Nov 12, 2026
Apple is closing its Support Community on November 20
The forums went read-only on Tuesday, and two decades of answers stop taking replies.
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Nov 11, 2026
Move a file in Finder instead of copying it
Two keystrokes beat dragging, and they explain why your Downloads folder keeps filling with duplicates.
Nov 10, 2026
What actually eats your disk space, measured
Four commands that show where the gigabytes went, before you install anything that promises to find them.
Nov 8, 2026
Screenshot a window without the shadow
Hold one key while clicking and the drop shadow disappears. The same shortcut hides a dozen other annoyances.
Nov 6, 2026
Homebrew on Apple silicon, without the usual PATH mess
The installer gets the files right and leaves your shell half-configured. Five lines fix it for good.
Nov 4, 2026
Why your menu bar icons keep moving
macOS will let you reorder status items, but it also resets them. Here is the one gesture that works and what to do when it does not stick.
Nov 2, 2026
Run scheduled jobs with launchd, not cron
cron still works on macOS, right up until the job touches a protected folder. launchd is the supported way and the syntax is not hard.
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Oct 31, 2026
Spotlight, Alfred, Raycast: pick one launcher and stop switching
All three open apps on a keystroke. They differ in what happens on the second keystroke, and that is the only decision that matters.
Oct 30, 2026
Preview is the PDF editor you already have
Merging, splitting, signing and shrinking a PDF takes no new software. The tools are in the app you open files with by default.
Oct 28, 2026
Four built-in apps that quietly replaced paid software
Preview, Notes, Shortcuts and Freeform do more than they look like they do. The limits are real, but they are narrower than most people assume.