...

Category: Mac

Getting to grips with Notifications

Notifications is a feature that is often ignored or hated but hardly ever embraced and this is a shame because if used correctly it can be a real time saver. This feature  was a stable on the iPhone as far back as iOS5 but didn’t make it to the Mac OS until 10.8 but hasn’t really filled out …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://macservicesact.com.au/getting-to-grips-with-notifications/

A new way to deal with scams

I know it’s hard to believe, but  there are scum buckets out there whose single purpose in life is to rip you off. They get up in the morning and eat breakfast dreaming up new ways to make your life a misery. A while back I detailed some rules to follow that were designed to deal …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://macservicesact.com.au/a-new-way-to-deal-with-scams/

Smart Folders

A folder is like a draw. They are simple and self explanatory… you put stuff in them and thats where they stay and that’s all there is to it. But the Mac OS lets you create “smart” folders that turn the concept of the humble folder into something very different and a whole lot more useful. You’ll …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://macservicesact.com.au/smart-folders-2/

Your backups are safe

Behind Time Machine’s very simple interface lies a very clever little bit of software. However one of its features causes a great deal of confusion. Every now and then a dialog box pops up telling you that it is deleting your old backups. Understandably this produces waves of panic and streams of cold sweat among …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://macservicesact.com.au/your-backups-are-safe/

Making the most of your keyboard

I have this friend in England and he just purchased a house for £345,000 which in Spain would have cost him a whopping €441,161. This is quite an accomplishment because he has a very mundane job, you see he is the guy who goes around putting the © symbol on everything before it leaves the factory. Now that, as the …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://macservicesact.com.au/making-the-most-of-your-keyboard/

Seraphinite AcceleratorOptimized by Seraphinite Accelerator
Turns on site high speed to be attractive for people and search engines.