Month: April 2021

How to Force Quit on a Mac

  Has one of the apps on your Mac frozen? Are you seeing the ‘spinning beach ball’? Has your mouse stopped working? All these are symptoms that suggest an app has stopped working and you need to Force Quit before you can carry on. But how …

How to turn a Mac’s screen off

There are a few occasions when you might want your Mac to be awake and doing something, but would prefer if the screen was turned off. For example, you might be running a lengthy software download overnight and don’t want the glare of your screen keeping …

What is the Option key on a Mac?

You are probably here becuase you are trying to follow a tutorial and it’s referring to the Option key. You look down at your keyboard and there is no Option key. If you are looking for the Option key on a Mac, wondering where the Option …

How to right-click on a Mac

Wondering how to right-click on a Mac? You’re not alone. Years ago Apple famously insisted that a one-button mouse was the way to go, not the two-button mouse preferred by Windows users. The legacy of this decision has been a lot of confusion about how to …

How to show hidden files on a Mac

Apple has its reasons to hiding away certain files from the average Mac user – after all, it’s difficult to break something you can’t see. But sometimes you need to see those files – or access the hidden hidden ~/Library folder – in order to fix …

How to check AirPods Max battery level

Battery life is a recurrent worry with the AirPods Max headphones. If you’re not careful about putting them back in their case – which triggers sleep mode – you may well find that they’re out of power the next time you pick them up. They haven’t …

The Best OnePlus Nord N100 Case to buy in 2021

OnePlus Nord N100 is one of the company’s most affordable smartphones available in the market right now. The device offers a 5,000mAh battery that is likely to last you all day long. It comes with a 6.52-inch display with a 90Hz refresh rate, paired with 4GB …