If you launch a Microsoft Office application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,) on Mac OS X, you may receive a prompt about launching a Microsoft AU Daemon for the first time.   You are opening the application “Microsoft AU Daemon” for the first time. Are you sure you want to open this application? The application is in a...

 These are separate mailboxes you can open to view specific email account information including trash, sent, spam, drafts, and more for the same email account.   However, most of us prefer to manage all of our Mac Mail eMail accounts under the default Mac Mail Inbox, Sent, Junk, and Trash folders. These “extra” mail folders will...

  Apple released the macOS 10.13.2 Update for High Sierra machines. The update includes stability, compatibility, and security for Mac’s.   From Apple’s Website:   Improves compatibility with certain third-party USB audio devices. Improves VoiceOver navigation when viewing PDF documents in Preview. Improves compatibility of Braille displays with Mail. Enterprise content: Improves performance when using credentials...

The latest iOS brings Apple Pay Cash and fast wireless charging support. With Apple Pay Cash, you can send and receive money with Apple Pay in the messages app.   From the Apple Website:   iOS 11.2 introduces Apple Pay Cash to send, request, and receive money from friends and family with Apple Pay. This update...

You can change the background color of a Microsoft Word document  (for Mac)  to any color you want and print it. Follow these steps (latest version of Microsoft Word).   Click the Design tab.   Select Page Color and a color to apply to your Word Document.   * In order to PRINT your Word Document with a...

Apple released an important security update for Mac OS High Sierra (10.13) which allowed anyone to login a Mac running Mac OS High Sierra with administrator rights and without needing a password. Apple also printed bold text with this update (this is the first time this has been noticed with an Apple update – install this...

If you attempt to install a Mac OS X application package, you may receive a warning about the package certificate is expired.   The package was signed with a certificate that has expired. If you acquired this package recently, it may not be authentic. Do you want to continue with the installation anyway?   Generally, a...

There is growing concern online about Mac OS X built-in firewall logs not showing up if you enabled the Mac OS X built-in firewall (System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Firewall) . The Mac OS X firewall log is located in Utilities -> Console in /var/log/appfirewall.log .   You can confirm firewall logging is enabled...