Your MacBook that is running the macOS High Sierra operating system has a built-in firewall to prevent unauthorized connections across the Internet from gaining access to your computer. But while that firewall is good at keeping out malicious connections, it also does a good job at keeping out connections that actually aren’t harmful, but may […]

Many of the websites that you visit on the Internet use a number of different languages and script to display information and provide you with features. One of the more commonly used languages is Javascript, and almost every website that you visit will use it in some way. Unfortunately Javascript can also be used for […]

Connecting most modern Windows laptops to an HDTV is usually as simple as connecting a basic HDMI cable to the laptop, then connecting the other end of that cable to the TV. You might need to change a display setting on your computer, but it’s a fairly straightforward procedure, and makes viewing content from a […]

The dock in Mac OS X provides convenient access to the programs and menus that you most commonly need to access. The default configuration will have the dock displayed at the bottom of the screen, but you can elect to move it to a different position. This decision is based largely on personal preference, so […]

When you set up your MacBook Air the first time that you used it, you likely created a password. This is the password that you type whenever you wake the computer to gain access to your files and your programs. A good password can keep most curious potential users from using your MacBook Air but, […]

While there are a number of similarities between a Mac and a Windows computer, they are two very different operating systems. In fact, they are so different that the first few times you use your new MacBook Air, it might come as a bit of a shock. One of the biggest reasons for this difference […]

Depending upon your current location, personal preferences or current state of mind, you might want to display your clock in a different way than Apple and iOS think you should. One option that they give you for displaying your clock is a 24 hour format. This means that the clock will not use AM and […]

As someone that’s been almost exclusively using Windows computers for most of their life, it took me a long time to get to a point where I convinced myself that a MacBook Air was a good purchase. I could always justify a new Windows laptop or desktop computer by comparing the price of that and […]