By Rachel Needell
If you want to delete a user on Mac, add a user on Mac, add a guest user, or make a user an administrator, you can do so in your MacBook or iMac’s settings. This can be useful if more than one person will be sharing a computer, whether it's a work or family computer. Read below to learn how.
By Rachel Needell
If you have a communal Mac, are tired of having to enter your password every time you log in, or you just aren't particularly concerned with security, you may want to know how to remove the Macbook password at login. While this means your information may be more easily accessible, for many of us, our computers never leave our homes. If you're okay with the risks, we'll walk through how to remove the password from Mac.
Apple has let you create unique, dummy email addresses to mask your personal email address for a while, so long as you are able to use Sign in with Apple. Now, this service is expanding to any online form that requires an email address. With iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey, if you have iCloud Plus, you can now sign up for any account or mailing list with a dummy email address and have all information sent to that address forwarded to your personal inbox. We'll go over why you might want to use this service and how to do it.
By Rachel Needell
Sometimes when you're copying and pasting text from one place to another, you bring the previous formatting with you. There is actually a special shortcut you can use by pressing specific keys on your keyboard that allows you to paste without formatting. This tip is super useful and can save you a lot of time when you just want to paste as plain text on your Mac.
By Leanne Hays
Need a free Mac screen recorder with audio? Here's how to screen capture on Mac (and MacBook) with audio or without. We'll go over how to use the screen recorder Mac feature with QuickTime and the Screenshot toolbar.
By Olena Kagui
There are times when you aren’t sure what exactly you want to find when you do a Google image search. Other times, you are looking for something extremely specific. This is where an Advanced Google Image Search will help you save a lot of time! Plus, you can use it to find free images or hide explicit content.
By Leanne Hays
Have you been wondering how to delete part of a picture on Mac, how to crop a video, or how to crop a picture on Mac? In this article, we'll go over how to crop a video or picture on your Mac computer.
By Rachel Needell
Apple Mail's Send Later feature allows you to type emails up ahead of time and schedule them to be sent at a later date. One of the best ways to use this is when you're working over the weekend or an idea occurs to you outside of normal working hours. You can compose the message ahead of time and schedule the email to arrive to its recipient at the perfect time. Here's how!
By Leanne Hays
AirDrop lets users wirelessly share files, photos, videos, contacts, websites, map locations, and more between Apple devices. You'll be able to AirDrop from your Mac to an iPhone, iPad, or another Mac, as well as receive AirDrops from an iPad, Mac, or an iPhone to your Mac.
By Leanne Hays
If you've created lots of photo albums on your Mac, it may be time to organize your photos by putting your albums in folders. Here's how to create and name folders, and add photo albums to them.
By Devala Rees
With macOS Ventura, the System Settings app was reorganized. Now it has a sidebar on the left, listing the major settings categories, such as Battery and Display, and you click each category to view specific settings options. But if you're struggling to find the category you're looking for, we'll show you how to view your Mac System Settings alphabetically.
By Devala Rees
When you change input or output devices for your Mac audio, sometimes the speaker settings don't correctly update automatically. This can leave you with audio still coming from your MacBook speakers even when you've set up external speakers, or vice versa. Fortunately, it's easy to go into the sound control panel and set audio output and/or input to whatever you want.
By Leanne Hays
So, what is a cookie anyway? A cookie is a small file of data about your interactions with a website. This packet of data is saved on your computer so that when you re-visit a website, it remembers your preferred settings, login information, and the pages you visited. Cookies can help to create a more convenient browsing experience. The downside? Cookies can also track your interests to show you targeted ads. Let's cover how to enable and clear cookies on your Mac.
By Jivan Hall
Your profile display picture is a small detail that you may have rushed past when initially setting up your computer. But, like your desktop image, it’s another great opportunity to personalize your workspace. Changing your Mac profile image is easy and fun! We'll show you how to change the profile picture on your MacBook.
By Rachel Needell
Sometimes, the text on your computer is just too large or too small for your reading pleasure. Or, perhaps your screen got stuck zoomed in and now you need to zoom it back out. Also, did you know you can zoom in the whole screen on a Mac? There are a bunch of options if you need to know how to zoom in with a Mac or zoom out on a Mac. We'll show you how to zoom out on a single window open on your Mac, or zoom in or out on the whole Mac screen. Plus, we'll go over Hover Text, which is a nice middle ground option. Here's all the ways you can zoom out of a Mac.
By Devala Rees
If you have a Wi-Fi password saved on one of your Apple devices, you can easily share the password to your other devices. This way, you can avoid manually typing the Wi-Fi password on each device. If you often connect your various Apple devices to new networks, this simple trick can make your setup much more convenient! Here's how to share Wi-Fi passwords between your iPhone to Mac.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
When you purchase a computer, Apple automatically assigns your device [YOUR NAME]'s [DEVICE TYPE] as its default name. But whether you want a silly name for your friends to see when AirDropping you photos, or having your name displayed when people can see your device makes you uncomfortable, changing your Mac's name is sometimes a must. Below, we'll cover how to change the name of your Mac.
By Leanne Hays
If you’ve been wondering, “How do I add a filter to a photo on a Mac?” it’s actually quite easy. Let’s go over how to apply filters to pictures on your Mac, and how to remove the filter or revert back to the original photo or video.
By Leanne Hays
Apple's Lockdown Mode is a new Mac, iPad, and iPhone security feature that defends your devices against cyberattacks. Here's how to keep your iPhone from getting hacked with Lockdown Mode.
Changing your Apple payment method is simple and straightforward on a Mac. If you use the Family Sharing feature, you might occasionally have to update the default payment option. Below, we'll walk through the steps to cover how to change the payment method on the App Store.
