You can force TextEdit to open as a plain text document by default. Sometimes users prefer to work and save in plain text versus rich text documents. This option is configured in preferences. Follow the steps below.   Open TextEdit and go to TextEdit -> Preferences.   Under Format , select Plain text.    ...

You can easily re-arrange the icons in the top menu bar of your Mac desktop. Follow the steps below for the latest version of Mac OS X.     Hover your mouse cursor to an icon in your Mac menu bar and hold down the command key. This will disengage the icon to be moved....

If you visited a website using Safari on your iPhone, you may suddenly receive a pop-up message about an Apple Security Breach and to call a toll free number to install protection software. You cannot go back in Safari and you cannot close the error message. In addition, swiping up to end the Safari app...

If you are curious what is inside a Solid State Hard Drive (SSD) , we opened up one to see first hand. Opening up any hard drive will void the warranty , so we do not recommend doing this unless you plan on disposing the hard drive afterword’s. Technical Details Model: OWC Mercury Extreme SSD...

You can permanently disable Mac OS notifications and any future notifications from apps you install on your Mac. Each time you install an app on your Mac, is chooses to send notifications from notification center and in most cases you never know the app did this. Instead of going into notifications each time to disable...

What is It? System Integrity Protection (SIP) is a built-in security mechanism that helps protect your Mac from unknown processes and applications from modifying or accessing certain directories and files as root. Read more here .   Why Do You Need It? By protecting root files and directories, Mac OS helps ensure integrity and protection...

Did your Google Business Card suddenly disappear in Google search results for your business domain name? Most likely, your business has too many additional categories defined (more than 4) . This can happen when other Internet users suggest edits to your business information, such as adding categories over time. Google business will accept changes from...

You may receive an error message in Mac OS X Mail when you try to delete or archive an email message.   The message “” could not be moved to the mailbox (null). The destination mailbox does not exist.   If the email account you are moving the email message with is using IMAP ,...