“I have two programs that start up every time I restart my Mac, programs I don’t need. How do I remove or stop them from starting up?” How to stop programs from automatically starting on the Mac: 1. Click on the little Apple logo located at the top-left corner of your screen. 2. Select ‘System […]
Is there a task manager for Mac
“I like to see what programs are running on my system and being used to Windows Task Manager I was wondering, is there a task manager for the Mac?” The Mac does have a task manager similar to Windows but it’s called “Activity Monitor”. You can find this Mac task manager in your Applications folder […]
How to close a frozen program on a Mac
“How do I close a program that doesn’t respond? Nothing happens when I try to close the unresponsive application on my Mac.” One of the easiest way to close a frozen program on the Mac OS is too force it to shut down with the “force quit” command on the Mac OS. Press the following […]
How to burn ISO image on a Mac
“How do I burn a ISO file to a disc on my Mac? On Windows I usually use Power ISO or Nero but I’m kinda new to the Mac and not really sure what to use.” The Mac can burn ISO images without any third party applications. Here’s how: Put a blank disc in your […]
How to close an application that is not responding on the Mac
“I went to crappy website that gave me an error and now I can’t close my Chrome browser. How do you close a program that is not responding on the Mac?” I fell your pain, this has happened to me a few times as well. You click and click but nothing happens. WHY ME!!! Ahhhhh!!! […]
How to password protect your Mac
“How do I password protect my Mac during startup and rebooting?” Here’s how to prevent other people from accessing your Mac account. How to password protect the Mac: 1. Click on the Apple logo, select “System Preferences” from the drop down menu. 2. Click “Accounts” under Systems. 3. Click on the padlock at the bottom […]
How to download the Mac App Store
“Where do I download the Mac App Store?” The new Mac App Store was released today and its super simple to get the new app store on your Mac OS X computer. Simply update your Mac to Version 10.6.6 and you’re good to go. How to update: 1. Go to the top left hand corner […]
Mac to Mac file transfer and sharing
How do I share files between my 2 Mac computers? Mac to Mac file transfer guide: 1. Go to the Mac you want to move files from, click on the Apple logo from the menu bar, go to System Preference, under Internet and Wireless click on “Sharing”. 2. Make sure “File Sharing” is turned on. […]
How to empty your Mac trash securely
“How do I make sure stuff I delete from my Mac trash is gone forever?” When you Empty Trash the files are still there even though you can’t see it. Only when those files are overwritten with new files will they really be gone. So we need to write over those files to securely remove […]
What games can I play on the Mac
“What games can I play with my Mac?” The number of games available on the Mac is not as good as on Windows but its definitely getting better. Usually games come out for Windows first then the Mac version comes later. Apple’s website has a nice list of games playable on the Mac, http://www.apple.com/games/. For […]