Douglas Canning | Macessence Blog

March 11, 2019 Mac

How To Turn Off SIP

SIP is built into the macOS to protect against malware installs and other bad stuff. There are very rare occasions where a user may need or want to turn off SIP to get something done on their machine.

March 11, 2019 Mac

Equipment Failure

The bottomline with Mac computer accessories these days is they will fail eventually. I just replaced a printer a few weeks ago. Now, my 10-Port USB 3.0 Hub died along with my keyboard!! I guess everything dies at once. I bought a new keyboard and USB Hub. Let me tell you what I did.

March 8, 2019 Mac

Home Network Router Issues

Most people now days have a WiFi router with Ethernet connections. I suppose more people have trouble with WiFi than Ethernet, but on occasion the Ethernet connection can misbehave or stop working.

March 8, 2019 iOS

iOS Deleting An Email Account

If you wish to remove an Email account from your iOS device, you need to go into the *Settings* area, naturally.

March 7, 2019 iOS

Which iPad Do I Have?

There are so many iPad models and so many of them look alike it is difficult to determine which model you have.

March 7, 2019 Mac

How To Use And Troubleshoot AirDrop

If you are a user of the Mac or iOS Airdrop feature, [I highly recommend reading this article] which covers basic Airdrop use along with some troubleshooting procedures.