Evil Week: How To Hide Porn On A Mac
Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games,…
You Can Play ‘Elden Ring’ and ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ on a MacBook Right Now
People buy a Mac for video editing. People buy a Mac for coding. No one buys a Mac for gaming. You can game on a Mac, of course: There are…
Your Old Mac Might End Up in the Trash If You Don’t Do This
I’m a big believer in holding onto your Mac as long as possible, but at some point, it comes time to say goodbye. As you part ways with your old…
7 Apps to Recreate the Best Windows Features on Your Mac
Look, you’ve tried all these apps, but you still need to run Windows. Before you add a second computer to your setup, give Parallels a try, an app that literally…
The Hidden Way to Monitor Your Mac’s Temperature for Free
Photo: pisaphotography (Shutterstock) Apple silicon—including the M1 and new M2 chips—has a reputation for staying cool even under intense workloads. Intel Macs, on the other hand, run notoriously hot. They’re…
The Most Useful Terminal Commands Every Mac User Should Know
Screenshot: Pranay Parab Terminal on your Mac can do some surprisingly useful things, such as check your internet’s speed, change which kinds of apps you see in the dock, and…
Relive the ’90s With These Web-Based Mac Emulators
Screenshot: Jake Peterson Back in the ‘90s, you needed to have powerful hardware to use an operating system as advanced as, oh, Mac OS 8. Nowadays, you can run the…
How to Automatically Empty the Trash on Your Mac (and Why It’s Fine)
Screenshot: Pranay Parab Like most people, if you have a base variant MacBook with 128 GB of storage, freeing up space on your Mac is probably a regular event in…
How to Check Your Internet Speed Directly in macOS Monterey
Screenshot: Pranay Parab If you want to check how fast (or slow) your internet is, the usual method is to go to speedtest.net, fast.com, or any of the bajillion other…
The Easiest Way to (Maybe) Fix macOS Monterey’s Memory Leak Bug
Photo: Extarz (Shutterstock) Have you noticed your Mac slowing down after you upgraded to macOS 12 Monterey? You aren’t alone. Plenty of people have reported seemingly random slowdowns and extraordinarily…