I think password managers are an extremely good idea, second only to backup. To have reasonable security, you really need to have a different password on every account, so that the keys to the castle aren't given away if a single site gets compromised. And ideally each password should be as much of ...
Mac Target Disk Mode now includes USB, hooray
Target Disk Mode has long been one of the Mac's unique capabilities -- it allows you to bypass the operating system entirely and access the internal drive directly, as though it were an external drive. This makes it easy to migrate data from one computer to another, perform disk repairs, or ...
Turning off double-sided printing by default on a Mac
Sometimes, you get a new printer with a duplex feature, and your Mac, for whatever reason, decides that it should print on both sides of the page by default. (I think this is a problem with the HP printer driver installer, actually.) Fixing this is doable, but...not obvious. At all. Here's what you ...
Backing up a locked iPhone or iPad with a dead screen
If you've got an iPhone or iPod with a dead screen, that's not so awesome, but usually it can be repaired without replacing the whole device. But...not always. You want to be on the safe side and make sure there's a backup, ideally on a computer, before the device is repaired (or ...
You can’t use a MacBook’s charge cable with a MacBook Pro. Seriously.
So, I stumbled across an Apple Support article about which power adapters to use with which computer. The rule of thumb, since the mid-90's, is that more demanding models come with adapters that provide more power: MacBook Air (45W), MacBook Pro 13" (60W), MacBook Pro 15" (85W). It's labeled on the ...
In El Capitan and Sierra, you have to format an external drive twice to make it work with a Mac
All external hard drives are physically the same, whether or not they're marketed as being Mac-friendly or not. Mac-ready drives usually cost a little more for the same piece of hardware that you'd otherwise get. So, if you buy an external hard drive that is formatted for Windows, you need to ...