Pior to OS 10.10, Yosemite, all versions of OS X shipped armed with Network Utility and RAID Utility as standard. The default locations of these applications was found in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder on each OS X. Now with Yosemite, these applications are noticeably missing. Good news though, Apple did not remove these applications. A quick […]
By default, the latest Mac portables now ship sans an optical drive. There are also those who have older Mac portables which shipped with optical drives which have either broken down or the owner has elected to extend the life of their beloved Mac portables by displacing the optical drive Read More
Ever wonder what Time Machine is doing whilst you wait? On a standard OS X system the best you can do is enable Show Time Machine in menu bar (System Preferences > Time Machine) which displays a Time Machine icon in your menu bar which upon clicking provides minimal details Read More
Yes! You read right. Modifier Keys for Hot Corners!! Modifier Keys for Hot Corners can be extremely useful to suppress unwanted, accidental triggering of enabled Hot Corners in OS X. Firstly, for the uninitiated Hot Corners are like their namesake, the four corners of your screen which can be configured Read More
If you’re reading this then you’re probably adventurous enough to contemplate embarking on modifying your existing Mac to run either a Fusion Drive or a combination of Solid State Drives (SSD) and the traditional Hard Drive (HDD). But… you’re not sure which? Here at MacRiot we Read More
Ever since Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion, Notification Center has been ported over from iOS to live in the screens of our Mac computers. It used to be that Notification Center displays alerts of things we commonly would like to be notified about, e.g. calendar events and Facebook or Twitter Read More
Buried within your Mac OS Mountain Lion lies the ability to diagnose your Wi-Fi which can help you make critical decisions on setup or assist in detecting Wi-Fi efficiency or issues. Introducing, Mac’s Wireless Diagnostic application. To launch the Wireless Diagnostic application in Mac OS Mountain Lion: hold down Read More
Ever since Mac OS 10.7 Lion (2011), Apple has stopped shipping Restore DVDs with their Mac computers. Opting instead to rely on their Restore firmware (a.k.a. Internet Recovery) that is encoded onto every Mac’s logic board – which unfortunately requires an internet connection for any restore to be performed. For Read More
Apple Mail 6.6’s default behaviour when we reply emails is to strip the original attachment that arrived with our email and reply with only the filename of the attachment in angle brackets. For example, the original attachment was named “expense_report_2014.xls” then our reply would usually contain the quoted Read More
You don’t need to scour the internet any further for a freeware app that will help you resize images. If you’re running Mac OS X – you already have the app! All versions of Mac OS X ship with Apple Preview. Since its introduction Preview has over the years Read More
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