Mac OS X

We teach you how to configure the boot so that you can start the Mac from another hard drive and thus perform tests or troubleshoot.

We show you how to manage parental permissions and controls remotely easily and quickly.

How to configure Mail to automatically reply to mail

We show you how to delete files that do not interest you in your backups from Time Machine

We show you how to quickly see the IP address of your Mac with a simple command, both public and private.

Time Machine and its two advanced options in the menu bar

We show you how to configure Gatekeeper so that it does not "bother" when we update our applications at the highest levels of security

We show you how to install OS X on your hard drive without the internet recovery option

We show you what they are for and how to configure the active screen corners in OS X

We show you how to activate the debug menu in the contacts application, which remains hidden by default.

We show you what you should do when the disk utility shows errors and identify if it is a bug or really our disk unit is failing.

With this simple tutorial we will see a way to refresh the Launchpad if it does not show all our installed applications correctly.

We show you how to open different locations from the finder from the same place without having to open more separate windows.

We show you how to change the search engine built into your default browser.

With this little "trick" inside the Airport utility in OS X, we show you how to install the firmware you want on your Airport or Time Capsule base.

Use your keyboard shortcuts to access OS X menus without using the mouse, more effectively.

We show you how with a little trick you can resume and pause your programs in OS X

We show you how to protect your files from prying eyes when you connect an external drive and there is a user change.

Regular use of purge will clean the system and permanently erase memory resident files albeit temporarily

In this post we teach you to activate NTFS in writing and reading manually without having to resort to third-party programs.

We show you an easy and simple method to create an encrypted image within a drive or partition from disk utility.

We show you how to refine your searches on Mac to reach more records than Spotlight can find in a first search.

We show you how to activate the common Unix printing interface on Mac (CUPS) so that you can manage your printer in whatever way you want.

In this post we show you a few points to keep in mind so that your Mac remains in top shape.

We show you how to eject a disk with multiple partitions in different ways

If you have mistakenly changed the language or have found it directly in another language, we will show you how to reverse it in a few steps.

Edit the option to close windows when exiting an application

We show you how to solve possible freezes of the menu bar in OS X

We show you the different options to migrate a user account to another Mac with tricks and

We teach you two methods to easily create more storage space by setting up a RAM Disk.

On rare occasions when looking for information in "About this Mac" in the storage category, it does not provide us with true data. Let's see how to fix it.

Add the elements you want to the Dock or the Finder bar using keyboard shortcuts

Create an OS X to USB installer in recovery mode without downloading it from the App Store, either because you don't have space or because it came pre-installed.

Add one more customization option to the OS X screensaver by modifying the display time between images.

If at any given time we need the numbers to look larger in the calculator or the contacts, we will activate the large type option.

Sometimes when updating to the new version of the system, in this case Mountain Lion 10.8.3, applications may fail. See how to solve it.

Remove 'red balloons' from apps from the dock

We show you with a simple command in the terminal, how to solve all the file associations that are not correct.

Change the background of the Notification Center in OS X Mountain Lion

Change notification center background in OS X Mountain Lion

Once the image we want is defined in our user account, then we cannot leave the default image if we want none to appear.

Through keyboard combinations we can manage and retrieve the closed tabs during our web browsing session.

Change the way you manage OS X startup with the wireless keyboard as well as knowing the shortcuts to do so.

Through a few commands we can manage or delete recent places when saving documents.

Through the terminal and a command we can see which applications have open processes that hog bandwidth on your network

If you are not convinced by the latest version of Apple's Safari browser because you liked the previous version more, we will show you how to do it.

Hide and show apps purchased from the Mac App Store

We show you through keyboard shortcuts to adjust the speed and precision of the cursor so that you can edit text more quickly.

Small trick for the system to show us the intensity of the bluetooth connection in our devices, very useful to diagnose problems.

Option to use Facebook chat on our Mac

We show you the possibility to change the audio from stereo to mono in a few clicks depending on the situation you are in.

Take your selected text from any application to Notes from the pop-up menu by creating a service.

OS X notifications in the form of 'led flash' on our Mac

Learn to troubleshoot errors when trying to access files, or open programs that use the sandbox in OSX

When the computer wakes up after a sleep state, it may not recognize our password. We teach you how to solve it.

Get to print documents simply by selecting them without having to open them from the Finder.

WineSkin offers you the possibility to emulate applications specifically designed for Windows on Mac without problems

Small tutorial to learn how to use many of the options that OS X offers us in relation to route management.

Use Automator to shut down your Mac when it already receives too many errors, either due to workload or because it is outdated.

Use preview slides to your liking to create image compositions, without photo editors involved

Change the alert sound per application in the notification center in just a few steps in OS X

Keep default programs to open certain file types or just leave the file type orphaned on Mac

Save by default all your documents created with OSX TextEdit to disk drive instead of iCloud

Get Spotlight to work like the first day in two steps

Manage screen brightness and red tint on Mac with Dimmer. Allows you to customize various presets for different uses

Fixes two small issues in osx 10.8.3 related to preview and text editor

Encrypt our Time Machine backups quickly and efficiently

Activate the menu sidebar in iTunes 11 in a simple way in just a couple of steps.

Remove saved passwords from Safari in a simple way

Preview allows us to use comic-style balloons from our Mac

Two more shortcuts for our Mac OS X related to the trash

Some keyboard shortcuts for Mac OS X to delete files from Trash

How to create more than one user in Mac OS X to restrict access to our main user

How to add the 'weather' and other widgets on the Mac desktop in a simple way

A Tip for Mac, Start / End that we have on the physical windows keyboard

Let's adjust the pointer size in OS X Mountain Lion in a very simple way

How to synchronize with Wifi-Sync, iOS devices on our Mac and solve possible errors to synchronize

How to configure our Notification Center in OS X Mountain Lion

How to disable the automatic start of iPhoto on our Mac

Very basic recommendations that will allow you to optimize your Mac to the maximum so that it works as the first day

With this little tutorial we can partition our hard drive in OS X very easily