The latest version of Mac OS X High Sierra hides the Expert Mode option in the System Preferences Display option. Here is how to to enable expert mode.   Open Display system preferences.   Now, hold down the option or alt key on your keyboard and select Calibrate…       Expert Mode option will appear...

If you are looking to see exactly what your MySQL server is doing (this includes logging of all query’s on your databases) you enable the MySQL general query log. By default, this is disabled in the MAMP my.cnf configuration file. In fact, the general query log directive does not exist in the configuration file of MAMP...

You may receive a message in Google Chrome about your connection is not private when you try browsing a website. The exact Google Chrome error will be NET::ERR_CERT_SYMANTIC_LEGACY . You receive this message because the website you are browsing is using an HTTP(S) certificate issued from a Symantec certificate authority and Google Chrome has already begun...

Are you noticing a message at the bottom of your iMessage screen about iCloud messages being disabled?   Messages in iCloud is currently disabled Repair Account   If you click Repair Account in the message, nothing seems to happen…   The message seems to be appearing in the latest iOS update – 11.3. It appears to...

By default , Mac OS Terminal bash profiles remembers 500 lines of command history in shell. While 500 lines is a lot, some prefer to remember more lines of history to repeat commands. Follow the steps below to increase the HISTFILESIZE setting inside your Terminal bash profile.   Confirm the current Terminal command history length by...

When you set a background desktop picture in Mac OS X, the operating system will create a blurred pictured of the same picture on your lock/login screen by default (if you have automatic login disabled) . Some users report the locked desktop picture background sometimes is a grey background picture , instead of a blurred picture...

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.     Now,...

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.  ...