Does your Mac keep freezing and stop responding, randomly and unexpectedly? There can be a number of reasons that can cause your Mac to become unresponsive to any user input from the keyboard or mouse or to freeze altogether. By freezing, it is meant that nothing happens. Sometimes you may start having this problem after updating […]
How To Keep Your MacBook From Overheating
There can be many reasons why your MacBook might overheat. You should keep your Mac running within acceptable temperatures. When your computer overheats, the potential risk of damage to important hardware components increases. Too much heat inside your computer may lead to irreparable damage and potential data loss. Even, overheating may also pose a safety […]
How To Keep Your Mac Up To Date
This article explains how you can update the macOS software on your Mac. It is very important that you keep your Mac up to date to help protect your computer and to keep it running smoothly. This short article explains how you can do this. Apple releases macOS updates, patches and security fixes periodically. These […]
Mac: Your System Is Infected With (3) Viruses, Fix
Do you see a popup message saying your Mac is infected with viruses? This popup message may appear in your browser (Safari or Chrome etc). Specifically this popup message says: Your system is infected with 3 viruses! Our security check found traces of 2 malware and 1 spyware/phishing. System damage: 28.1%. Immediate removal required. The […]
How To Change Color Of Visited Links In Safari (macOS)
In this tutorial, I explain how you can easily change the color of clicked links on Mac Safari. You can create and use a custom style sheet to specify exactly what color you want for visited hyperlinks. This style sheet will override the settings of the pages you visit. Please note that you do not need […]
How To Use Terminal On Your Mac
In this article, we explain what is Mac Terminal, how to use it and what it can do for you. In many macreports.com articles, we recommend our readers to use the Terminal app to troubleshoot various problems that our readers may be having with your Mac. Basically, Terminal is a command line interface (CLI – or […]
How To Use Network Utility on Mac
macOS includes an application called Network Utility. This means that you do not need to download or install this app. This app provides a variety of handy networking tools and details. You can use this tool for variety of purposes, from troubleshooting a connection to looking up information. How to find Network Utility: There are two […]
How To Run Traceroute on macOS
This article explains how you can perform a traceroute on your Mac. You may use traceroute to diagnose network routing issues (e.g., connectivity problems) and other related problems because it is a a network diagnostic tool. There are two ways to do this: Via the Terminal app Via the Network Utility app See also: macOS Won’t […]
How To Update iOS Software on Your Device
Apple releases iOS updates periodically for your device. You should periodically update your iPhone or iPad to the latest version of iOS to get the most out of your device. New iOS updates may offer new features, services and bug fixes. This article explains how you can check and update your iOS version. This article includes […]
How Do I Password Protect My Files & Folders In macOS?
This articles explains how you can password protect your folders and files on your Mac. You can assign passwords for files and folders. Everyone must enter to open the file or folder because the contents of your locked files or folders will be hidden. Important note: Although password protecting requires different steps for different file and […]