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Use your iMac as an external monitor https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/how-to-use-your-imac-as-a-monitor/ https://www.macworld.com/article/348530/want-to-use-an-imac-as-an-external-monitor-you-need-an-old-version-of-macos.html Note: Using 27-inch iMac As Monitor Requires Very Specific Cable...

That's why I asked to be pointed to an inexpensive SSD that wasn't cheaply made. All that you have to do is look at the specs of any given inexpensive SSD to see what they have left out. (Or ask a lot of questions of the manufacturer if they are loath to give out specs.) If you find an...

I understand. Just about all of the close to 10,000 members in my user group are extremely...price sensitive. I look for bargains for them all the time. You are correct in pointing out that there are a number of inexpensive SSD's on the market. I wanted to point out that they are NOT a "good...

I don't think that you know what a cheaply made SSD is. It isn't a matter of "semantics." Those Crucial SSD's that you mention. Take a look at reviews for them. (Not from people who just purchased them, but those who have had them for a few months.) They are only about as fast as a rotating...

Show me an SSD that is inexpensive that hasn't been cheaply made.

Ah. Basically all it takes is money. All of my Web sites are free, and I derive no income from them. In fact, they are a financial drain on me. They exist only for the benefit of Mac users. I'm loath to invest a lot more money into them than I already have. If folks are scared off because...

I'd be happy to. Care to teach me how? Or to point me to a resource that will teach me how?

Even more importantly, SSD's have become almost a requirement for doing a backup. Otherwise working with your data in an emergency will be glacial and suicide provoking. See: https://tidbits.com/2020/04/27/six-lessons-learned-from-dealing-with-an-imacs-dead-ssd/ See: "Lesson #1". Also...

Actually...I do! I have Brave listed, and Brave is the only browser that I currently recommend. It has the best security (with standard settings) of any browser for the Macintosh. Not to mention that Brave is FAST, it blocks ads without the need for an added extension, it is wonderfully...

The Seagate One Touch 5TB Portable Hard Drive drive that you are referencing is not an SSD. It is a rotating disk hard drive (RDHD). It also is a POS, with no cooling for the internal drive mechanism whatsoever, and no separate power supply. These things fail at a very high rate according to...

As you may know, there is a bunch of free software for the Macintosh that is really excellent. I decided to create a Web site to catalog all of the really good free software for the Macintosh so that folks could easily find whatever sort of software that they needed if it came in a free...

Folks in this thread have stated that both TechTool Pro and Onyx can repair APFS formatted drives. That isn't accurate if one is referring to repairing the directory on APFS drives. Neither one can repair the directory on an APFS formatted drive. They can do other, mostly minor things, but...

Thank you for pointing out that Apple support note, but AdwareMedic makes removing adware manually, and thus that document, irrelevant. Just to be clear, Adware is generally not considered to be "malware". Adware, though annoying, isn't at all malicious. Also, there are malicious Trojan...

I'm tending towards believing that Apple isn't doing this because they are evil or greedy. One of the biggest reasons that Apple sees Macs in for repair is because third party RAM failed; due either to it being zapped by static during installation (most users don't bother to purchase and use...

You shouldn't be concerned with what any RAM usage utilities say. OS X is very smart about memory usage. OS X takes free memory, and if possible it fills it up with things that it caches to increase speed. In other words, OS X takes free memory and makes it work for you. The only thing that you...

I think that everyone will really like this. It is a free video tutorial showing what's new/changed in Yosemite and how to use the new features: http://www.macprovideo.com/tutorials/MacOSX-application

I'd like to be able to tell you that it's because I'm brilliant...but the truth is that I'm on another discussion list and someone passed on the tip there.

There is a very in-depth look at Apple's new OS X Yosemite on Ars Technica, here: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/10/os-x-10-10/1/

Many folks like to use their Macbook as a desktop computer at the office or at home. They plug in a bigger monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, etc., and it becomes a great desktop. You may have seen some fancy Macbook stands/holders on the Web that allow you to stand up your Macbook on edge while...

As recently as a year ago adware (which is software that serves up unexpected and unwanted ads, usually in your browser) was just about nonexistent on the Macintosh. Recently there has been an explosion of adware for the Mac. I've had to help someone with an adware problem just about every day...