OS X contains a number of hidden utilities that are generally accessed via System Preferences, but which can also be launched and used independently. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, ...

Did you know that OS X has a little-known utility for taking screenshots? It's a small tool called Grab that's tucked away in the /Applications/Utilities folder and is exceptionally handy for taking ...

The other day my daughter was frustrated by her math homework. She was plotting x and y coordinates onto a grid, but a few of her answers just didn’t line up. I suggested that we check her work, and ...

FixApplicationsFolderPermissions 1.0 is a tool from Apple that fixes the problem where the Applications folder may be locked or have incorrect permissions after ...

Hopefully most our readers here have a good backup routine in place. After learning the lesson the hard way, I now I use an obsessive combination of a cloud-based system (I use SpiderOak, which we ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is an excerpt from the just-released Take Control of Users & Accounts Leopard, a $10 electronic book available for download from TidBits Publishing. The 88-page ...

Disk Utility is a hard disk management application that comes with the Mac operating system. The software offers a number of hard drive management functions, including the ability to partition and ...

Power users and IT professionals alike may sometimes need to get under the hood of their Mac. The best way is to start learning the commands to move in and out of directories and list files and ...