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How do I work with “Tags” on my iMac MacOS X System?

September 11, 2020 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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I am curious about tags on my new Mac system running MacOS X 10.15 Catalina. How do I use them to help organize files and folders as Apple suggests? Do YOU use tags, Dave?

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How to Calculate Time to Destination with “Find My” on a Mac?

September 7, 2020 / Dave Taylor / iPad Help, iPhone Help, Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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My sister shares her location with me through the Apple ‘Find My’ tracking service which is great. But when she’s en route to my place, is there any easy way for me to figure out how long until she arrives? Ideally a Mac solution, not an iPhone solution…

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Can I Fix Broken Webp Images on my MacOS X System?

September 5, 2020 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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Sometimes I download images from the Web and instead of being JPEG or PNG formats, I end up with something called WEBP on my Mac Desktop. Then when I double-click, it won’t open, nor can I preview it in my Web browser. How do I fix this?

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How Can I Easily Switch to My Son’s Account on an iMac?

September 4, 2020 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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After an incident where my 11yo son deleted a bunch of my work files, I set up a separate account for him on our family iMac system. But how do I quickly switch to his account when he needs to use the computer? Right now I just log out so he can log in. It’s very disruptive!

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How can I display folder sizes in MacOS X Finder?

August 21, 2020 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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I’m running out of disk space on my iMac and am confused about how to get the size of folders and directories to be shown in the Finder. Some folders show that information for their contents, but most just show a “–” instead. Help!

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How Can I Shrink A Video File For Sharing?

July 18, 2020 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / 1 Comment
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I have a dashcam which is great fun, but the videos it produces are huge. They look great, but if I want to share one with a friend, it’s impossible. How can I shrink down my video files on an iMac system?

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Easy Way to Type Diacritics and Special Characters on a Mac?

June 29, 2020 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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I work with a lot of companies in different parts of the EU and am baffled about how to easily type in people’s names and related on my Mac. I know that Option-n “n” gets me the tilde on an “n” but I don’t want to remember a dozen option key sequences! Help!

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How Can I Copy My Chrome Bookmarks into Safari on the Mac?

June 26, 2020 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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I want to switch from using Google Chrome to Apple Safari because of its better security model. But all my bookmarks are in Chrome. What’s my easiest path to migrate from Chrome to Safari?

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