Mac-Hows: Applications

In the modern world of today, there are many technologies that are on the verge of rising at the moment. Many technologies have been invented. Upgrading of the gadget is the fashion trend that most people are eagerly looking forward to acquire one. Through...

Unfortunately, Mac OS’s TextEdit hasn’t got a word count feature. However, you can add this functionality using AppleScript Editor, found under Applications, Utilities. 1. Copy and paste the following code into AppleScript Editor: tell application...

FileZilla is a popular free FTP desktop client compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 and later versions. To install and configure it on your Mac, do the following. 1) Download FileZilla to your Mac from the app’s official website. Make sure you’ve chosen your...

Sometimes you may need to run a lot of programs at the same time, and their open windows may clutter your Mac’s desktop. It’s not that much convenient to collapse one window to see another one, or drag all of them away just to see what’s...

Dictionary is a useful app that helps you get definitions of the words you don’t know. You don’t even need to copy and paste the unknown words in the Dictionary, as it offers a useful feature called Look Up in Dictionary. All you need is right-click the...

If you are a fan of Harrison Ford, you probably saw his movie Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones shares stories about a treasure hunter in search of lost items. His strategies are neat, right? However, if you have a Mac and you are currently on the dilemma...

From time to time you have to trash old emails to free up your Mac’s disk space. You can empty Mac Mail’s Trash manually, but it’ll be more convenient to do this automatically. To set up automatic deletion of old mail items, do the following: 1. In...

Instead of populating the Address book in Mac Mail anew, you can transfer the contacts from MS Outlook right into Mac Mail. Follow these steps: 1. In MS Outlook, click File, Import and Export. 2. In the Import and Export wizard, select the Export to...

Messages with attachments can be rather large and take up a lot of mailbox space. Of course you can remove these e-mails, but what if you still need some information from them? One way is to copy the message texts to a separate document. However, Mac...

Your e-mail messages are stored as mailbox database files in the Mail folder of your Mac’s Library. Over time their amount grows, and this may affect your Mac’s efficiency. To prevent this from happening, rebuild the message databases: 1. Select a mailbox...