Any single app. There are many ways to launch an app — the Dock, Launchpad, Spotlight, Recent Items, Open With, etc. However, nothing beats a keyboard shortcut for pure efficiency as it keeps your hands right where they will be …

Apple says that iOS 6 ships with more than 200 new features. Whereas Facebook integration and panoramic photo capture get the headlines, one of the nicer features is the ability to turn off in-app ad tracking. Granted, Apple isn’t yet …

Apple’s OS X Dictation functionality, new in Mountain Lion, is really quite good. Yes, it’s limited and isn’t a threat to professional speech recognition packages, like Nuance’s Dragon Dictate, but OS X Dictation is free and very, very easy to …

If you are running OS X Mountain Lion, although you might not know it, there is a collection of more than two score free HD wallpapers (desktop pictures) already on your Mac — no need to search the web or …

Whether you hate notifications in toto or want to disable Notification Center in favor of Growl, which really isn’t necessary, here is how to get that done. As is always the case with command-line magic (bookmark this page), it is …

Apple removed the ability to set Software Update frequency in System Preferences — now it automatically checks once a week, every seven days. However, with a little tinkering, you can set OS X Mountain Lion software update frequency from one …

Apple shipped their first OS X Mountain Lion update to world last Thursday and quickly followed that up with OS X 10.8.2 beta seeds to developers, asking them to focus their testing on Messages, Game Center, Safari (v6.0.1), Reminders and …

So you want to copy the URL in Safari’s Address Bar and you reach for the mouse, or maybe use the Tab key to get there, right? There is an even faster way and this Mac keyboard shortcut works not …

The first Mac desktop operating system point-update since the release of OS X Mountain Lion just under a month ago brings bullet points, but much of what has changed isn’t reflected therein. Further, as is often the case, some users …

As apps go, Apple’s Mac App Store app is rather basic in scope and functionality. Nevertheless, there are built-in keyboard shortcuts that make using it more efficient. And, if you are thinking the available shortcuts (image above) seem very reminiscent …