Category: performance
How to find the large files in your photo library.
My Apple photo library was way bigger than it should be. It turned out I had some very large videos in it. There’s no way of arranging your photos by size from within the Apple photos app. There is a way to browse these files outside of Apple Photos and arrange them by size. Here’s…
How to remove duplicate photos from your Apple photo library.
Here’s how to remove duplicates from your Apple Photo Library. 1. Download a free app called ‘Duplicate File Finder Remover’ Any app like this will do that finds duplicate files in the finder. 2. Find your Photos Library. It’s in your home user folder in a folder called ‘Pictures.’ Control-click on it and select ‘Show…
What is the ‘Other’ data hogging all the disc space on my macbook?
I have a friend who has a 120 GB MacBook Air and his hard drive was filling up. There were lots of suggestions on the Internet as to what might be causing it – Spotify cache, system files, movies, but what’s the best way to find out what is using up your hard disk space?…
How I saved 30 GB of disk space in El Capitan
My MacBook Air is running a 120GB SSD drive so I don’t want my hard drive full of excess things I don’t need. I just noticed after El Capitan that I lost a lot of space. I only had 10GB free. To run well a mac hard disk needs at least 20% free. Here’s how I…
How to disable the exit presentation button on a Logitec R400 wireless presenter
The new Logitech R400 – a bit of a dud!
How to free up some Hard disk space.
Here’s a few different ways to recover some extra Hard Drive space.
How to find the fastest DNS
Open DNS and google offer a free DNS service, but how do you know if it’s any faster that the one you have?
How do I speed up my webpage?
Safari can tell you how many files your webpage needs to load, and how big they are. Here’s how.
How to run Windows on a Mac
O dear, this is a tragic topic. Nevertheless, I just installed Windows XP on my Intel Macintosh to do my tax return and it was easy!
How to clean up your ‘Open With’ Menu
if you select ‘open with’ you get a list of all the programs you can open a file with. After a while this list can become quite long…
The best settings for movies for phones
Well, I’m on a bit of a run here with my new samsung D900 mobile phone, the latest being what are the best settings to compress a movie to watch on my phone.