There's lost of ways to help your friends and family solve their tech problems. You can send them links to Lifehacker articles, tell them how to fix a problem over the phone, or you could fix the ...

Lunar is an app that lets you control your monitor’s settings directly from your Mac. One of its most convenient options allows you to adjust the brightness levels on all external monitors—something ...

The Camera Control packs in a lot of features, and they’re a little fiddly. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac The new Camera Control button on the iPhone 16 lineup opens the Camera app, takes ...

One of the major (and majorly controversial) changes in macOS Ventura is a redesign of System Preferences. It’s now called System Settings and it’s designed to better resemble the iOS Settings app.

Your Mac already has most of the tools you need to work faster, but many of its best time savers are buried in settings menus and subtle interface tweaks. With a few focused changes, you can turn the ...

The Mac has come a long way from the original Macintosh. Once housed in retro beige plastic, current incarnations are clad in smooth, sandblasted aluminum. It was the computer that popularized both ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Mac menu bar is iconic. With the Apple logo in the top-left and ...

It's not easy to find in a pile of miscellaneous clutter. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can ping a lost Apple Watch from your iPhone, giving you an easy way to find your misplaced wearable.

A stable and reliable network connection is essential for daily tasks like browsing the web, sending emails and accessing online services. However, it's possible you'll see issues with your network ...

At his Aresluna website, designer Marcin Wichary explores the evolution of Mac settings in Frame of Preference, an interactive journey through two decades of control panels: As a designer, I’m meant ...

A MAC address may be the address of your Mac, but they’re not interchangeable. MAC stands for Media (or Medium) Access Control, a geeky term for a part of network communications between the actual ...