iMovie makes it easy to create and edit movies on a Mac, but with HD video becoming increasingly popular, it’s taking up space - fast! Here’s a great trick...

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...

The hardest part of fixing a computer problem is often identifying its cause. As operating systems become more advanced, this becomes increasingly...

Aperture is a complete photography toolkit from Apple. This impressive app lets you import, organize, edit, and share your photos from a single application...

In an earlier article, “Picking Passwords: Pitfalls, Practicalities and Protection”, we examined the requirements and problems of modern passwords and why...

So far in our series of making music with GarageBand, we've taken a look at getting started with GarageBand, and have then moved on to creating a simple song...

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...

Many thieves are opportunists. They will steal your Mac, given the opportunity, if it is left alone at the coffee shop, in the workplace, in your car or even...

Long before the days of text messaging, IM services, and other instantaneous communication protocols we’re now familiar with, the Internet was home to the...

It can be cumbersome to manually resize hundreds of photos, or perform some other repetitive task one-by-one. Fortunately, OS X comes equipped with a much...

Disk Utility is an application that's built into OS X that can perform lots of useful and even scary actions. Experienced users find frequent need of this...

We're excited to let you know about our Mactuts+ launch competition, giving you the chance to win $1,000 to put towards a new Mac! You just need to submit a...

Buying a Mac is a fairly easy experience given the relatively limited range of models (especially when compared to buying a PC), but there are still quite a...

iTunes has become the central powerhouse for organizing music, movies, television shows, podcasts, audio books, and iOS apps on your Mac, and knowing your...

Over the course of this tutorial, I’ll walk you through setting up a backup plan that works for you, I’ll tell you about the surprising number of options...