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macOS Mojave with Desktop Stacks enabled

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Stacks Can Organize Your Desktop With One Click

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Speed Up Your Work With Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

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Want to Print on Both Sides of the Page on Mac? Here's How to Do It

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Your Mac has Multiple Options for Right-Clicking
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How to Set Up Your New Mac
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No, Really: The macOS Disk Utility Can Resize Volumes
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Gain Access to Hidden Mac Features With Onyx
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Share Your Mac's Printer With Windows 7 Users
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How to Get Older Printers Working with Your Mac
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Keep Your Kids Safe With Mac OS Parental Controls
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How and Which User Accounts to Add to Your Mac
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Use System Preferences to Assign a Secondary Mouse Click
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Back Up and Archive Your Photos or iPhoto Libraries
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GarageBand Supports MIDI Keyboards and Virtual Keyboards
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How to Use the Mac's Security Preferences
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New to a Mac? Here's How to Launch Applications
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If Your Mac User Account Has a Typo, Here's How to Change Your Name
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How to Manage Do Not Track Settings in Your Mac OS X Browser
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How to Use the 'Energy Saver Preferences' Pane in OS X
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Manage Your Apple Mac's Sudden Motion Sensor Using Terminal
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Discover the Secrets of Using the Mac's Finder
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Use Disk Utility to Format Your Mac's Drive (OS X El Capitan or Later)
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Disk Utility Can Partition Your Mac's Drive (OS X El Capitan or later)
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Finder Views, Which Is the Best?
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How to Add a Standard User Account in the Mac OS
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A Little Mousing Around With Your Mac's Dock
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How to Set Up Your Mac With Multiple Administrator Accounts
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How to Share Your Printers With Windows or Mac Computers
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Keep 'em Safe with Parental Controls (OS X Lion through OS X Yosemite)
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Discover all of the Finder's Cover Flow View Options
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Common Mistakes to Avoid When Cleaning Your Mac's Display
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How to Customize Your Mac's Dock
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The General Preference Pane Lets You Customize Your Mac’s Appearance
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How to Tweak the Desktop and Screensaver Preferences in Mac
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Here's the Scoop on Installing Fonts on Your Mac
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Modifying Startup Behavior and Home Pages in Mac OS X Web Browsers
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How to Change the Default Browser in OS X 10.10 or Above
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Which Keys on the Keyboard Correspond to the Mac Modifier Symbols?
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How to Use Terminal to View Hidden Folders
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Split View Lets You See Two Apps In Full-Screen Mode
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How to Bring Back Startup Sounds to Your Mac
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Tom's Mac Tips: Control the Volume of Your Mac's Startup Chime
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MacDraft Pro 6.2: The Latest Version of a Venerable Mac Drawing App
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Get Acquainted With Siri on the Mac
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Use the Mac's Migration Assistant to Move Windows Data to Your New Mac
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Turn on TRIM for Any SSD You Added to Your Mac
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Configure Your Mac’s Display Settings to Meet Your Needs
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Teach Your Mac's Trackpad New Tricks
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Font Book Does More Than Just Let You Preview Your Font Collection
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Use Font Book to Manage Your Macs Fonts
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How to Identify and Remove Corrupt Fonts on Your Mac
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You Can Add a Message to Your Mac's Login Window
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The Complete Apple Mail Keyboard Shortcut List
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The Easy Guide to Auto-Installing Printers on Mac OS X
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You Can Add Your Own Desktop Wallpaper to Your Mac
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Control the Dock's Location and Alignment on Your Mac With These Tips
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How to Personalize Mac OS X With a Custom Screensaver
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How to Use Managed Accounts to Limit Access to Your Mac
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An Easy Way to Move Windows PC Files to Your Mac
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How to Configure The Notification Center to Meet Your Needs
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Do You Use the Finder's List View? Discover What Options Are Available
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Here's How to Customize How Spotlight Works on Your Apple Device
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Add Your Twitter Account to Safari's Sidebar
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Preview or Print Font Samples with the Mac's Font Book App
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Keep Your Apps From Taking A Nap By Controlling App Nap in OS X
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Here's How to Block Devices On Wi-Fi Using MAC Address Filtering
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How to Setup Your Mac to Share a Windows 7 Hosted Printer
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The Finder's Icon View Has Plenty of Options to Choose From
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How to Edit a PDF On a Mac
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Got a Mac? Here's How to Turn the Camera on
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How to Jazz up Your iMovie Creations With Text Overlays
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Watch Netflix on Your iPad or Mac Without an Internet Connection
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Capture Your Mac's Screen to Share With Others
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Mac's Dark Mode can help ease eyestrain
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Make the Best Use of the Mac App Store
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How to Delete Apps on the Mac
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How to Create and Use APFS Snapshops in macOS
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Remove MacKeeper Without Pulling Out Your Hair
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Smart Albums are an Incredibly Powerful Tool for Photographers on a Mac
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How to Factory Reset Your Mac For Troubleshooting Or Resale
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Here's How to Enable Night Shift on Your Mac to Ease Eyestrain
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How Preview Can Be Your Go-To Image Editor
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Create RAID Storage Solutions With the Mac's Built-in RAID Assistant
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Siri Commands for the Mac
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Project Ubuntu: Getting Linux Running on Your Mac
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Forget the Keyboard! Activate Your Mac's Siri Using Your Voice!
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Everything You Need to Know About Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C Adapters
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Be a Dictator and Control Your Mac With Voice Commands
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Master APFS formatting, container and volume creation on your Mac.
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Perform a Clean Install of macOS Sierra on Your Mac
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4 Steps to Perform a Clean Install of OS X El Capitan on Your Mac's Startup Drive
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Upgrade Install Of OS X El Capitan Is Easy, With A Few Precautions
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How To Copy The OS X Yosemite Installer To A Bootable USB Flash Drive
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How to Create a Bootable Flash Drive for Installing OS X Lion

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