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How to Find Where Homebrew Packages Are Installed on Mac

Jul 5, 2018 - 3 Comments
Install Homebrew on Mac

Have you ever wondered where Homebrew puts the binaries from brew packages that are installed on a Mac? If you’re a Homebrew user, you may be interested in knowing where Homebrew puts everything and where to find the installed brew packages in Mac OS. We’ll show you the directory path where Homebrew keeps packages, and … Read More

MacOS Mojave Beta 3 Download Released for Testing

Jul 3, 2018 - 1 Comment
Install macOS Mojave beta

Apple has released macOS Mojave 10.14 beta 3 to users participating in the Mac OS system software beta testing program. Typically the developer beta update arrives before the public beta update, which follows soon after. Often the public beta version is labeled as a version behind the developer beta, even if the release build number … Read More

How to Change the Safari Download Location on Mac OS

Jul 1, 2018 - 14 Comments
How to change the Safari download location on Mac

By default, the Safari web browser for Mac will download any files to the Downloads folder of the active user account. Most Mac users will likely be satisfied with that, but some may wish to change the file download directory in Safari for Mac OS to another directory. Likewise, if you have changed the Safari … Read More

How to Stop Getting MacOS Beta Software Updates via App Store

Jun 30, 2018 - 12 Comments
How to stop getting MacOS beta software update

Want to leave the MacOS beta program and stop getting beta software updates on a Mac? This is a fairly common occurrence for many Mac users who either initially joined a beta and then later downgraded, Mac users who had beta software but now want to be on the regular stable software update channel, or … Read More

How to Install Node.js and NPM on Mac OS

Jun 29, 2018 - 17 Comments
How to install NodeJS and NPM on Mac OS

Node JS is the popular Javascript runtime environment that is widely used by many developers, and npm is the accompany package manager for the Node.js environment and Javascript. When you install Node.js, you will find npm is installed as well, thus if you want npm you need to install NodeJS. There are several ways to … Read More

How to Install MacOS Mojave Public Beta

Jun 28, 2018 - 1 Comment
How to install MacOS Mojave Public Beta

The MacOS Mojave public beta is now available to download for any Mac user interested in testing the upcoming system software. This tutorial will walk through enrolling in the MacOS public beta testing program and then installing the MacOS Mojave 10.14 public beta onto a Mac.

MacOS Mojave Public Beta Download Now Available

Jun 26, 2018 - 5 Comments
macOS Mojave public beta available to download now

Apple has released MacOS Mojave Public Beta 1 to any Mac user interested in beta testing the upcoming macOS 10.14 system software version.

Where to Download Old Mac OS Software From

Jun 23, 2018 - 46 Comments
Old original Apple logo retro rainbow

Do you have an older Mac that you still use? Or maybe an older retro Mac is sitting in a closet that you’d like to dust off and get some use out of? Maybe it’s a PowerBook that is running Snow Leopard, an original iMac with Tiger, an older Macintosh LC 475 with System 7.0.1, … Read More

How to Recover Deleted Safari History on Mac

Jun 21, 2018 - 10 Comments

Have you ever wanted to recover deleted Safari history on a Mac? Maybe you unintentionally cleared all history and web data or deleted specific Safari history and you’d like to reverse those decisions and get the browsing history back? Or maybe you’re doing a little bit of investigative work for some reason or another, or … Read More

macOS Mojave Developer Beta 2 Download Released

Jun 19, 2018 - 6 Comments

Apple has released the second developer beta version of macOS Mojave 10.14 for Mac users participating in the Mac OS beta system software testing program.

How to Downgrade MacOS Mojave Beta to a Prior MacOS

Jun 18, 2018 - Leave a Comment
How to downgrade from macOS Mojave beta

Some adventurous Mac users have installed macOS Mojave 10.14 beta onto their compatible computers, whether for development or testing purposes. While running beta system software can be interesting and exciting, it can also be buggy, less stable than expected, or have some incompatibilities which make consistent use to be impractical or impossible, thus it may … Read More

How to Convert ISO to VDI Virtual Box Image

Jun 17, 2018 - 1 Comment
VirtualBox

If you’re a regular VirtualBox user, you may appreciate knowing how to convert an ISO image file (.iso) into a VDI Virtual Box image file (.vdi). Converting an iso to vdi is different from simply booting VirtualBox from an iso, instead it is taking an .iso image, for example of a live boot image, and … Read More

Want to Play Age of Empires for Mac? Try 0 A.D. Instead, & It’s Free

Jun 16, 2018 - 10 Comments
0 AD game is like Age of Empires but free

Age Of Empires was a classic real time strategy game set in ancient history, where players would build villages that blossomed into cities, all while amassing resources, managing a functioning economy, and building an army to defend your territory, explore, or take-over new lands. Once upon a time Age of Empires used to exist for … Read More

Apple Runs “Behind the Mac” TV Ad Campaign [Videos]

Jun 15, 2018 - 7 Comments
Behind the Mac ad campaign

Apple is running a series of television commercials for the Mac in a new ad campaign titled “Behind the Mac”. The videos are embedded below for easy viewing. The commercials focus on what a select group of Mac users are accomplishing with their Macintosh computers, with a broad overview, as well as specific commercials covering … Read More

How to Use the Unread Email Filter on Mail for Mac

Jun 14, 2018 - 7 Comments

If you want to quickly see what emails are unread in the Mail app for Mac, a new simple filter option makes it easier than ever to show only the new or marked unread messages in your email inboxes.

How to Install Python 3 on Mac

Jun 13, 2018 - 20 Comments
Install Python 3 on Mac

Python is a popular programming language that is widely used by beginners and longtime developers alike. Modern Mac OS versions come with Python 2.7.x installed (or Python 2.6.1 if an older Mac OS X version), but many Python users may need to update Python in Mac OS to a newer version like Python 3.8.x or … Read More

How to Make a MacOS Mojave Beta Bootable Install USB Drive

Jun 11, 2018 - 18 Comments
Make a macOS Mojave beta bootable USB install drive

Creating a bootable MacOS Mojave beta installer drive with a USB key or flash drive is a common desire for many advanced Mac users testing the upcoming macOS 10.14 operating system. A bootable macOS Mojave installer has several benefits, including the ability to format a target disk, easily perform clean installs, the ability to install … Read More

MacOS Mojave Release Date: Fall

Jun 9, 2018 - 24 Comments
macOS Mojave release date for fall

macOS Mojave 10.14 may be the most hotly anticipated Mac OS system software release in quite some time, thanks largely to the beautiful new Dark Mode interface option, along with various convenient features that are set to improve the Mac computing experience, from desktop Stacks, to dynamic wallpapers, a handful of new apps from the … Read More

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