The Mac has come a long way from the original Macintosh. Once housed in retro beige plastic, current incarnations are clad in smooth, sandblasted aluminum. It was the computer that popularized both ...

macOS Ventura has a variety of new features and changes and one that may be jarring is System Preferences morphing into System Settings. Follow along for a look at what’s changed, tips and tricks for ...

Every time I buy a new Mac, there are a bunch of settings I change to improve the macOS experience. Some are quick tweaks that solve minor annoyances, while others are vital changes that make my Mac ...

With macOS Ventura, Apple decided to rename and redesign the macOS System Preferences. It resembles the one in iOS, but Apple didn’t completely make the two UIs mirror each other. The Mac and iPhone ...

While the firewall in OS X is meant to be straightforward and simple, the idea of which settings are preferred can be a little confusing. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for ...

Advanced configuration parameters control how your Mac stores cached Apple and iCloud content. Here's how to change the settings. The idea with macOS content caching is that if you download Apple ...

Apple just previewed macOS 13 Ventura. One of its new features is a redesigned System Settings that looks closer to what users would find on iOS devices’ Settings app. Here’s a first look at it.

Apple will overhaul its Settings app across iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS 15 when it unveils the updates at WWDC24, according to a report Friday. In other words, not everything at the big developers ...

Apple has improved macOS’s upgrade process tremendously over the years. With recent releases, it’s rare something goes pear-shaped and prevents an upgrade from completing. However, you can sometimes ...

Some users have experienced an issue in which systems do not save WiFi network settings, resulting in the network setup information needing to be reentered whenever the computer is restarted. Apple ...