Microsoft Office only supports the last three versions of macOS. So if you want to install it onto an older version of macOS, you need to know what the last supported version number is. You can download that from Update History for Office for Mac, or use the direct links provided here. Big Sur ...
stupid APFS tricks
APFS does a few things differently than HFS does. Some of it is under-the-hood stuff that has to do with encryption and security. But in terms of your day-to-day use, there are a couple of odd tricks it can perform. Multiple volumes per disk partition Most file systems create one volume per disk ...
I only just discovered you can now remove a single item from Mac Trash
For most of its history, Trash in macOS was an all or nothing affair. If you wanted something removed from your Mac permanently, everything else had to go with it. But what if you wanted to permanently delete a very large file, so you could recover the disk space, without including the smaller ...
Figure out what’s taking up space on your Mac with DaisyDisk
Every now and then, I am using an application on my Mac or iPhone and I stop and marvel at how its creators got it exactly right, and say a private thank you for them having made something so useful or enjoyable. DaisyDisk is that kind of app. I love it. It shows you a map of what's taking up space ...
Snow Leopard in Parallels Desktop
This is a technical post on how to get the Snow Leopard OS running on a Mac in Parallels Desktop, so that older Apple software can be run on a newer Mac. It has been verified on Parallels 16.1.0. If you want our office to set this up for you (which we can do remotely), please email ...
Making sense of Microsoft Office 2016, 2019, 365
Microsoft is notorious for their product segmenting and confusing naming. As I've mentioned elsewhere, they have multiple subscription services under the banner of "Office 365" -- which they are renaming to "Microsoft 365". These services can include Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ...