Microsoft’s Office 365 service provides an easy way to download and install the Office apps (like Word and Excel) on any machines you have, as long as you have the licenses available. But if you need to deactivate an installation of Office 365, there’s a quick method for doing so! We’ll tell you how.
Stop Your Mac From Creating .DS_Store Files on Shared Network Drives
Your Mac creates hidden .DS_Store files whenever it browses to a new directory. These files store handy metadata and layout information, but if you’re using a network drive shared with Windows users, these files may not be so hidden. Here’s how to stop your Mac from creating .DS_Store files on network drives.
How to Turn Off Safari Suggestions in macOS
When you use the search and address bar in Safari, it offers detailed results for certain search queries. These results, called Safari Suggestions, provide you with immediate access to information such as Wikipedia entries, stock prices, sports scores, and movie showtimes. But what if you’re primarily interested in traditional search results from your search engine of choice? In that case, here’s how to disable Safari Suggestions in macOS.
How to Clear Formatting in Google Docs
When you paste text into a Google Docs document, it will retain the font and formatting of its source. This is fine in some cases, but most users want their pasted text to match the existing formatting of their document. Here are two ways to get clean, unformatted text in your Google Docs documents, including one option that removes text formatting but leaves links intact.
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Handy Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Opening and Saving Files
Today’s article is about the ubiquitous open/save windows that appear whenever we need to, well…open or save something on our Macs. There are easy ways to use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and manipulate those windows, and we’ll tell you how!
Use Event Attachments in Apple Calendar to Prepare for the Big Meeting
Many people use the Apple Calendar app for macOS and iOS to create and manage their meetings and appointments, but there is often supplemental material that needs to be associated with the upcoming event. Instead of frantically searching your email for that PDF your boss sent you when the meeting was first scheduled two weeks ago, the Calendar app actually allows you to add attachments to your events. Here’s how it works.
How to Block Website Notifications in Firefox
Website notifications can be a convenient way to stay up to date with your favorite websites. But some users don’t want to use Web notifications. Instead of being forced to decline notification requests on every website, here’s how you can block all notification requests in the latest version of Firefox.
macOS: How to Browse Other Backup Disks With Time Machine
The best way to use Time Machine is with multiple disks, ensuring that your Mac’s backups remain safe even if one of your backup drives fails. But using multiple disks with Time Machine means that some of your backup data may differ between drives. Thankfully, Apple provides a hidden feature that lets you browse and recover data from a specific Time Machine drive rather than the latest aggregate data from all of your drives. Here’s how it works.
Fixing the Problem of Missing Dock Icons on Your Mac
A longstanding problem on the Mac is the one where the icons in your Dock get replaced by weird default icons, making it hard to see what you’re looking for. In today’s article, we’ll give you a couple of suggestions for how to fix this odd (and frustrating) issue!
How to Adjust White Balance in Photos on the Mac
We all have pictures that appear to be too orange or too blue because of the lighting conditions that they were taken under. In this article, we’ll talk about how to fix these unfortunate color casts using the Photos app on the Mac!