Of all the "under the hood" components of Mac OS X, my personal favorite is preferences files. Why? For starters, they are important. They potentially affect every application you use, from the Finder ...

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 ...

Here's how to automatically or manually back up your data, and then restore it on your Mac using Apple's Time Machine feature ...

macOS has gone through a handful of visual changes over the last several years, but one thing that has stayed largely the same is System Preferences. A new concept imagines how Apple could revamp ...

System Preferences is now called System Settings, but that's not the only thing that's changed in Ventura. Some settings have moved, too!

You can change your default web browser on Mac from System Preferences or from your browser's settings page.

Keychain Access is a powerful tool for Mac users. On the surface, it seems like a password manager. However, it also does a lot of other things. You can see each ...

Another date bug solution Response to our Apple CHUD Tools workaround for the date bug has been excellent, with most readers reporting that the problem is solved - though they are still stuck changing ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Java is probably one of the most important bits of software your computer runs. It allows you to use everything from certain websites to certain ...