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Using macOS’s Desktop Stacks

If your Mac’s desktop regularly gets cluttered with folders, file icons and other such material that you’re currently working on, there’s a solution at hand in macOS. With a click of your mouse or trackpad,…

History Of Cloud Computing

Despite the cloud being a fairly new technological term, you may be surprised to discover that the concept behind it can be traced back almost to the very beginnings of the modern computer age.

Find and Install Free Software Safely

Finding free software is relatively easy but finding free software that doesn't fill your PC with junk or farm your details and sell them off to the highest bidder is a little harder. That is…

Using the Continuity Features on Apple Devices

With a Mac running OS X 10.10 or later, and a mobile device with iPadOS or iOS 8 or later installed, your Apple gear works together seamlessly. You can make and receive calls on your…

Using Sidecar in macOS Catalina

If you have a Mac running macOS Catalina and an iPad running iPadOS, you can use your tablet as a second screen for your Mac. This is especially good news if you also use an…

Ten Essential Free Mac Apps

You can download and use all sorts of awesome apps from the Mac App Store and their developers’ own websites, and there are many apps you can get for free. Here’s a roundup of some…

Laptop Care and Maintenance Tips for Beginners

Laptops are great! They are small, portable and can be easily put away when not in use. They are not, however, as robust as a desktop, so good care and maintenance is a must if…

Best New Features Of macOS 15 Catalina

The next version of macOS, will be known as macOS 15: Catalina. Once again, it takes its title from a notable place in California. Santa Catalina Island is a beautiful resort 29 miles south-south-west of…

How to Use Handoff in macOS

With Handoff, you can start writing an email on your iPhone or other iOS device and you can pick up where you left off on your Mac; or put together a report in Pages on…

Get 100GB of Free Cloud Storage

There are many cloud storage providers, offering both free and paid storage plans, and with a little bit of work, and some organisation, you can get more than 100GB of free cloud storage in a…

Backup and Restore with Time Machine

The Time Machine backup utility is a very important part of the MacOS operating system. It creates incremental backups of your files to a specified location, such as an external hard drive.

Boost Your Wi-Fi Range and Speed

Are you plagued by slow wireless Internet speeds? Does your Wi-Fi drop out at the worst possible times? Smart TV spending more time buffering than streaming your favourite shows? Then it sounds like you need…

Protecting Yourself Against Ransomware

The frequency, delivery and scale of ransomware attacks has increased significantly; so what is ransomware how, does it work, and how can you defend against it?

Essential Guide to Buying a Laptop

Buying a suitable laptop can be a daunting task but if you take heed of our helpful laptop buying guide you should be able to make a well informed choice.

What is a VPN and Why Do You Need One?

The connection from your computer to the VPN server, via the client, is usually secure to the tune of 256-bit encryption levels, depending on the VPN company who is hosting the service.