Apple's Tips and Tricks

Category: MacOS Big Sur

  • How to Upgrade from Older MacOS to MacOS Monterey (and Avoid Ventura)

    How to Upgrade from Older MacOS to MacOS Monterey (and Avoid Ventura)

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Upgrade from Older MacOS to MacOS Monterey (and Avoid Ventura) Do you have a Mac running an earlier version of MacOS that you’d like to upgrade to a newer version, but you don’t want to run MacOS Ventura? For example, let’s say you’re running MacOS Catalina, Mojave,…

  • Get Network Utility on macOS Ventura, Monterey, & Big Sur

    Get Network Utility on macOS Ventura, Monterey, & Big Sur

    Go to OSX Daily to read Get Network Utility on macOS Ventura, Monterey, & Big Sur Longtime Mac users who miss the Network Utility toolkit from nearly all prior versions of macOS may wish to bring it back to MacOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, and macOS Big Sur. Alas, a working version of Network Utility is…

  • How to Install MacOS Updates Without Upgrading to MacOS Ventura

    How to Install MacOS Updates Without Upgrading to MacOS Ventura

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Install MacOS Updates Without Upgrading to MacOS Ventura You likely know by now that macOS Ventura is available to download and install for any compatible Mac, but perhaps you’re not quite ready to install Ventura yet, or you’re perfectly satisfied running macOS Monterey or Big Sur, so…

  • 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 Pin Conversations in Messages for Mac

    How to Pin Conversations in Messages for Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Pin Conversations in Messages for Mac If you use the Messages app for many conversations from your Mac, you may have a few people you’d like to prioritize. By pinning a conversation in Messages for Mac, that person and message thread is always at the top of…

  • How to Show Battery Percentage in Menu Bar of MacOS Monterey & Big Sur

    How to Show Battery Percentage in Menu Bar of MacOS Monterey & Big Sur

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Show Battery Percentage in Menu Bar of MacOS Monterey & Big Sur Are you a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air user who likes to keep an eye on their Mac laptop battery life? Want to see the battery percentage in the menubar of MacOS with Monterey or…

  • How to Wipe Your Mac Without Reinstalling the OS

    How to Wipe Your Mac Without Reinstalling the OS

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Resetting a Mac has always been a headache: The only way to do it securely was to format the entire Mac and reinstall the OS. You had to do it every time you sold your Mac or when you encountered a grave issue with the software. Read more… Read full…

  • How to Install macOS Updates without Installing MacOS Monterey?

    How to Install macOS Updates without Installing MacOS Monterey?

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Install macOS Updates without Installing MacOS Monterey? Wondering how you can install updates to existing macOS installations, like macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina, without jumping ahead and installing MacOS Monterey? While MacOS Monterey is available to download now for anyone who wants to install it, not…

  • How to Change Siri Voice on Mac

    How to Change Siri Voice on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Change Siri Voice on Mac If you’re the kind of Mac user who personalizes their computer a lot, you may also be interested in changing the way how Siri sounds when she replies to your voice commands. This is something that wasn’t possible until recently. Ever since…