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  • How to Stop “Upgrade to MacOS Sonoma” Notifications on Macs

    How to Stop “Upgrade to MacOS Sonoma” Notifications on Macs

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Stop “Upgrade to MacOS Sonoma” Notifications on Macs Are you tired of seeing the “Upgrade to macOS Sonoma” notifications on your Mac running Ventura or Monterey? If so, you can hide those notifications and stop the “Upgrade to macOS Sonoma” nagging on your Mac. It’s not unusual…

  • How to Speed Up Auto-Showing/Hiding Dock on MacOS

    How to Speed Up Auto-Showing/Hiding Dock on MacOS

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Speed Up Auto-Showing/Hiding Dock on MacOS A subtle way that you can tweak MacOS to make it feel a little faster is to speed up the auto-hiding and auto-showing time of the Dock. This obviously only applies to Mac users who hide their Dock by default, and…

  • How to Get the Older Style MacOS Alert Dialog Back

    How to Get the Older Style MacOS Alert Dialog Back

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Get the Older Style MacOS Alert Dialog Back MacOS Monterey and MacOS Big Sur introduced a new style to the MacOS alert dialog boxes, which look more like something you’d see in iOS than MacOS. In the new design style for MacOS alert dialog windows, everything is…

  • How to Change or Remove Font Smoothing on MacOS Monterey & Big Sur

    How to Change or Remove Font Smoothing on MacOS Monterey & Big Sur

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Change or Remove Font Smoothing on MacOS Monterey & Big Sur Are you noticing blurry text on your Mac’s display while navigating through the menu and across apps? More specifically, has this been an issue ever since you updated to macOS Monterey or Big Sur, and on…

  • How to Get Your Mac Dock to Show Running Apps Only

    How to Get Your Mac Dock to Show Running Apps Only

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Get Your Mac Dock to Show Running Apps Only The Default Dock on macOS shows off many of the apps that come bundled with your Mac out of the box. Many users customize it right away by adding apps they use on a regular basis, and removing…