User Tip Emojis, Math Symbols & Other Special Characters
Emojis, Math Symbols & Other Special CharactersI do not like cluttering the menu items in the upper right hand corner of my screen. You can add a character view in this way through >System Preferences>Keyboard>Keyboard> My user tip is a simp...view more
Free Out of Warranty AssessmentAs a Mac owner you are privileged to receive in or out of warranty a free over the counter 'Apple Service Diagnostics' test if you are having any issues, hardware or software; from here you can make an...view more
User Tip FileVault—View progress when encrypting a drive
FileVault—View progress when encrypting a drivePrologue— The encryption process is straight forward using FileVault full-disk encryption (or FileVault 2,) it can also encrypt any removable drive, helping you secure Time Machine backups or other exter...view more
Do not install MacKeeperMany users will see references to an application called MacKeeper on various web sites and via pop-ups on their browser. Not only is it expensive for what it purports to do (freeware applications that do the same or m...view more
User Tip Upgrading Your MacBook Pro with a Solid State Drive
Upgrading Your MacBook Pro with a Solid State Drive(Note: while some portions of this user tip can be used when installing a new hard drive in your MacBook Pro, it is intended only for those upgrading to a SSD.) There are, with most MacBook Pros (exclusive of ...view more
User Tip Exchange Repair programs affecting MacBook Pros
Exchange Repair programs affecting MacBook ProsWhen Apple observes an after warranty issue with its computers, it issues Exchange/Repair Programs on this page: http://www.apple.com/support/exchange_repair/ Occasionally it has also issued them on it...view more
Harden your Mac against malware attacksHello and welcome to my User Tip See this here for the latest Security Issues Security Issues Warning List "Do I need to run anti-virus/anti-malware software on a Mac?...view more
How to revert OS X back from MavericksCan also be used to "fresh install" Mavericks in case of software or bad sector issues/glitches If your having problems with Mavericks, and you want to keep it, you should first try to fix in place: ..St...view more
Sleep indicator light behaviorSometimes the sleep indicator light/power indicator light may behave oddly. Apple wrote this support article to discuss the meaning behind those behaviors: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4167view more
User Tip Cheap battery in the UK that fits and works, so far
Cheap battery in the UK that fits and works, so farAfter another genuine Apple one lasted well under 400 cycles over 18 months, and with them costing £109 here, which feels high, and is maybe 1/3 the value of the computer... I took a punt on a 3rd party replacem...view more
Remove Chrome and root level updaterHello and welcome to my User Tip Do to many questions on this subject, I've included these two links provide instructions how to remove Google's Chrome and their auto-update root level software from you...view more
Why is my computer slow?Hello and welcome to my User Tip I will attempt to explain in short how a computer works and perhaps identify the reasons why your machine is acting slow, beach balling etc. How computers...view more
Make a bootable clone of your boot driveHello and welcome to my User Tip This is a step by step instruction how to make and boot a bootable clone of your OS X system. It can be used for backup, moving to a larger drive, moving your us...view more
User Tip Maintain some level of privacy/cookie tracking
Maintain some level of privacy/cookie trackingHello and welcome to my User Tip Cookies are left by websites and trackers on those websites to follow your activity on the Internet. It's absolutely horrifying of the level of privacy in...view more
..Step by Step to fix your MacHello and welcome to my User Tip If this User Tip appears to be quite involved, it's designed to very through and systematic process to achieve success. It's designed for those who already ...view more
User Tip How to safely download and install programs
How to safely download and install programsHello and welcome to my User Tip I will explain how to download and install programs from the world wide web on your Mac. Before the AppStore appeared, we all downloaded software via the ...view more
I need to use Internet ExplorerInternet Explorer is a Microsoft browser for their operating system of Windows, there hasn't been a Mac OS X version in ages. Since Windows operating system is used by nearly all businesses and governments, if...view more