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MacOS Sonoma 14.1 Update Released for Mac

Oct 25, 2023 - 8 Comments
MacOS Sonoma 14.6 update

Apple has released MacOS Sonoma 14.1 for Mac users running the Sonoma operating system. The software update includes a handful of bug fixes and security enhancements, but no significant new features are included. Full release notes are included below. Separately, Apple has also released iOS 17.1 for iPhone, iPadOS 17.1 for iPad, updates to watchOS, … Read More

The Best Free Clipboard History & Clipboard Manager for Mac is Maccy

Oct 24, 2023 - 11 Comments

Maccy is a really good free clipboard manager for the Mac, the type of software that is so good that you’re grateful it is available for free, in the classic spirit of computing and open source software. It’s fast, unobtrusive, allows for text and images, with a great set of features, and a simple to … Read More

10 Essential Tips for New Mac Users

Oct 23, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Essential tips for new Mac users

New Mac users who are transitioning to the Apple ecosystem from the world of Windows PC’s may experience a mix of curiosity, excitement, and even confusion, as they get to know their new operating system. Fortunately, the Mac is not only exceptionally powerful, it’s also very easy to use, and quite intuitive. For new Mac … Read More

How to Install Safari Technology Preview on Mac

Oct 22, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Safari Technology Preview running in macOS

Safari Technology Preview is an optional web browser for Mac that is separate from the regular Safari browser, with the Tech Preview offering an early look at upcoming web technologies and features before they become included in the primary Safari browser. In this way, Safari Tech Preview is kind of like Google’s Chrome Canary, and … Read More

How to Download a Mac App from Github?

Oct 20, 2023 - 4 Comments
How to download full compiled Mac apps from Github

A ton of open source software is available on Github, and many Mac applications are often available to download for free through the Github service as well. And if you read websites like this one and many others in the Apple and tech world, you’ll often find links to neat software projects on Github. One … Read More

How to Recover Recently Deleted Passwords on Mac

Oct 18, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Find the Recently Deleted passwords on Mac to recover them

Forgetting or losing a password is a hassle, but assuming you save your logins and passwords with iCloud Keychain, that happens less and less. But you can still delete a password or login, whether intentionally or accidentally, and then end up needing access to that login information or password later. Fortunately the Mac offers a … Read More

How to “Save As” in MacOS Sonoma & Ventura

Oct 17, 2023 - 15 Comments
How to enable a Save As keyboard shortcut on Mac

Do you wish you had the “Save As” keyboard shortcut back in MacOS Sonoma and MacOS Ventura? Wish no more, it’s easy to re-enable, even in the latest versions of MacOS system software and with the peculiar System Settings experience. Many longtime Mac users adore the “Save As” keyboard shortcut, which had been accessed by … Read More

How to Install MacOS Sonoma on a Mac

Oct 16, 2023 - 6 Comments
How to install MacOS Sonoma on a Mac

The upgrade to MacOS Sonoma is well worth it for nearly all Mac users running macOS Ventura since it refines the operating system quite a bit, and could be a compelling upgrade for Mac users running Monterey and earlier versions too. With some great new features like desktop widgets, amazing new screen savers and wallpapers, … Read More

What is AKAuthorizationRemoteView and akd process on Mac?

Oct 14, 2023 - 1 Comment
The Mac Finder icon

Some Mac users may discover a process called AKAuthorization, AKAuthorizationRemoteView, “AKAuthorizationRemoteViewService”, and/or akd, running on macOS. Sometimes these process may be taking up inordinate amounts of CPU, which can add to the confusion, or concern. And, it’s not unusual for Mac users to find the “AKAuthorization remote view” name to sound a little suspicious, which … Read More

Native MacOS Docker Containers are Now Possible

Oct 13, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Native macOS Containers in Docker are now possible

Have you ever wished you could run native macOS Docker containers on macOS? Well, now you can, thanks to a great free project called macOS Containers. If you’re in the developer world at nearly any level, you likely have experience with Docker containers, which are wildly popular because of their utility. Offering a lightweight and … Read More

5 iCloud Security Features You Should Be Using

Oct 9, 2023 - 7 Comments
iCloud security features you should be using

iCloud is packed full of features that make using devices in the Apple ecosystem super easy and fluid, but there are some security features and capabilities offered by iCloud that literally everyone should be using because of their added benefits to security, convenience, and capabilities. While it’s generally a good idea to basically use every … Read More

How to Install macOS Monterey/Ventura Updates Without Installing Sonoma

Oct 6, 2023 - 4 Comments
Avoid installing MacOS Sonoma and install macOS Monterey or Ventura updates instead

While many Mac users have already downloaded and installed MacOS Sonoma onto their Macs and are enjoying the great new features, not every Mac user wants to upgrade to Sonoma. In fact, many Mac users want to stay put with macOS Monterey, or MacOS Ventura, and not upgrade to MacOS Sonoma for now, or even … Read More

Get Over 5000 Free Icons & Symbols with SF Symbols

Oct 6, 2023 - Leave a Comment
SF Symbols 5 from Apple

Apple has launched SF Symbols 5, a large collection of iconography for developers and designers to use in their apps for Apple experiences. If you’re a designer or developer, you’ll probably appreciate all the new symbols available that you can use in apps for the Apple ecosystem, whether for interface, toolbars, navigation, contextual menus, or … Read More

How to Fix “This iPhone is Open in Another Window” Error

Oct 1, 2023 - 2 Comments
Fix iPhone open another window on Mac error

Some iPhone users are experiencing an error message that says “This iPhone is open in another window” when attempting to sync music between their Mac and iPhone. Users may see the error message even when there is no other window open in the Music app on Mac, making this a peculiar error message that doesn’t … Read More

How to Stop Getting Beta MacOS Updates in MacOS Sonoma

Sep 29, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Stop getting MacOS Sonoma beta updates

If you’ve already installed and updated to MacOS Sonoma, and you were previously in the beta testing programs (either public beta or developer beta), you may wish to no longer receive beta updates to your Mac. If you don’t do this, and you were previously enrolled in the MacOS Sonoma beta testing program, you will … Read More

7 Best New Features in MacOS Sonoma

Sep 27, 2023 - 31 Comments
The best features in MacOS Sonoma

MacOS Sonoma includes some great new features and beautiful refinements to the Mac operating system, and if you just downloaded and installed MacOS Sonoma 14 you may be curious about what to explore with the upgraded system software version, or what is new. We’re here to help, covering the seven best new features of MacOS … Read More

macOS Sonoma Download Available Now

Sep 26, 2023 - 2 Comments
MacOS Sonoma

Apple has released macOS Sonoma, versioned as MacOS 14.0, as a free download for all Mac users. The final version of macOS Sonoma carries the build 23A344, matching the second RC build that was released a week prior. MacOS Sonoma features an all new redesigned Lock Screen, a snazzy moving wallpaper feature, over 100 new … Read More

3 Easy Steps to Prepare for macOS Sonoma

Sep 25, 2023 - 6 Comments
Prepare for macOS Sonoma

If you’re a Mac user then you are likely excited about installing macOS Sonoma, particularly if you’re already running macOS Ventura. macOS Sonoma improves on its predecessor with new features and improvements, including beautiful new screen savers, a revised Lock Screen, Safari Profiles, desktop widgets, and much more. Before you jump right into installing macOS … Read More

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