Apple sells more portable Macs than desktops - but that’s a lot of Macs with a display of 15” or less. You can use an external display on any portable Mac...

Thunderbolt, HDMI, USB 3.0, FireWire 800, Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Audio. What do they all do? If you’re new to the Mac, or computers in general, here’s a...

Some call this man "The Beard". Some say he just has one. Others like to think that it tweets for him. I'm of course talking about none other than Jim...

Mac's aren't cheap. Everybody knows that. And when you spent $2,000 or more on your shiny new computer, you expected it to be fast and stay that way. But to...

AirDrop has been designed to be the quickest way to share files between two Macs, whether or not they are on the same network, even if there is no wi-fi...

Alongside the launch of the iPhone 5, iPod Nano, and iPod Touch, Apple promised us an October release of iTunes 11; the biggest update to their all-in-one...

The OS X Contacts app has been around a while, though it was just renamed (the title was "Address Book" in version 6.0 and prior). In all this time, many...

Have you ever purchased an awesome new Apple product only to find out almost immediately that there's a newer and better version right around the corner, or...

Did you know you could share the optical drive from one computer with another OS X machine? It even works cross-platform to a certain extent, allowing you to...

Your Mac has the ability to boot into any form of storage connected to it, which is a huge benefit in some situations. Whether you've got a Mac hooked up...

OS X Mountain Lion came with a lot of new features, many of which were not explained well. There’s always documentation, but it can often be tedious. So, for...

Mac not booting? Software update went wrong? Need to do a reinstall? These are just some of the reasons why having a diagnostic drive available is something...

AppleCare is the support arm of Apple. If things go wrong, they’re the best people to speak to. Apple offers an extended support package called the...

Chris Coyier is an active and very well known-member of the web development community. He single-handedly built one of the best CSS advice websites around,...

This post is part of a series that revisits some of our readers’ favorite articles from the past that still contain awesome and relevant information that you...