Apple released macOS Ventura Beta 2 the other day. It took quite a while to install. Things are improving in this version of Ventura. It..

If you use several external hard drives like I do, then you probably are in the Monterey Startup Disk System Preference Pane frequently. Instead of..

The other day, I was working on my wife’s older iPad. I was doing some troubleshooting and needed to turn it off, but I could..

Hey, are there any writers out there? I have done the Macessence blog for years, although I don’t consider myself any kind of great writer...

One thing we all do frequently on the Mac is check and use Software Update. In previous versions of macOS, Software Update was its System..

There is a big push these days to use a VPN for increased online security. I think they do help in that way. One privacy..

I think many people use the iCloud Keychain to store their password information. I do not use it, but it does seem to be popular...

I don’t know about you, but my eyesight is not what it used to be. As a result, I need to do things on my..

These days, many people use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to secure online privacy. VPN’s do help with privacy in some ways, but they are..