Category: Mac

  • How to Exit Recovery Mode on Mac

    How to Exit Recovery Mode on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Exit Recovery Mode on Mac Recovery Mode is typically used for troubleshooting a Mac, for reinstalling system software, erasing disks, and performing similar tasks. Perhaps you’ve used recovery mode before to troubleshoot something, or perhaps you’ve even entered recovery mode accidentally on a Mac before. Rarely, a…

  • How to Make a macOS Ventura Beta USB Installer

    How to Make a macOS Ventura Beta USB Installer

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Make a macOS Ventura Beta USB Installer Many advanced Mac users may wish to build a bootable macOS Ventura beta USB install drive, which makes it easy to install macOS Ventura beta onto multiple Macs, different volumes/partitions, and also can serve as a secondary boot recovery drive.…

  • Traveling? Beware of Unsecured Hotel Wi-Fi Networks

    Traveling? Beware of Unsecured Hotel Wi-Fi Networks

    Go to OSX Daily to read Traveling? Beware of Unsecured Hotel Wi-Fi Networks Nearly every hotel nowadays offers free wi-fi, but a surprising number of them use unsecured wireless networks. Most commonly, the unsecured networks use a captive portal to access the wi-fi network, where a splash screen pops-up in a web browser window before…

  • How to Download iCloud Photos via the Command Line

    How to Download iCloud Photos via the Command Line

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Download iCloud Photos via the Command Line Ever wanted to download all photos from iCloud Photos using the command line? Thanks to the third party icloud_photos_downloader tool, you can do just that. Called icloudpd for short, it works to access and download photos directly from iCloud using…

  • How to Use a Virtual Webcam on a Mac

    How to Use a Virtual Webcam on a Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Use a Virtual Webcam on a Mac Ever wanted to enhance the webcam on your Mac? For example, tweak the brightness, contrast, saturation, or even flip the camera horizontally? These things can be done using third-party software called virtual cameras. The built-in FaceTime cameras on most Macs…

  • How to Always Show Window Title Proxy Icons on Mac

    How to Always Show Window Title Proxy Icons on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Always Show Window Title Proxy Icons on Mac The Mac Finder and apps like Preview offer window title icons when you hover over the window title text, and once defaulted to show icons in the window title bar too. Sometimes these window icons were referred to as…

  • Hide the Display Notch on MacBook Pro & Air with TopNotch

    Hide the Display Notch on MacBook Pro & Air with TopNotch

    Go to OSX Daily to read Hide the Display Notch on MacBook Pro & Air with TopNotch The all new MacBook Air with M2 and MacBook Pro 14″ and 16″ with M1 Pro and M1 Max processors are impressive machines by most hardware standards, but not everyone is impressed with the Notch that takes up…

  • How to Install macOS Ventura Public Beta

    How to Install macOS Ventura Public Beta

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Install macOS Ventura Public Beta Adventurous Mac users may be interested in trying out the macOS Ventura public beta on their Mac, which is now available for any user to download and install. As is usual with beta system software, the macOS Ventura public beta is buggy,…

  • How to Import Passwords to iCloud Keychain Using a Mac

    How to Import Passwords to iCloud Keychain Using a Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Import Passwords to iCloud Keychain Using a Mac Are you planning to use iCloud Keychain for managing all your passwords? If you’ve been relying on a third-party password manager until now, you may want to move all your existing passwords to make the migration to iCloud Keychain…

  • How to Make Mac Cursor Bigger

    How to Make Mac Cursor Bigger

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Make Mac Cursor Bigger Some Mac users may want the cursor size on the Mac screen to be larger, making it easier to see. Whether you’re having a difficult time seeing the Mac cursor on your screen as you move the mouse or trackpad around, or you…