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How to Change the Default Screenshot Save Location on Your Mac

Taking screenshots is quite easy on macOS, but to a new Mac user with Windows experience, it may seem a bit confusing. Screenshots are saved directly to the Desktop as opposed to Windows’ style of pasting them to the clipboard or being saved in the “Pictures” folder. You might be used to that on your previous Windows system and might want to change it on macOS. Here we show you how to do both: change where your Mac screenshots are save, and save screenshots to the clipboard. Related: Mastering macOS Mojave’s New Screenshot Tools How to change where screenshots are saved If you’re using macOS… Read more

How to Turn Plain Text into a Powerful Task Management System with TaskPaper

When did remembering what you need to do become so complicated? Some task manager apps and todo lists are so packed with features that keeping them up to date is a task in itself. If this seems like too much for you, TaskPaper might be perfect for you. What Is TaskPaper? Despite the name, TaskPaper doesn’t actually have anything to do with paper. Instead, it’s an app that lets you manage your tasks in an easy-to-use format that is stored as simple plain text. The app costs $24.99, but you don’t have to worry about any subscriptions or up-selling. TaskPaper is a system that is… Read more

Apple’s Macbook Keyboard Issues – Which Models Are Affected?

Apple’s new “Butterfly” mechanism keyboard has been the subject of constant criticism since it was released back in 2015. The butterfly mechanism keyboard replaced the traditional scissor-key-mechanism-based keyboard, by replacing actual hard-clicking keys with butterfly-shaped hinges beneath the new keys, which leads to each key moving less distance when pressed. The keyboard is nowhere as good as it sounds, with it being plagued by constant noise and dust entrapment issues since it was released. Apple initially launched a Keyboard Service Program for Macbook and Macbook Pro that offers a free repair for Mac devices made between 2015 and 2017 that have keyboards with letters… Read more

How to Fix Airdrop Issues on Your Apple Device

Apple introduced Airdrop back with Mac OS X Lion and iOS 7. It allowed users to wirelessly transfer photos, videos, documents, etc., between their Apple devices, essentially eliminating the need for long, inconvenient wire transfers. Airdrop uses Bluetooth 4.x for power-efficient broadcast and discovery and peer-to-peer Wi-Fi for speedy transfer. This proved to be a popular way for transfers among those who had supporting devices. The main reason for this was the simplicity and security involved and the retention of the original image/video quality of media files over Airdrop. However, for some people, Airdrop never seems to work, or they never find their other device for… Read more

How to Use Apple Diagnostics to Troubleshoot Your Mac

Computers tend to fail in predictable ways. Especially when it comes to hardware, certain types of failure can cause programmatically-detectable signals that reveal the cause of the problem. Diagnostic programs that can accomplish this process are typically only available to authorized shops. Except that’s not really true: you can use Apple Diagnostics to access Apple’s diagnostics package from any Mac. What Is Apple Diagnostics? Apple Diagnostics is a diagnostic tool built into every Mac. It can run diagnosis algorithms on your Mac’s hardware without visiting the Apple Store. You can use it to search for problems in all of the Mac’s major systems, from… Read more