and keep current project folders there, all those windows get in the way. macOS has a solution. Open […]
Finder freezes. They shouldn’t happen at all, and they don’t happen often, but it’s not unheard of for your Mac’s Finder to freeze, freak out, or otherwise stop responding properly. To bring it back to life, hold down the Option key, click and hold the Finder icon in the Dock, and choose Relaunch. (If the […]
Most Mac users know they can click the Trash icon on the Dock to open a Finder window showing files that are slated for deletion, but still available in the trash. And, they know they can restore one of these files by they dragging it from the Trash window to the Desktop or another folder. […]
The Mac offers oodles of techniques for organizing, opening, and saving files. We’re particularly fond of Finder favorites, which provide quick access to your most-used folders in the sidebar of every Finder window and Open/Save dialog. macOS provides a default set of Finder favorites, and you can replace the defaults with your own selections. To […]
Introduced with the MacBook Pro in 2016, the Touch Bar replaces the familiar row of function keys found on other Mac keyboards, and it works quite differently. Because it is actually a miniature screen, buttons on the Touch Bar change depending on context. In fact, different apps utilize the Touch Bar in different ways—some don’t […]
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