Learn how to add a folder to the Dock of your Mac that automatically gathers your recently opened files in real-time for convenient one-click access.
How to add a recently opened files folder to your Dock
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How to immediately delete files on your Mac and skip the Trash altogether
Learn how to immediately delete files on your Mac and skip the Trash altogether, which will permanently erase the items without a chance of undeleting them later.
How to keep folders on top of your Desktop or Finder window
Do you have a hard time finding a folder on your Mac? Do you wish there was an easier way to access your data? A simple feature of macOS makes it simple to keep folders on top of your Desktop or Finder windows. Here's how to do it.
Power Menu lets you add powerful actions and customizable workflows to your Mac’s Finder
macOS includes a super-handy Automator feature to automate the tasks you do on your Mac. Even though Automator takes advantage of ready-made actions for easy creation of complex workflows without programming, most people are unaware of its existence or what it can do.
How to select one, several, or all files on your Mac
Learn all the ways you can select stuff on your Mac, including contiguous groups of Finder files, multiple non-adjacent items, and more.
A quicker way to toggle hidden files on macOS, no Terminal required
Sometimes you need to edit a system file, or look at a file created by one of your programs. Many of these files are hidden by default, so you'll need to make them visible before you can go about your business. One example I often encounter is hosts files, either for SSH or for your computer's whitelisted and blacklisted domains, though there are many others.
100+ new features in macOS High Sierra
Say hello to macOS High Sierra, Apple's newest operating system update for Macs. Whether you're on an iMac or one of the Touch Bar-outfitted MacBook Pro models, there is a lot to love in this latest release of Apple's desktop operating system.
How to remove the Macintosh HD icon from the desktop on Mac
Neat freaks like me like to keep the desktop of their computers free of any clutter. That includes files, folders, and of course, the Macintosh HD icon. As a matter of fact, removing the Macintosh HD icon from the desktop is one of the first few things I do when setting up a new Mac.
Although pretty simple to do, hiding that icon is not very obvious to less tech-savvy people. So in this post, I will describe how to remove the Macintosh HD or the hard disk/SSD icon from the desktop on your Mac.
How to use referenced library mode in Mac Photos app to save storage space
In this tutorial, we will show you how to use referenced library mode in Mac's Photos app to stop it from making copies of your media and help save space.
How to change the default search scope in Finder
In this brief tutorial, we will show you how to adjust the search scope for Finder on your Mac. You can set it to search the entire drive (which is the default), search the current folder you are in, or use the search scope you last specified.
macOS 10.12.4 properly displays icons for Windows executable files in Finder
Yesterday's beta release of what would become the fourth major software update to macOS Sierra doesn't just bring iOS's Night Shift mode to your Mac. Aside from that feature and things like an updated PDF API, expanded Dictation support or the ability for Siri to look up cricket scores and rosters, macOS Sierra 10.12.4 includes better handling of Windows executable files in the Finder.
As discovered by Microsoft's Mac product designer Vaclav Vancura, rather than use a generic icon to represent Windows executables like before, macOS Sierra 10.12.4 now actually parses .EXE files for native Windows resources such as icons.
How to hide specific mounted volumes from your Mac’s desktop
We've already covered how to completely prevent partitions from mounting under macOS, but sometimes you want a partition mounted and ready to use but still want the benefit of it not cluttering up your desktop. For example, many people want their Time Machine partition constantly mounted and backing up throughout the day but don't need it to be visible at all.
Finder's preferences allow for hiding all volumes from the desktop but offer no control on a volume-by-volume basis. Therefore, we'll show you how to use the Terminal to hide mounted volumes on a case-by-case basis.