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Apple provides security features in macOS to give apps access to files on your local storage and removable drives. Here's how to configure them.

Malware is bad software you don't want to encounter, as it can harm your Mac or cause data loss. Here's how to protect against it.

The macOS Dock displays apps you add to it or that you run. Here's how to make it display only apps that are currently running on your Mac.

Apple devices use many common internet security standards. Here's what each of them does, and how to use them on your Apple hardware.

Apple first released the Apple TV set-top box in 2006. Here’s how to refurbish and restore one of the original units, to make the set-top box as good as new. Apple TV 1st generation. All through the 1990s, Apple had been toying with the idea of making a set-top TV box for home users. Like a cable TV box, Apple wanted to have a TV platform that was compact, inexpensive, and easy to use. Apple’s first stab at a TV device was in the early 1990s when it started a project called Apple Inte…

Upgrades in macOS Sequoia make it possible to run the Windows-based Xenia Xbox 360 emulator on your Mac. Here’s how. Xbox 360 and 360 “S” models. Xbox 360 was the second, third, and fourth generation of Microsoft’s game console which launched in 2005. There were three iterations of the console: the original, the slim or “S” model, and the “E” model which shipped in 2010. All 360 models are based on a custom Intel Xenon CPU called XCPU. They also featured an ATI-desinged GPU called Xe…

There is an easy way to see a list of everything Apple talked about at WWDC sessions since 2000, without manually combing through Apple’s pages. Here’s how to do it. Dive into app & game development through new ‘Apple Pathways’ hub WWDC is an invaluable resource for developers. The recorded sessions provide valuable insights for developers from Apple and experts. Apple has talked about thousands of different topics since the turn of the century. There are so many, it’s hard to plow th…

After upgrading an iPad, you may want to find a use for your old one instead of disposing of it. Here are ways you can make your older iPads more useful. Reuse your old iPads. When your iPad gets old and you want to get a new one, there are a number of ways you can reuse it to keep it useful. In our interconnected world, information is everywhere, and having a second or even a third iPad can come in very handy. And, even when an app updates cutting off your iPad that may be stuck on…

There are several utilities you can use on your Mac to secure it at startup. Here’s how to use them to keep your Mac and data safe. There are ways to shore up startup security in macOS. Computer security is an important topic in today’s digital world and most electronic devices are at risk to one degree or another. Apple has gone to great lengths to make its platforms secure, but there are still ways attackers can break in, steal data, and compromise Apple systems. Always keep in…

Whisky allows you to install Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit on your Mac. Here’s how to use it to run Steam games. The Whisky app We previously covered how to use the Whisky app to install the Game Porting Toolkit (GPTK) and WINE to run older Microsoft Windows Win32-based games on your Mac. Win32 is an older 32-bit API from the 1990s based on the C++ and C programming languages. It is no longer officially supported by Microsoft because most computer architectures transitioned to 64-bit c…