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March 5, 2018 Mac

New MacBook Airs?

I have been reading rumor type articles lately about a new 13” MacBook Air in the works at Apple. I would buy one immediately. My wife’s Air is approaching 7

March 2, 2018 Mac

AppZapper

I have used several different Apps over the years for uninstalling Applications. Yes, you can just drag an App from the Applications Folder to the Trash, but several related files are

March 1, 2018 Mac

Identify Legitimate Emails From Apple

I am sure we all have received some type of Spam email purporting to be from Apple Inc. Sometimes those spammers do a pretty good job of it. It would

February 28, 2018 Mac

EtreCheck 4.0

I use several Utility Apps on my Macs to troubleshoot problems and keep things running smoothly. One of those utilities is EtreCheck by Etresoft, Inc. This App has been around

February 27, 2018 Mac

Keeping Your Mac Organized

I post articles from time to time on how to use utility Apps to clean up the system on your machine. There is more to keeping your macOS clean than

February 26, 2018 Mac

Search Engine Current Searches

I have used several different Search Engines in Safari over the years. I think most people use Google, but I prefer DuckDuckGo for its privacy features. Using a Search Engine

February 23, 2018 Mac

Keyboard Maestro Scheduling

I have had the Keyboard Maestro scripting App for several years. Keyboard Maestro allows you to automat all kinds of processes on your Mac. It is similar to using the Automator App, but