Want to type emojis on your Mac? Of course you do. Here's how you can pick emojis from a big palette of choices. Quick and easy.
How to type Emojis and Symbols on a Mac
How to zoom in and out on your Mac
Zoom in (and out) on your Mac to make small stuff easier to see. Very simple to enable this built-in feature.
How to Keep the Mac’s Photos App from Launching When You Connect Your iPhone
If Photos launches every time you connect your iPhone via the USB charging cable, and if you don't want it to, this is the tip for you.
Delete Conversations in Mac Messages from the Keyboard
Delete conversations in Messages from the keyboard. Command-Delete gets you started, but the real magic is Command-D.
Make the Mac’s green zoom buttons work the way you expect them to
The green "Zoom Window" button used to toggle the size of the window. Now it goes full-screen and hides the menu bar. Here's how to fix that.
How to delete a file from the Mac immediately, without having to empty the Trash
Save a few seconds by putting something into the Trash and having it automatically delete, without you having to choose "Empty Trash..."
Block phishing and adult sites from your home’s network with one easy change
You can protect your home network from phishing and adult sites with one easy change. As a bonus your web browsing will speed up too. And it's free.
How to do something nice for your friend the Macman
Take one minute to help the One-Minute Macman! Just share one page. Maybe the home page, maybe a favorite article. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Secrets of the WiFi menu
Knowing something about your WiFi connection can help you to trouble-shoot. Here's how you find out a bunch of information, all with a click.
Use Dictation instead of typing
The Mac does dictation! Sometimes it's a LOT faster to speak some text than to type it. Similar to dictation on the iPhone, which is great.