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Question from Myron: I read this blog post about installing Linux on an older Windows PC and found it quite intriguing.
The thing is, I don’t have a Windows PC. I have an older MacBook that can no longer be updated to the latest versions of macOS.
Your post about installing Linux didn’t mention anything about installing it on a Mac. Is that possible? [Read more…]
Is there a Windows program (or two, or ten) that you’d really love to run but you just don’t want to ditch your Mac and buy a PC?
Well guess what? You can easily run Windows programs and apps right on your Mac while still using macOS as the machine’s primary operating system. [Read more…]
Question from Dharia: I recently bought my first Mac (well, a MacBook) and I have a question about it.
I loved how I could open File Explorer in Windows by pressing the Windows and E keys at the same time.
Is there a way to use the keyboard to open the Finder on a Mac? [Read more…]
If you use a Mac there are probably times when you’d like to view (and use) two different apps at the same time.
That would have been fairly difficult back in the days of small screens, but with today’s wide-screen monitors there’s now plenty of room for showing two apps at once in windows that are large enough to actually be usable.
If your Mac is running macOS Catalina or later (and if it’s a relatively recent model, it should be), you can use a super-handy feature called “Split View” to make that happen. [Read more…]
It seems like every time we turn on our computers and mobile devices these days there are updates waiting to be installed.
This seemingly endless stream of updates can be annoying when you’re needing to get something done in a hurry, but I strongly recommend installing security updates right away, before you do anything else.