How do I reset my Mac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, etc?

There are a couple of steps to reset some of the underlying power controllers and firmware on a Mac Computer. This has become even more important to know now that batteries are internal and non-removable. - MacBooks with a non-removable battery Shut down your Mac. On your built-in keyboard, press and hold all of these [...]

By |2020-01-19T20:13:25+00:00July 3rd, 2019|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac|Comments Off on How do I reset my Mac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, etc?

How do I quit an app on my iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch?

Q. How do I quit an app on my iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch?     A. No Home Button On an iPhone X or later, or an iPad with iOS 12 or later, or iPadOS, from the Home screen, swipe up from the bottom of the screen and pause slightly in the middle of the screen. [...]

By |2020-03-29T13:33:32+00:00April 3rd, 2019|Apple, Cell Phone, Documentation, iOS, iPad, iPhone|Comments Off on How do I quit an app on my iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch?

Outlook for Mac 2016: Profiles

How can we view the profiles in Outlook 2016 for Mac ? Open the Applications folder Right-click Microsoft Outlook, Show Package Contents In the Contents folder open Shared Support Run Outlook Profile Manager   KEYWORDS Outlook Macintosh OSX Profiles REF https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Manage-profiles-in-Outlook-2016-for-Mac-fed2a955-74df-4a24-bef6-78a426958c4c  

By |2016-11-03T19:16:53+00:00November 3rd, 2016|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac, Microsoft, Outlook|Comments Off on Outlook for Mac 2016: Profiles

OS X WiFi Issues

========= QUESTION --------- Ever since I upgraded to OS X Yosemite, and iOS8, WiFi has been ridiculously buggy and slow on my Mac. Is there a fix for this?   ========= ANSWER --------- The best fix we have found for this, and honestly, have not seen the greatest success with it is to run the [...]

By |2015-01-12T14:57:28+00:00January 12th, 2015|Apple, Computers, Documentation, iOS, Mac, Networking, Wireless|Comments Off on OS X WiFi Issues

OS X: Substitute Text In Documents

========= QUESTION --------- In OS X Yosemite, every time I type two dashes in a row, or --- or ---------, it automatically converts it to a long dash, or EM Dash. How do I change this auto correct?   ========= ANSWER --------- In older versions of OS X (Mavericks), all you had to do was [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:24+00:00December 17th, 2014|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac|Comments Off on OS X: Substitute Text In Documents

OS X Copy Path

Is there a way in OS X to be able to right-click and select an option to copy the path of the current file or directory? I would find this very helpful for when I am trying to quickly save a file to a particular directory and I can quickly find that directory in Finder, [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:24+00:00August 10th, 2014|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac|Comments Off on OS X Copy Path

Apple Hardware Test and Apple Diagnostics

========= QUESTION --------- How to use Apple Hardware Test and Apple Diagnostics   ========= ANSWER --------- Mac released before June 2013: Apple Hardware Test http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Mac released after June 2013: Apple Diagnostics http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5781   ========= EXAMPLES ---------   ========= APPLIES TO / KEY WORDS --------- Apple Mac OS X Troubleshooting   ========= REF ---------   --- http://anySiteSupport.com [...]

By |2014-07-28T19:34:03+00:00July 28th, 2014|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac|Comments Off on Apple Hardware Test and Apple Diagnostics

OS X: VMware: Disable suspend

========= QUESTION --------- I would like my Windows install running inside VMware on my Mac to stop going to sleep on me!   ========= ANSWER --------- It is a bit odd, but this is still a setting adjusted by manually adding a line of txt to a the VMX file.   Shutdown the VM Add [...]

By |2014-07-06T20:22:44+00:00July 6th, 2014|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac, VMware|Comments Off on OS X: VMware: Disable suspend
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