9 Ways You Should Be Using Activity Monitor to Make Your Mac Run Better
Screenshot: Pranay Parab The Activity Monitor’s dock icon can be changed to a live tile that displays useful information. This makes it a lot more useful in the dock than…
Use These Hidden Settings to Organize the Open Windows on Your Mac
Photo: Alexey Boldin (Shutterstock) Traditionally, Mac’s window management features have lagged behind Microsoft Windows. And with Windows 11’s new Snap Layouts feature, it might seem like Windows is racing forwards…
You Really Need to Set Up Shortcuts on Your Mac
Screenshot: Pranay Parab With macOS 12 Monterey, the Shortcuts app made its debut, enabling automation on iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and HomePods. If you’ve installed Shortcuts on your Mac, you…
9 of the Most Helpful Shortcuts to Automate Tasks on Your Mac
Screenshot: Pranay Parab This shortcut is a fun thing to try if you like checking out what you can do with Safari, but frankly, it’s not very well optimized for…
12 Hidden Features in macOS Monterey Worth Finding
Screenshot: Khamosh Pathak Apple has massively improved the “Go to Finder” feature in the Finder app. You can get there using the Go > Go to Finder feature from the…
13 Pro Tips For Setting Up Your New MacBook Pro
Don’t judge the MacBook Pro by the notch. Give it some time, and, in a week, you’ll probably forget all about it. But if you can’t get used to it,…
How to Create Custom Keyboard Shortcuts for Any App on Your Mac
Photo: GaudiLab (Shutterstock) Nearly every Mac app has at least one action that takes one click (or three clicks) too many to execute—nobody wants to go through four different menus…
10 Smart Option-Key Shortcuts You’re Not Using on Your Mac
Screenshot: Pranay Parab Just like Safari, Finder’s menus have a few secret options buried under the Option key. Open any of the following menus: File, Edit, View, Window, or Go,…
How to Arrange Your macOS System Preferences So You Can Actually Find Things
Photo: Alex Photo Stock (Shutterstock) I’ve never been able to find anything easily in macOS’ System Preferences. Even the most basic things, such as changing wallpaper-related settings, I find myself…
13 Safari Settings You Should Change to Make It a Better Browser
Stop auto-playing videos in Safari on Mac.Screenshot: Pranay Parab If you don’t like auto-playing videos, you can disable them on Safari. Go to Safari preferences, open the Websites tab, and…