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How to Extract App Icons and macOS Icons on a Mac

Need a copy of an app icon from your Mac? Or how about a user interface symbol, like the Control Center button? Here’s where to find them.

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How to Get the Apple TV’s Aerial Screen Savers on Your Mac

The Apple TV comes with beautiful aerial screen savers to enjoy whenever you aren’t watching TV. Here’s how to get them on your Mac as well.

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How to Disable the Globe Key on Your Mac Keyboard

Keep hitting the Globe key by mistake and opening the emoji picker? Don’t worry, it’s easy to disable this function.

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The MacBook Pro Touch Bar Sucks, So I Disabled It

A few months after buying my MacBook Pro, I did the unthinkable and disabled Touch Bar functionality. Here’s why, and how you can do the same.

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How to Make Your Mac Boot From a USB Drive

Booting your Mac from USB lets you fix boot issues or keep an extra copy of macOS for testing. Here's how to boot a Mac from USB.

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How to Play Audio Through Multiple Speakers and Headphones on Mac

While you can easily switch between audio output devices in macOS, it isn’t obvious how to use multiple speakers at once.

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10 Tips and Tricks for Mac Beginners

Get to grips with your Mac in record time with our top tips for macOS beginners.

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How to Enable and Activate Kernel Extensions on Apple Silicon Macs

Apple silicon chips use different security protocols, which you need to adjust if you want to install third-party kernel extensions.

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How to Back Up Your Mac Without an External Drive Using Time Machine

If you can’t connect an external drive to your Mac, you can still use Time Machine to back up all your data to an internal partition.

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How to Create Awesome Slideshow Presentations in iMovie

Want to create next level slideshow presentations? iMovie makes that easy to do on your Mac.

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How to Customize the Login Screen on Your Mac

Here’s how to change the login screen on your Mac to include power options, password hints, custom messages, and much more.

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How to Set a Sleep Timer in Apple Music

Here’s how to prevent Apple Music from endlessly playing music even after you’ve fallen asleep—no matter what device you’re using.

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Open Mac Apps Faster Than Ever by Creating Keyboard Shortcuts for Them

If you always open the same apps on your Mac, you should create a single keyboard shortcut to launch all of them at once.

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How to Password Protect Pages, Keynote or Numbers Documents on Your Mac

Keep other people away from your iWork documents by adding a password to Pages, Keynote, and Numbers files on your Mac.

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How to Enlarge the Cursor on Your Mac to Find It Faster

Make your Mac cursor easier to find by enlarging it with this quick tweak.

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How to View Your Mac’s Shutdown and Restart History

Follow this guide to find all the times your Mac has shut down or restarted since it was set up.

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How to Stop Specific Files From Showing Up in Spotlight on Mac

Does Spotlight keep showing you irrelevant or private files when you enter a search term? Here’s how to declutter Spotlight results on your Mac.

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How to Easily Convert Images on a Mac Using Quick Actions

This quick trick allows you to convert image file formats without needing to open another app to do so.

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How to Install iPhone and iPad Apps on an Apple Silicon Mac

Did you know you can run iPhone or iPad apps on an Apple silicon Mac? It’s incredibly easy to download and install them, as we’ll show you.

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8 Mac Trackpad Gestures (And How to Customize Them)

Learn about all the cool gestures you can use with your Mac trackpad to easily switch between apps, access notifications, and more.

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