MacLife

Train your Mac's dictionary so that it learns new words that it doesn't recognize.

View a listing of all the files on your system sorted by modification time, kind, name and much more.

Just how much of your hard-drive space is taken up by duplicated photos? Well, thanks to two free programs — Duplicate Photos Cleaner and Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto — you can easily go through a selected drive, folder, or iPhoto library and weed out unnecessary copies, potentially freeing up gigabytes of drive space.

The Messages app is probably one of the most frequently used apps on your iOS device.

OS X 10. 7 Lion did away with recovery disks, and these days, Apple provides a built-in recovery system within Yosemite.

If you’re running iOS 8 on your iPhone, you’ve got Apple’s Health app.

Siri is great fun to use, but it becomes even better when you let it know who your family members are.

Many of us are becoming more and more concerned about having our online activities tracked.

When the WatchKit was released last week, developers were shocked, stunned, and thrilled about a new font that the Apple Watch uses: San Francisco.

AirPlay is a technology created by Apple that lets you stream the display signal from your Mac to your second- or third-generation Apple TV.

Every Monday we show you how to do something quick and cool using built-in OS X functionality such as Terminal, Apple’s command line application.

As more and more people start to use their iPad as a real work machine and their iPhone as a primary way of managing emails on the move, we need iOS devices to be able to view a huge range of file types — from simple text documents to complex design layouts, 3D models, high-quality sound recordings, and fun videos.

Every Monday we show you how to do something quick and cool using built-in OS X utilities such as Terminal, Apple’s command line application.

You’ve got a microphone. You’ve got some web space. And you have a great idea for a podcast. Now, it’s onto the fun bit — the recording.

Are you one of those people who likes to organize your life around to-do lists? If so, Mavericks’ Reminders app is here to help.

Whenever you plug an iPhone or iPad into a Mac and check its data storage in iTunes, a chunk of space is always mysteriously taken up by "Other.

The Contacts app and settings in iOS 7 make it easy to access and organize your address books.

Every Monday we show you how to do something quick and cool using built-in OS X utilities such as Terminal, Apple’s command line application.

Every Monday we show you how to do something quick and cool using built-in OS X utilities such as Terminal, Apple’s command line application.

Every Monday, we'll show you how to do something new and simple with Apple's built-in command line application. You don't need any fancy software, or a knowledge of coding to do any of these.

Every Monday, we'll show you how to do something new and simple with Apple's built-in command line application. You don't need any fancy software, or a knowledge of coding to do any of these.

Every Monday, we'll show you how to do something new and simple with Apple's built-in command line application. You don't need any fancy software, or a knowledge of coding to do any of these.