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MacOS Tahoe
Mac

How To Restore the Launchpad in MacOS Tahoe MacOS 26

MacOS Tahoe is right around the corner and with the first beta and WWDC announcement, Apple is changing the Launchpad, actually completely replacing it. Instead of the Launchpad in your

June 14, 2025June 19, 2025
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MacOS .ds_store
Mac

How to Disable Creation of MacOS .DS_Store Files on Network and Removable Media Locations

If you’re a Mac user, or manage file shares where Macs are present, you’ve probably seen the .DS_Store file in your file share folders or removable media. The .DS_Store (Desktop

June 14, 2025
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Contacts Missing or Not Syncing Mac
Mac

Fix iCloud Contacts Missing or Not Syncing to Mac

There are times when your Contacts app on your Mac might get out of sync with iCloud. In my case, the Contacts app kept showing contacts and data from over

July 5, 2024
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Hide User Accounts macOS Login Screen
Mac

How to Hide User Accounts from macOS Login Screen

There might be a few reasons why you want to use user accounts from the macOS login screen. It could be for privacy, a work environment, or maybe you have

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021
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Hide User Accounts macOS Login Screen
Mac

How to Fix macOS Big Sur Installation Failed Error

MacOS Big Sur launched on November 12, 2020 and there have been a large number of complaints of installation failed errors. Initially, Apple reported issues on their status page related

November 14, 2020November 21, 2020
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macos apfs preboot bless
Mac

Boot Failures After Converting MacOS SSD To APFS

After converting your MacOS hard disk to APFS, you could run into a situation where your Mac is no longer bootable and you get errors like “Building boot caches on

May 6, 2019February 1, 2020
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Mac Time Machine
Mac

Speed Up Time Machine Backups

As a Mac user, using Time Machine to create backups of your Mac is usually a good idea. You can either attach a large enough USB drive to use as

February 27, 2019
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macOS Mojave Camera Microphone Not Working
Mac

Camera or Microphone Not Working In macOS Mojave Apps

If you’re having an issue getting your camera or microphone working in certain apps after upgrading your Mac to macOS Mojave, it could be related to some of the new

January 4, 2019May 27, 2020
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Improve macOS Mojave Battery Life
Mac

How to Improve macOS Mojave Battery Life

Apple released macOS Mojave a few months ago and as with any major OS release, one of the most discussed topics is battery life. macOS Mojave is no exception. There

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018
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mac stuck at apple logo startup
Mac

How To Fix A Mac Stuck On Apple Logo At Startup

If you’ve found this article, it is probably because your Mac won’t boot up and is stuck at the Apple Logo screen with the loading/progress bar and never goes any

November 1, 2018
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