Tag Archives: Mac OS X

MacBooks can work with external displays but unless you’re using an Apple display you are highly unlikely to get the same colors on it as you do on your internal screen. That said, Apple isn’t the only company that makes a good monitor. There are plenty of great external monitors …

Macs have both an on-board graphics card and a dedicated GPU. Apple has tried to release models that can be used for gaming but it hasn’t had much success. It’s only managed to add a GPU to its line-up. Still, it is there. macOS chooses on the fly whether to …

macOS lets you view the Bluetooth battery percentage for connected devices. The devices that it supports are very limited. It supports Apple devices mostly i.e., Airpods, trackpads, keyboards, and it supports select Beats headphones but the list is small and unlikely to grow any time soon. For non-Apple devices, you …

Apple doesn’t open up its hardware to users or developers very easily. This goes for most of its hardware; desktop, TV, and phones. On the desktop though, it can’t be as restrictive as it might like e.g., you can install apps from outside the Mac App Store with little to …

Macs are expensive and often, if you compare the specs you get for a lower-end Mac, you’ll find you can buy an exceptionally better PC for the same price. The fact is, when you buy a Mac, you’re not just buying hardware. You’re also paying for the OS in addition …

Shell scripts are normally written and run on Linux systems but they’re almost as at home on a Mac system as they are on a Linux system. You can write a Shell script on macOS, and you can run it easily, far more easily than you can on a Windows …

macOS comes with Python installed out-of-the-box which is great. Unfortunately, the version of Python that is installed is an outdated one. In fact, you cannot do an in-place update of the language and move to a higher, supported version. Installing Python 3 on macOS is a manual task. Install pip …

iOS devices can share their internet connection with other devices, mobile and desktop. All you have to do is turn on the Hotspot. It can share WiFi and it can share your data plan. All you have to do is tap the little toggle in the Settings app. You can …

A MacBook, or any type of  Mac, can be used with an external/additional monitor. You don’t have to use an Apple manufactured/approved display but those will work best. If you have a non-Apple approved display, you will find that it works, just not as well as an internal display. If …

Apple keyboards or the built-in keyboard on a MacBook are generally good quality keyboards but they aren’t immune to problems. They can stop working entirely, or in part i.e., just a few keys. This can be a software problem and Apple has had trouble with its keyboard in the past …