There are a number of inexpensive USB gamepads available for your Mac, but some Mac owners already have a perfectly good PlayStation 4 DualShock controller sitting in their living rooms. Wouldn’t it be great to just use the PS4 controller with your Mac? Well, good news! You can!
The new Continuity features in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 have merged the functionality of Apple’s mobile and desktop devices like never before, but there’s also a small new feature that will let users keep an eye on their iPhone battery life and signal strength right from inside OS X. Here’s what you need to know about this new information provided by Instant Hotspot.
The Organize by Conversation option in OS X Mail automatically groups all emails with the same subject together for easy reading and management. But some users prefer the traditional method of email organization with a truly chronological list. Here’s how to enable and disable the Organize by Conversation option easily with a toolbar button, so that you can get the best of both worlds with minimal hassle.
It can be fun to participate in the OS X Yosemite Beta Program or Developer Preview and get early looks at new OS X features, but sometimes it’s best to return to the safer and more stable public builds. Here’s how to remove your Mac from the OS X beta update program and stop receiving pre-release updates in Software Update.
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With Safari 8, introduced with OS X Yosemite, Apple made a quiet change that is causing a bit of frustration for users. The latest version of Apple’s Web browser now clears all website data when a user elects to clear their browser history. In previous versions of Safari, history and website data — items such as cache and cookies — were cleared separately via two different methods. Apple’s new approach of clearing both history and website data together is an issue…
Dark Mode gives a cool new look to OS X Yosemite, providing users with a dark background for the Menu Bar and Dock. You can easily enable dark mode via a checkbox in System Preferences, but Mac power users are always looking for faster and cooler ways to do things. With that in mind, why not enable a keyboard shortcut that will let you toggle dark mode on the fly? Here’s how to do it.
TextEdit is a free word processor included in OS X that offers powerful rich text formatting options. But sometimes it’s best to use TextEdit to handle plain text documents. Here’s an overview of the differences between rich and plain text, and how to use plain text in TextEdit.
Most apps in OS X utilize both condensed and expanded versions of the Save window. The condensed save box is great for quickly saving a document to a default or frequently used location, but if you want to see exactly where you’re saving something, or navigate subfolders, you’ll want to stick with the expanded save dialog. Here’s how to enable it by default with a quick Terminal command.
A consistent file name structure, including information such as the date, project, and description, can often be the best way to properly organize and locate digital data. But if you haven’t been applying such a file naming strategy from the get-go, you’ll likely find yourself faced with the daunting task of renaming large numbers of existing files. Thankfully, Apple has recently introduced a new feature in OS X that makes this process much easier.
Have you ever had an email bounce because the file attachment was too big? There are lots of ways to work around email file attachment size limits, but Apple hopes to make the process simple and seamless for users with the introduction of a new iCloud feature called Mail Drop in OS X Yosemite. Here’s how and why you should be using it.