Mac OS

There are a couple ways that you can easily search for a file on a Mac computer and both of those easy ways will be covered in the following article.

If you are reading this article you are most likely not using a Mac right now and if you are then you are probably already closer than you think you are! Opening an internet browser on a Mac is so...

If you have a Mac and don’t have a MobileMe account, the iDisk icon in your finder window is just taking up valuable sidebar space. Here’s the easy way to remove the icon.

One of the features that has been included in recent versions of the Mac OS X operating system is the ability to include a digital clock on your screen saver. In the System Preferences...

Have you ever been stuck trying to print or save what is on your screen? Ever wanted to capture what is in your application's window to show a co-worker? Being able to capture a screen to use in...

After using your Mac for a while, the two standard minimization effects can become very boring. What many people do not know about is the hidden third effect: suck. However, Suck can only be...

With the Address Book application, which comes with the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system, users can create contact groups in their address book and then organize their contacts into...

When you open a new Finder window on a Mac computer and begin navigating to different areas of your hard drive, you can see only inside the current folder and not the entire path of your...

When you make a change to the settings for the Finder on a Mac, those settings are only saved for the window that is currently open. However, you can use the "View Options" window to choose a new...

By default, all Finder windows on a Mac computer have a white background. However, you can alter the settings and change the background color of Finder windows. Background color settings in the...

Every time that you use the "Copy" command on your Mac computer, the operating system saves the highlighted data to a part of the hard drive called the Clipboard. Text and even images can be saved...

As a Mac user, you can easily copy DVDs directly from your PC using your Mac operating system's built-in software. You don't even need to have two DVD drives to complete the process, since your...

When you open a new window in the Mac OS X Finder, the operating system automatically arranges the icons on the screen in alphabetical order. However, you can change these settings and alter the...

By default, the Mac OS X operating system organizes all of the icons in a window in alphabetical order. If you want to arrange your icons based on the type of files they are, you can change this...

If more than one person uses your Mac computer, consider locking private files that you do not want other users to access. When another user attempts to open a locked file, the operating system...

Every file on your computer's hard drive contains a short extension that identifies its file type. By default, the Mac OS X operating system automatically hides these extensions. However, you can...

Securely erasing a hard disk entails making multiple passes to remove all data written on that disk, so no trace of it remains. One of the most common scenarios in which you would want to securely...

All files and folders on your computer are represented by icons. What many people don't know is that you are not stuck with those icons if you are on a Mac. It's very easy to change them and you...

Just about every Internet user has a Yahoo! ID, and using Yahoo! Messenger is a simple way to keep in touch with friends, family and coworkers who are online. Yahoo! Messenger even integrates with...

The partitioning of a hard drive on a Mac OS X computer offers you the ability to have multiple spaces for backing up your computer files along with the flexibility of running different operating...

When a computer connects to the Internet, the system is assigned an IP address, which networks use to identify it. In addition, all web servers and websites have IP addresses associated with them....

Every time that a Mac user tells the computer to store a password connected to either a website, application or wireless network, that account information is saved within the Mac's hard drive....

By storing regularly used passwords on their hard drive, computer users can save time when accessing websites, applications or wireless networks. Although most websites and programs will prompt...

With the Grab utility program, which is included with all new Mac computers, Mac users can capture a picture of an item on their screen and then save the image file for future use. In addition to...

Safari single window mode keeps Safari from opening in new windows whenever you click on a link that is written to only open in new windows. Keep your Safari windows less cluttered with single...

All new Mac computers come with several preset screen savers. When selected, these screen saver options rotate through a series of Apple images. However, users cannot set any of these images as...

Knowing your active IP (Internet Protocol) address is useful for troubleshooting, networking and file sharing. Your active IP address is easily available in your Network Preference Pane.

You can have your network shares and remote volumes mounted and ready on your Desktop every time you start your computer. Here you will learn how to mount a remote volume at startup on Mac OS X.

In the latest version of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, parents are given the option to set certain restrictions on a child's computer account. One of the restrictions is the ability to...

With the latest release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, also known as Leopard, parents are given the ability to place certain restrictions on a child's computer account. One of these...

In the latest release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, parents have the opportunity to restrict certain aspects of their children's computer accounts, including limiting what applications and...

Mac OS X provides a simple, yet intuitive way to tell if you've saved the changes to a file. By glancing at the unsaved icon dot built into every Mac OS X document window, you will always know if...

There are certain programs, like web browsers or chatting applications, that computer users start running the moment a system turns on. With the latest release of Apple's Mac OS X operating...

By default, all new user accounts created in the Apple Mac OS X operating system are given standard access rights, meaning that they cannot install or delete applications or run system updates....

You can easily show a docked application in a new Finder window on Mac OS X, without having to manually open a new window and search for the application. Follow these steps.

You can delete files and folders directly from within the Terminal in Mac OS X. There are times when troublesome files and folders will not delete using the standard method of moving them to the...

Apple’s iTunes software is loaded with features. The iTunes equalizer in the play window is an easy-to-use, but not well-documented feature. Here you will learn how to change the standard...

You can save steps with your Google web searches by having Firefox open in a new window the next time you search. Instead of opening a new tab or window before you do a Google search, use this tip...

Force quitting an application allows a user to close a program immediately. It also allows users to close programs that are not responding, or have frozen.

Here's how add options and customize your Finder windows in Mac OS X.

Customizing the icons on your Mac is simple to do and is a great way to give your Mac its own personality. Here's an easy way to change the icon on any document or application.

If you need a picture of your desktop, a browser window or a section of either, you'll need to take a screenshot. You can use the images to illustrate a web page, give instructions to a friend by...

The presentation document environment was a handy addition to Appleworks 6 for the creation of slide presentations. While many of the tasks are straightforward, editing the background of an...

Whenever a new hard drive is purchased for a computer, it needs to be formatted to work with that computer. Formatting a hard drive on a Macintosh computer is a fairly easy process.

Burning a CD in Windows often requires additional software. The Macintosh computer makes burning a data CD easy with software built into the Mac operating system. Instead of having to purchase...

The Mac's system's used to allow an unprecedented amount of control over the "look and feel" of the desktop and even the startup screen. The Mac solidified its status as the "artist's computer"...

Apple became eco-friendly long before many other high-tech firms, and has made several interesting energy saving features on its Mac OS Panther 10.3. With proper settings customized to the way you...

With Mac OS Panther, it is now easier than ever to share files and peripherals across all kinds of networks. Printer sharing has become particularly trouble free and easy to set up and is the way...

Whether you're part of a family where everybody uses the computer or a company where multiple employees are using the same computer, it's a good idea to keep everyone's information separate....