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SOUNDBYTE #9 HEY Managing Notifications artwork. Icon by Petr Bilek @ The Noun Project.

HEY - Managing Notifications

The main premise of HEY is that you are in control of your emails and so, by default, notifications are kept to a minimum. However, you can get notified of any email that enters the Imbox or of any email you receive from a specific contact, domain or email thread. Here's how...

SOUNDBYTE #8 macOS Hide and Show Windows artwork. Icon by VINZENCE STUDIO @ The Noun Project.

macOS - Hide and Show Windows

It's a common occurrence... you have multiple windows open on your desktop and you're beginning to struggle to find the windows you need quickly. These five short tips will explain how to quickly hide (or show) individual or multiple windows on macOS.

SOUNDBYTE #7 macOS Switching Between Light and Dark Mode artwork. Icon by Daniel Traoré @ The Noun Project.

macOS - Switching Between Light and Dark Mode

macOS includes several different modes to alter the system's appearance: Light, Dark and Auto. In this short article we'll show you how to switch between them.

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Terminal Hacks - Force macOS to Shut Down

Is your Mac refusing to shut down? Most likely an application or background process has frozen, preventing the process to close and in turn preventing macOS to shut down. This LectroHack will show you how to use terminal to force a shut down.

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Terminal Hacks - Caffeinate your Mac

If you need to run a process on your Mac that cannot be interrupted by the Mac's sleep cycle, such as running a task in Automator or downloading a large amount of data, then you can caffeinate the Mac to keep it awake. Here's how...

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Terminal Hacks - View File System Usage

Do you want to know why a particular drive is not ejecting on your Mac? Is a process causing a lot of strain on your computer's processor and you want to identify what that may be? This Terminal command will show you what your Mac is currently reading and writing to disk...

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Terminal Hacks - Show Uptime and Recent Reboots

Unsure how long your Mac has been running for before it's last reboot? Wanting to see a list of recent reboot dates for diagnostic purposes? There are a couple of useful Terminal commands that can help with this.

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Terminal Hacks - Show Hidden Files and Folders

The macOS operating system hides files and folders for good reason: to prevent accidental deletion of critical system files and to simplify the OS so that only the files and folders we need to interact with are visible. There may be times, however, when you need to locate a hidden file or folder.

SOUNDBYTE #6 macOS Adding iCloud Drive to the Dock artwork. Icon by Sergey Demushkin @ The Noun Project.

macOS - Adding iCloud Drive to the Dock

You can access iCloud Drive from the Finder window, but for an even quicker way to see you cloud files you can add a shortcut to the Dock itself. As the icon for iCloud Drive is not accessible from the Applications folder, this quick SoundByte will show you 2 ways to add this onto the Dock.

SOUNDBYTE #5 HEY Writing and Publishing Posts with HEY World artwork. Icon by iconfield @ The Noun Project.

HEY - Writing and Publishing Posts with HEY World

The HEY email service also includes HEY World: a place for sharing your ideas, and thoughts with the world. This SoundByte will show you how to write and post using HEY World.

SOUNDBYTE #4 iPadOS Configuring a Mouse and Trackpad artwork. Icon by WEBTECHOPS LLP @ The Noun Project.

iPadOS - Configuring a Mouse and Trackpad

Since iPadOS 13 it has been possible to use a mouse and trackpad natively with the iPad. This can really help to speed up workflows and interactivity with productivity apps in particular. This short SoundByte will explain how to connect and configure your devices.

SOUNDBYTE #3 macOS Switching Between Applications artwork. Icon by Ben Davis @ The Noun Project.

macOS - Switching Between Applications

When you have multiple applications open at once there are several ways you can switch between these applications efficiently.

SOUNDBYTE #2 macOS Renaming Files artwork. Icon by Martin LEBRETON @ The Noun Project.

macOS - Renaming Files

Whereas it is a standard feature to rename an individual file, since MacOS X Yosemite (10.10), it has also been possible to rename groups of files at the same time. This short SoundByte shows you how to do both...

SOUNDBYTE #1 macOS How to Change File Associations artwork. Icon by Chunk Icons @ The Noun Project.

macOS - How to Change File Associations

In macOS each file type is opened automatically by a default application. This short SoundByte will explain how you can change the default application a file opens with.

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Firefox Lockwise

Originally branded as LockBox in 2018, on May 21 2019 the service was renamed as Lockwise (Bugzilla).

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Dropbox To-do

Dropbox Paper comprises of several different features, one of which is a to-do list.

Bit-By-Bit #2 Firefox Monitor artwork. Icon by remmachenasreddine @ The Noun Project.

Firefox Monitor

This blog post will show you how Firefox Monitor can be used to check for historical breaches (dating back to 2007) and how it can be used as a warning system for future ones.