The items in this list are information and tips for using both older and newer Macs, including hardware, the operating system, and Apple software. It also covers other Apple products: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, etc, and common software used on these, as well as some peripherals. Just click on the title to view the tip. If you find any errors or would like to add any new information please just email me. 203 tips were found in the database.
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| Address Book Hanging | Address Book | Mac OS X | Vintage |
| Admin Crashing when Printing | Admin | Mac OS | Vintage |
| App Store Problems | App Store | Mac OS X | |
| Apple Diagnostics Codes | Diagnostics | Mac OS X | |
| Apple Mail Message Errors | Mail | Mac OS X | |
| Apple Silicon Macs Safe Mode | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Asked for Keychain Password at Login | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Bad Block Scan from Terminal | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Bogus Notifications from Web Site | Safari | Mac OS X | |
| Boot Into Safe Mode | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Cached Credentials Expired | Microsoft Office | Mac OS X | |
| Can iSight Indicator Light be Bypassed? | iSight Camera | Mac OS X | |
| Cannot add Ricoh SP3510 printer | Ricoh SP3510 | Mac OS X | Vintage |
| Cannot Change Printer Settings | Mac Printing | Mac OS X | |
| Cannot Connect to Public Wifi | Wifi | Mac OS X | |
| Cannot Launch Mail | Apple Mail | Mac OS X | |
| Change App Layout on Apple Watch | Apple Watch | WatchOS | |
| Change Columns Shown in Open Dialog | Mac Apps | Mac OS X | |
| Change Computer Name in Ventura | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Change Prefs using Terminal | Mac OS X Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Changing Sidebar Text and Icon Size | Mac OS X | Mac OS X 10.7 | |
| Choose Sound Sources | Mac OS X 10.6 | Mac OS X | |
| Citrix Not Loading from Firefox | Firefox | Mac OS X | |
| Clear DNS info | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Clear Printer Jams | HP laser printers | Mac OS X | |
| Clear Safari Cache | Safari | Mac OS X | |
| Clear Safari Cache on iPhone or iPad | Safari on iDevices | Mac OS X | |
| Clear the cache in Teams for macOS | Teams | Mac OS X | |
| Combine Files into a PDF on Mac | Creating PDFs | Mac OS X | |
| Compress a PDF | PDFs | Mac OS X | |
| Control the Camera | Camera | Mac OS X | |
| Copy Drives with Errors | Disks | Mac OS X | |
| Copy Files with Errors | Mac Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Copy Folders from Terminal | Mac Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Create a PDF from Image Files | Preview | Mac OS X | |
| Create Distribution List in Outlook | Outlook | Mac OS X | |
| Disable Messages on Mac | Messages | Mac OS X | |
| Disable Recent Applications in Dock | Dock | Mac OS X | |
| Display All Calendar Events as a List | Mac Calendar | Mac OS X | |
| Display Shutdown Dialog | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Dock Basics | Mac, Dock | Mac OS X | |
| Download macOS Installers | Installers | Mac OS X | |
| Download Older OS Installers | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Downloading Installers from Terminal | Mac OS | Mac OS X | |
| Email Messages Moved to Spambox Mailbox | Mail | Mac OS X | |
| Enable Easy Zooming | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Enable Extensions on M1 Macs | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Enable Key Repeat | Mac OS X | Mac OS X 10.7 | |
| Enable Root User | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Erase a Disk from Terminal | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Error Opening Office 2011 Files | Microsoft Office 2011 | Mac OS X | |
| File Sharing with Sharepoints | Sharepoints | Mac OS X | Vintage |
| Files and Programs | Finder | Mac OS X | Vintage |
| Find System Version from Disk Files | Mac Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Find Text on iDevice Web Pages | iPhone and iPad | iOS, iPadOS | |
| Finder Preferences | Mac, Finder | Mac OS X | |
| Finding Files | Finder | Mac OS, Mac OS X | Vintage |
| Finer Control Over Sound Volume | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Fix Damaged Preferences | All programs and systems | Mac OS X | |
| Fix Frozen Bluetooth | Bluetooth | Mac OS X | |
| Fix Keychain, TrustD Crash | Process: trustd | Mac OS X | |
| Fix SPSS Running in Sonoma | SPSS | Mac OS X | |
| Fix Word Crashing at Startup | Word for Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Force iPad to Restart | iPad | Mac OS X | |
| Force Safari Page to Reload on iDevices | Safari on iOS | iOS | |
| GeoPort Modems on Old Macs | Old versions of Mac OS | Mac OS | Vintage |
| Gestures | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | Vintage |
| Get Info from Terminal | Mac Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Give an App Access to the Whole Disk | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| GMail Setup in an Email App | GMail | Mac OS X | |
| Google Search Tips | Google | Any | |
| Hide and Unhide Files | Hide Files | Mac OS X | |
| High CPU With Zoom Screen Sharing | Zoom | Mac OS X | |
| High Sierra File Sharing Error | File Sharing | Mac OS X 10.13 | |
| How Game Mode Works | Modern Macs | Mac OS X | |
| How to Edit the Spelling Dictionary | Spelling | Mac OS X | |
| iCloud Drive Sync Stuck | iCloud Drive | Mac OS X | |
| Insert a Symbol When Typing | iPad and iPhone | iOS, iPadOS | |
| Install El Capitan After Expired | Mac OS | Mac OS X | |
| Install Extra Voices | Voices | Mac OS X | |
| Install Rosetta 2 from Command Line | Apple Silicon Macs | Mac OS X | |
| Introduction to Bluetooth | Bluetooth | Mac OS X | |
| Introduction to Cellular | Cellular | Mac OS X | |
| Introduction to Storage | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Introduction to Wifi | Wifi | Mac OS X | |
| iOS UI Tips (iPhone X) | User Interface | iOS | |
| iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Zoom | iPhone 15 Pro Max | iOS | |
| Keyboard Shortcut to Open an App | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Launch Programs | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| List 32 Bit Apps | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| List Files Open on a Volume | Open Files | Mac OS X | |
| Mac OS X Processes | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Mac OS X Speed | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Mail Content Not Loading | Mail | Mac OS X | |
| Mail Launch Failure | Mail | Mac OS X | |
| Mail Preferences Opens to a Blank Screen | Mail | Mac OS X | |
| Mail Uses Incorrect Address | Mail | Mac OS X | |
| Make the CPU Work Hard | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Menu Clock | Clock from old Mac OS | Mac OS X | Vintage |
| Merge Outlook Email | Outlook | Mac OS X | |
| Microsoft Office Problems | Microsoft Office | Mac OS X | |
| Microsoft Office X Crash | Microsoft Office X | Mac OS X | |
| Mouse System Setting Not Present | Mouse | Mac OS X | |
| Navigating Between Apps | Mac, Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| NVivo Version Numbers | NVivo | Mac OS X | |
| Office 2016 Apps Crash Randomly | Office 2016 | Mac OS X | |
| Open a Document in an App | Mac, Finder | Mac OS X | |
| Open iPad without a PIN | iPad, iPhone | iPadOS | |
| OS Installer Corrupted | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Other Dock Tricks | Mac, Dock | Mac OS X | |
| Outlook 2011 Crashes at Launch | Outlook 2011 | Mac OS X | |
| PDF Gets Unwanted Password Protection | Acrobat | Mac OS X | |
| Permissions for NVivo Don't Work | NVivo | Mac OS X | |
| Photoshop CS5 Crashes when Quit | Photoshop | Mac OS X | |
| Precisely Position Cursor on iPhone | Text Editing | iOS, iPadOS | |
| Prevent Sleep When Display Off | Sleep | Mac OS X | |
| Provide Authorisation Error Installing M | OS Instalaltion | Mac OS X | |
| Quickly Create a File in Terminal | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Rebuild the Spotlight Index | Spotlight Search | Mac OS X | |
| Recover from Sending Big Attachment | Mail | Mac OS X | |
| Remove Extended Permissions (ACLs) | Permissions, ACLs | Mac OS X | |
| Reset AirPods, AirPods Pro | AirPods, AirPods Pro | iOS | |
| Reset AirTag | AirTag | iOS | |
| Reset Dock to Default Settings | Dock | Mac OS X | |
| Reset Password | Older versions Mac OS X | Mac OS X 10.4 | |
| Reset PRAM | Mac Computers | Mac OS X | |
| Reset Spotlight Database | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Reset Wifi Files in macOS 13 | macOS 13 | Mac OS X | |
| Reset Wireless Keyboard | Apple Keyboard | Mac OS X | |
| Rotating External Screens | External Displays | Mac OS X | |
| Run Older Adobe Apps in Mojave | Adobe CS | Mac OS X | |
| Scan a Disk for Bad Blocks | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Scan Documents in the Files App | Scanning on iDevice | iOS, iPadOS | |
| Screenshots of Long Screens | Screenshots | iOS, iPadOS | |
| SCSI Probe | SCSI Probe with old Macs | Mac OS X | Vintage |
| Secure Erase from El Capitan | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Secure Erase Options | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Secure Erase SSD | SSDs | Mac OS X | |
| See Invisible Files in Dialogs | Mac OS X 10.6 | Mac OS X | |
| Send a Standard Text from Messages | Messages | iOS | |
| Set Date from Terminal | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Set Resolution of External Screen | Screens | Mac OS X | |
| Set Startup Security on Modern Macs | Mac Startup | Mac OS X | |
| Set the Current Date from Terminal | Mac Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Set Up Root Login | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Show CPU Model and Other Info | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Show Filenames with Invisible Characters | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Show Library folder | Finder | Mac OS X 10.7 | |
| Show Sent Messages in Conversations | Mail | Mac OS X 10.7 | |
| Show Specs from Command Line | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Shut Down Apps on iDevices | iPhone and iPad | iOS, iPadOS | |
| SMC Functions | SMC | Mac OS X | |
| SMC Reset for Early Mac Pro | SMC | Mac OS X | |
| SMC Reset Older Laptops with Nonremovabl | SMC | Mac OS X | |
| SMC Reset on Laptops with Removable Batt | SMC | Mac OS X | |
| SMC Reset on Modern Mac Desktops | SMC | Mac OS X | |
| SMC Reset on Modern Mac Laptops | SMC | Mac OS X | |
| SMC Reset on Older Mac Desktops | SMC | Mac OS X | |
| Some Keyboard Shortcuts | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Sonoma Compatibility | Sonoma | macOS 14 | |
| Spotlight Local Reset | Spotlight | Mac OS X | |
| SPSS Lauch Slow | SPSS | Mac OS X | |
| SPSS Slow to Launch | SPSS | Mac OS X | |
| Start Apple Diagnostics | Disagnostics | Mac OS X | |
| Starting Without a Battery | Mac Laptops | Mac OS X | |
| Storage Locations | Mac. Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| System Integrity Protection | Mac OS X | Mac OS X | |
| Target Disk Mode on Modern Macs | Target Disk Mode | Mac OS X | |
| Teams Quits Shortly After Launching | Teams | Mac OS X | |
| Teams won't Open in Safari | Teams, Safari | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal Example: Listing Files | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal Example: Shell Script | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal Tips: Deleting Files | Mac, Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal: Change Priority | Mac, Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal: Changing Privileges | Mac, Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal: Fixing a Hang | Mac, Terminal, Kill | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal: Listing Directory | Mac, Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal: Manual and Help | Mac, Terminal, Man | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal: Remote Secure Login | Mac, Terminal, SSH | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal: Terminate a Process | Mac, Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Terminal: Top Processes | Mac, Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| The Map Control Panel | Map in System 7 | Mac OS X | Vintage |
| Trim a Movie | QuickTime Player | Mac OS X | |
| Turn mirroring on and off from keyboard | Mac | Mac OS X | |
| Turn On/Off Inline Mac Predictive Text | macOS Sonoma | Mac OS X | |
| Un-hide Library Folder | Mac OS X | Mac OS X 10.7 | |
| Unix Search and Replace | Mac, Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Unix Terminal Intro | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Use Foreign Scripts | System 7, Mac OS 8 and 9 | Mac OS | Vintage |
| Use GREP in BBEdit | BBEdit | Mac OS, Mac OS X | |
| Use Scroll Bar on iDevice | Scrolling on iDevice | iOS, iPadOS | |
| Use Terminal to Set Startup Disk | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Verify Disks from Terminal | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| View Details of Installed Printers | Printers, CUPS | Mac OS X | |
| View WiFi Password on iPhone | Password on iDevice | iOS, iPadOS | |
| Viewing Processes in Terminal | Terminal | Mac OS X | |
| Waiting for Installation to Complete | Installer | Mac OS X | |
| Weird Eudora Problems | Eudora | Mac OS X | Vintage |
| Wifi Card Not Found | Mac laptops | Mac OS X | |
| Winclone BootCamp Transfer | BootCamp | Mac OS X | |
| Word 2016 Has No Menus | Word 2016 | Mac OS X | |
| Word Autocorrect File Location | Word 2019 | Mac OS X | |
| Word Text Selection Error | Word | Mac OS X | |
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There were 203 entries retrieved from the database for this subject area. Just click the name of the tip to see a full detailed description of it.