In macOS Monterey, Apple has combined a bunch of stuff in the Dock & Menu Bar System Preference Pane. If you go in there, you..

If you are in the market for a new Mac, then you should read this article explaining that most people only need a base model..

The typical startup and recovery modes on all macs prior to the new M1 and M2 versions, have been the same for a long time...

The Ventura operating system is in its development infancy, so there will be changes and, hopefully, improvements over the next few months. Right now, it..

I do tech support on Mac computers for a local school. One of the teachers asked me to change her school's Mac account name to..

The Mac password is the one you use to install software and login to your computer. Occasionally, there are reasons for changing your Mac password...

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..

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...