Category: 895: How to Create a Recent App Stack, Cross-Platform Diagnostic Software, Storage Too Full

In “*our last issue,*”:http://blog.smalldog.com/techtails/tt894/ we incorrectly listed the author of Mavericks Installation Options. The article was written instead by Taylor Amon. (Sorry, Taylor!)

MacBook Air, by its physical nature, has less data storage capacity than its traditional HDD-utilizing brethren. While read/write speed is remarkably better, those professionals who own Airs or Pro Retinas and have enormous libraries of music, photos, and/or videos will discover they require external hard drives for their complete collections. Then there are those of…

Apple provides some excellent diagnostic tools, particularly for newer hardware. But memory and hard disks often require third party utilities to troubleshoot thoroughly. The Mac operating system also supports many fantastic third-party utilities. However, as Apple computers fully support most other operating systems and software, this allows us to use a wide range of software…

If you have been using Macs for a while, you may have noticed in 10.5 Apple introduced a new feature called Stacks. Stacks are shortcuts to the contents of folders right on your dock. Here is a Terminal trick that will allow you to create a stack that will show the most recently used applications.…

So it happened. Mother Nature finally gave out and snow hit the grass here in New Hampshire. Vermont probably got hit a little earlier than we did, especially up in the northern part of the state. It wasn’t as bad as it could have been, though. I was able to clear off my car in…