Menus are an essential part of interacting with your Mac. Whether it’s a pull-down menu accessed by clicking on the top bar of your desktop or a contextual menu found by right-clicking or CTRL-clicking on a file or folder, you need to know how to use your menus if you are to get the most […]
Snap Assist enables you to ‘snap’ windows to the sides of the screen. With displays getting bigger, the logic is that we can have more windows on our screens. Being able to split the screen into different sections for different windows is useful and Snap Assist in Windows 10 is designed to help. Snapping Windows […]
If your Mac’s desktop regularly gets cluttered with folders, file icons and other such material that you’re currently working on, there’s a new solution at hand in macOS Mojave. With a click of your mouse or trackpad, you can organise them into stacks, grouped according to their file type. Here’s how to do it. Your […]
The Internet is probably one of the main reasons you bought your Mac. When you’re online with your notebook or desktop Mac, you can surf the web, send and receive emails, make Internet telephone and video calls, buy apps and media and more. Here’s a guide to getting online using the Mac’s Wi-Fi connectivity. Going […]
Windows 10 has made huge steps towards creating an operating system which is suited to busy multitaskers. It’s easier than ever to switch between tasks and you can even have extra workspaces for when you’re working in different apps. All these features are available inside a new Task View feature. Using Task View Task View […]
The taskbar has certainly undergone a revival since its relegation in preference of the Start screen in Windows 8. Although it was still present in Windows 8’s desktop view, it is now back where it belongs. A few slight tweaks in the Anniversary update have made it an even more useful tool now. Mastering the […]
A ADDUSER Add or list users to/from a CSV file ARP Address Resolution Protocol ASSOC Change file extension associations• ASSOCIAT One step file association ATTRIB Change file attributes B BOOTCFG Edit Windows boot settings BROWSTAT Get domain, browser and PDC info C CACLS Change file permissions CALL Call one batch program from another• CD Change […]
There have always been pop-up messages in Windows. But now there’s a centralized way in which these are treated. Called Action Center (but titled simply ‘Notifications’), it’s actually designed to be a direct equivalent of the same menu on the Windows Phone. Make the Most of the Action Center The new Action Center is a […]
Mojave has two great new features for your Desktop. Dark Mode inverts the Mac’s colour scheme, making it much darker, and Night Shift Mode changes the colour hue, reducing blue light that can keep you awake if you use your Mac before going to bed. Both are accessed through the System Preferences. Dark Mode From […]
Choose New Wallpaper To open the Desktop preferences window, click the Apple menu, select System Preferences, and select the Desktop & Screen Saver option. Select the genre of picture required from the left column. Click on the image you’d like to use for your wallpaper. The desktop is updated immediately, so if you’re happy with […]