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Want to Know How to Use Those Mac Function Keys? Read This Guide

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Install and Update Adobe Flash Player on Your Mac

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How to Make the Apple Logo on Mac and iOS

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Learn How to Mute Messages on Mac
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How to Forget a Network on Mac and Delete It From Your History
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How to Use Siri on a Mac
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Mac Ram Upgrade: Do It Yourself
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How to Use Spotlight on Your Mac and Search for What You Need
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Need to Clean Your Mac's Keyboard? We Got You.
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Troubleshoot and Fix a MacBook Pro that Won't Turn On or Off
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Learn How to Lock a MacBook
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This Is How You Save a Picture on a Mac
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Formatting an SD Card on Your Mac Is a Breeze
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How to Cut, Copy, and Paste on a Mac
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Mac's VoiceOver Becoming Too Much for You? Here's How to Turn It Off!
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Want to Print in Black and White on Your Mac? Here's How!
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Stacks Can Organize Your Desktop With One Click
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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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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, Change Your Name
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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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Hide or Show Your Mac's Dock
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How to Set Up Your Mac With Multiple Administrator Accounts
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Keep 'em Safe with Parental Controls (OS X Lion through OS X Yosemite)
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Discover All of 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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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 (OS X El Capitan)
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How to Bring Back Startup Sounds to Your Mac
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Control the Volume of Your Mac's Startup Chime
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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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Overview of the Mac's Displays Preference Pane
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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 Screen Saver
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How to Use Managed Accounts to Limit Access to Your Mac
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How to Move Windows PC Data to Your Mac Manually
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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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Learn How to Customize 'Spotlight' on Your Apple Device
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Add Your Twitter Account to Safari's Sidebar
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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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Connecting a GoPro to macOS Doesn’t Have to Be a Challenge
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How to Edit a PDF On a Mac
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Free Up Space On Your MacBook by Deleting Unneeded Downloads
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Save Money by Cancelling Those iTunes Subscriptions
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New to Mac? Here's How to Get Up and Running With macOS
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Remove Safe Finder From Your Mac
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Learn About Continuity Camera and How It Works
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You Can Broadcast Mixer Right From Your Mac
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We'll Show You How to Install MySQL on macOS Mojave
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How to Remove Adware From Your Mac
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How to Quickly Set Up a VPN on a Mac Device

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