If you have Slack installed on your Mac, you may have run into the problem of having a very annoying and persistent popup asking for permission to add a helper tool. For those users experiencing this issue, the popup will reappear even after entering a password and clicking on Add Helper or clicking on Cancel. … Read more
So you installed a new app on your Mac, and then you couldn’t find it? Sometimes you may notice that one or more of your installed apps may not appear in the Applications Folder in Finder. You may realize this when you want to locate the app for some reason, like when you want to … Read more
If you have installed Spotify on your Mac, it will automatically open itself whenever you turn on or log in to your Mac. If you are not using the app frequently, you may want to change this as you do not need the app running all the time in the background. When an app is … Read more
Screencast-O-Matic is a web-based service for creating screen recordings. It is very popular because it is an easy-to-use program. Although it is an online service, you will need to install its desktop application to run the software. You can record videos from your webcam, capture your Mac’s computer screen, and record your voice. I recently … Read more
There are many times when you may want to mute a website. Sometimes, you never wanted to hear anything from that website; other times, you just need to temporarily mute a site. In Safari, you can mute individual tabs or mute all tabs. This option is conveniently located in both the search field and the … Read more
The ability to pin a tab in Safari is not a new feature, but it may be one that you have never used. Mac users may be wondering what pinning a tab is all about: What does it do? Why would you want to pin a tab? Users also have other questions about pinning Safari … Read more
On your Mac, you may notice a strangely named tool called “sshd-keygen-wrapper” while using the Privacy pane of Security & Privacy preferences to change your Privacy settings. You may run into the name of this tool elsewhere too. For example, you may also see a popup message saying, “‘sshd-keygen-wrapper’ would like to receive keystrokes from … Read more
Sometimes, you may keep seeing a pop-up message on your Mac saying, “printtool is trying to modify the printer settings.” The message also asks you to enter your user name and password to modify settings. Lastly, this message may seem to appear randomly and intermittently. Sometimes, this message may appear every time you want to … Read more
Some users have reported having problems with their Trackpads after updating their Macs to the latest macOS Monterey. They have said that after updating, they are unable to use the Multi-Touch gestures on their Mac. There are several Multi-Touch gestures that can be used with a Trackpad, such as tap, swipe, scroll, zoom, and rotate. In this article, I will … Read more
You may want to know how old a Mac is. There may be various reasons you want to know a computer’s age. For example: You may need to figure out if your Mac is compatible with the latest macOS updates. You may want to see if your Mac can support new hardware. You might need … Read more