Tor is free software and an open network. Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location. You can [...]
As a user of both a PC and a Mac, there are times when I dock my Mac that is connected to a Windows PC keyboard. As you know, in macOS, you use keyboard shortcuts like Command ⌘ C and Command ⌘ V for copy and paste. In Windows, you would use Control C and [...]
If your Mac is on a network where DNS changes are made frequently or occasionally, there might be a time where you'll need to perform a DNS flush so that you can resolve a web address to the correct IP address. You might run into an issue where a computer on the network is setup [...]
One of the great features of a Mac is the FaceTime camera, when it works correctly. Unfortunately, you can run into an issue where you get the dreaded "There is no connected camera" error when trying to use your Mac FaceTime camera. By reading the message, you might think this is a hardware issue, but [...]
Until Teamviewer devices to build an option into the app that hides the dock icon, the only way to remove it is through some hacks. Since it is in the top menu bar already, I would prefer to have it not take up space in the dock. Unfortunately, doing these hacks will permanently remove the [...]
If you have a netboot setup, then the backup share should automatically appear when you're in the recovery tools. If you're trying to restore from a regular file share, then you'll probably have to do these few extra steps... Prerequisites: Admin account & password AFP/SMB-share & server IP-address During the steps below, if you cannot [...]
As I start to use a Mac more and more, there are little tips and questions that I come across. Recently, I noticed my Launchpad wasn't very organized. I had some pages with only a few icons and there was no order to any of the icons. I know I can manually move them around, [...]
As Macs make their way into the enterprise, more and more people are needing a good solution for dual monitors while using the newer Macbooks and USB-C (Thunderbolt 3). Unfortunately, the older DisplayPort solutions don't work well and bring a lot of lag and display distortion. There are more USB-C monitors coming on the market, [...]
There are a few reasons you could receive a "No Results" message when performing a search in Outlook for Mac. It could be due to Spotlight Search indexing is incomplete, the profile name contains special characters, or the Outlook 15 Profiles folder isn't in the default location. In my case, it was related to the [...]
Even though my network has NetBIOS disabled in my Windows environment, including on the Windows DHCP server, the Mac OS X computers on the network still want to send NetBIOS requests. While monitoring network traffic using tools like Responder in Kali Linux or Wireshark, you can see the NetBIOS requests being sent. In my case, [...]
