562.598.0000 service@mac-fusion.com
Mac-Fusion
  • Business Services
    • Business Offerings
  • Services
    • Data Recovery
    • Mac Tune-Up
  • Blog
    • Our Posts
  • About Us
    • About
    • Faces
    • Return Policy
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Us!
    • Service Portal
Select Page
Reclaim Local Storage Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads

Reclaim Local Storage Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads

by Marilyn | Apr 15, 2021 | Finder, iCloud Drive, Mac, storage, Tip, Troubleshooting

With iCloud Drive, Apple provides an Optimize Mac Storage checkbox that, when checked, stores the full contents of iCloud Drive on the Mac only if there’s enough space. However, you may wish to recover local storage space without selecting that option—luckily, that’s...
Make Your Finder Window Columns the Right Size

Make Your Finder Window Columns the Right Size

by Marilyn | Oct 30, 2020 | customization, Finder, Mac, Tip

We’re big fans of column view in Finder windows (choose View > as Columns). You never have to worry about missing icons that are outside the window, everything is sorted alphabetically, and selecting a file shows a preview. But the column widths can be too thin,...
Personalize Your Mac with Custom Document Icons

Personalize Your Mac with Custom Document Icons

by Marilyn | Sep 9, 2019 | customization, Finder, Mac, Tip

Do you have a document that you open regularly, perhaps from your Desktop? If you’d like to make it stand out from other documents, why not give it a custom icon? This was common practice on the Mac back in the day, and it’s still possible in modern versions of macOS....
Get Stacked: Reduce Icon Clutter in Mojave with New Desktop Stacks

Get Stacked: Reduce Icon Clutter in Mojave with New Desktop Stacks

by Marilyn | Dec 5, 2018 | Apple Pros, Article, Desktop, Finder, Mac, Mojave, productivity, Stacks

There are three types of people in this world: those who keep their Mac Desktop organized, those who don’t and don’t care, and those who don’t but wish they could. If you’re sitting on the Group #3 bench–you have oodles of icons scattered willy-nilly`around your...
Tired of PDFs or Other Documents Opening in the Wrong App?

Tired of PDFs or Other Documents Opening in the Wrong App?

by Marilyn | Oct 17, 2018 | customization, Finder, Mac, productivity, Tip

When you double-click a document, macOS uses the document’s file extension to figure out which app should open the file. So, by default, a PDF file called laser-squid.pdf opens in Preview because the Finder knows that everything with a .pdf extension should open in...
Here’s How to Hide All Windows on Your Mac So You Can Work on the Desktop

Here’s How to Hide All Windows on Your Mac So You Can Work on the Desktop

by Marilyn | Oct 17, 2018 | Desktop, Finder, Mac, Mission Control, productivity, Tip

If your Mac is anything like ours, you end up with lots of apps open, each with one or more windows that obscure the Desktop. For those people who like to save in-progress documents to the Desktop and keep current project folders there, all those windows get in the...
« Older Entries

Recent Posts

  • In iOS 15, You Can Now Open an App from the Lock Screen
  • iOS 15 Allows Rearranging and Deletion of Home Screen Pages
  • Looking for a New Email Provider? Try These Services
  • How to Stop Forgetting Your Apple Gear with “Notify When Left Behind”
  • Print Mailing Labels for Your Holiday Cards with Apple’s Contacts App

People are Yelping about us!

Check out mac-fusion on Yelp

Categories

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RSS
Copyright © mac-fusion 2023