iMovie is great, but its features can seem pretty daunting for some. If all you need to do is trim the end of a clip, for example, there’s a much easier program that’ll let you do video editing on the Mac—QuickTime! We’ll tell you about a few of its best features.
5 Tips to Free Disk Space on Your Mac
If you’ve got to clean up the startup disk on your Mac, where are some good places to look? We’ll offer some tips and point you toward resources in this article!
4 Tips for Fixing Mac Printer Problems
Solving problems with your Mac’s printer can be frustrating, but luckily there are a lot of troubleshooting steps you can take to resolve whatever issue you’re having. Today, we’ll offer a few suggestions on where to start!
How to Open Files with Different Programs on the Mac
Are your PDFs opening in Acrobat instead of Preview? Are your spreadsheets launching with Numbers instead of Excel? We’ll help you fix that, whether you want to make a temporary change for certain files or a permanent one for all of them!
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How to Loop a Video in QuickTime X for Mac OS X
Apple’s QuickTime X is a handy and simple media player included in OS X, but it appears to lack a useful function: the ability to loop videos. But don’t abandon ship for another media player just yet; there is indeed a Loop feature in QuickTime X, you just need to know where to look.
How to Fix Incorrect Email Address Suggestions in Mail for Mac OS X
When you’re composing a message within Mail on the Mac, a list of autofill suggestions will appear as you start typing in an address. Here’s how to remove old or incorrect items!
Get a Better Look at Your Mac By Viewing Processes Hierarchically in Activity Monitor
Activity Monitor is an important app for monitoring the performance of your Mac’s application and hardware resources, but it can also be incredibly confusing when you’re dealing with hundreds or even thousands of processes. Here’s a quick tip on how to change your view type in Activity Monitor to better understand the relationship between certain processes and help you track down performance issues and crashes.
How to Add Website Shortcuts to the Mac OS X Dock
Most Mac users know that the Dock is a great way to find and launch their most-used applications, but you can also use the Dock to directly launch your favorite websites. Here’s how to add website shortcuts to the Mac OS X Dock.
How to Get a Clean Status Bar in Your iPad & iPhone Screenshots
It’s easy to take screenshots of your iPhone or iPad screen, but you don’t want to distract viewers with an unsightly status bar containing poor cellular signal strength, a random time, and a nearly dead battery charge. Here’s how to use QuickTime on your Mac to capture screenshots with a clean status bar in any app.
How to Switch the Command and Control Keys on Your Mac Keyboard
The most important key on your Mac’s keyboard is arguably the Command Key, but its counterpart in Windows is the Control Key. Two keys, two different locations on the keyboard, but the same basic function. This can be quite frustrating if you frequently switch between a Mac and Windows PC, but thankfully users can solve this problem by remapping their modifier keys in OS X, allowing you to switch the function of the Command and Control keys on your keyboard. Here’s how to do it.