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Delete Files that are 'In Use' in OS X

How to Delete Files that Are In Use in OS X

Want to empty the trash in OS X but the system says the files are “in use”? Find out how to get around this annoying message to delete files.

By Phil South – Mar 25, 2015

How To Change the Text Cursor Blink Rate in OS X

Some of you might want to change the rate at which your OS X text cursor blinks. Here is the way to change this rate.

By Shujaa Imran – Dec 20, 2014

How To Change the “Highlight Text Colour” in OS X

The default highlighted text color in OS X is blue, but you can change it to any color you want. Here is how you can change highlighted text color in OS X.

By Shujaa Imran – Dec 15, 2014

How to Include System Files in OS X Searches [Quick Tips]

By default, you won’t be able to search for system files in OS X’s Finder or Spotlight. Here is a quick and simple way to search for system files in Finder.

By Shujaa Imran – Oct 2, 2014

Add A Custom Message To Your Mac’s Login Screen

Apple introduced a feature back in OS X 10.7 Lion which allows the user to add custom text to your Mac’s login screen. Here’s how you can do so.

By Shujaa Imran – Jun 26, 2014

How to Easily Drag Text to Copy and Create Text Clippings in OS X

It is easy to use Cmd + C/ Cmd + V to copy/paste, but do you know you can do the same simply by dragging and dropping the selected text?

By Shujaa Imran – Jun 24, 2014

How to Clear and Manage “Recent Places” In OS X

Don’t like the choices in the Recent Places in OS X? Here’s how to clear out that list, manage it, and set the number of entries in Recent Places.

By Shujaa Imran – May 30, 2014

How to Fix Wrong Hard Drive Data Usage Calculation in OS X

Occasionally, your Mac will show the wrong storage info of your hard drive. Here is how you can fix wrong hard drive data usage calculation on OS X.

By Shujaa Imran – May 28, 2014

Tips to Manage the Privacy Settings in OS X

If you have added Facebook and Twitter to your Mac, you might want to change the privacy settings so other apps don’t post to your accounts without you knowing.

By Shujaa Imran – May 22, 2014

How to Easily Revert an Accidental Language Change in OS X

Mistakenly have an OS X language change to something unknown? No issues, we’ve got you covered. Follow these two methods to revert back your language.

By Shujaa Imran – May 13, 2014

How To Easily Password Protect PDF Files In OS X

If you’re using a PDF document with some sensitive information, the easiest method to password protect it is to simply encrypt the PDF file.

By Shujaa Imran – May 3, 2014

How To Select A Startup Disk In OS X

The easiest way to select a startup disk in OSX is to press the Option key while booting up. However, there are some constraints, and here is the solution.

By Shujaa Imran – Apr 8, 2014

How to create your own OS X Dashboard Widgets from Safari

By Colin Scattergood – Jul 26, 2010

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In 1995, Microsoft shipped a cartoon-house interface called Bob, led by Melinda French, who married Bill Gates while it was in development — it demanded twice the memory of a typical home PC, sold roughly 30,000 copies, and was dead within a year, leaving behind the font Comic Sans and the animated assistant that became Clippy.

Jun 9, 2026

Stunning underwater shot of tiger sharks swimming among fish in the ocean depths.

The Greenland shark grows about one centimetre a year, does not reach sexual maturity until around age 150, and a specimen carbon-dated by Danish researchers in 2016 was estimated to be at least 272 years old, meaning it was already swimming the North Atlantic when Mozart was composing symphonies.

Jun 9, 2026

French scientist Michel Siffre spent two months alone in a cave with no clock, no calendar, and no sunlight — and when his team finally told him the experiment was over, he thought he still had nearly a month left underground

Jun 9, 2026

A person using a smartphone with a green screen surrounded by fresh fruits and vegetables in the kitchen.

When Apple shipped iOS 12 in June 2018, a small feature called Screen Time slipped onto every iPhone with a counter nobody had quite prepared for — a tally of pickups — and within a day Tim Cook was telling CNN the number of times he picked up his own phone was simply too many

Jun 9, 2026

Starry night with radio towers and the Milky Way galaxy visible overhead.

When NASA lost contact with the IMAGE satellite in 2005, an amateur radio operator in Canada named Scott Tilley picked up its signal in January 2018 while hunting for a classified spy satellite, and the spacecraft turned out to be still spinning, still powered, and still trying to phone home after 13 years of silence.

Jun 9, 2026

Close-up of a smartphone highlighting its modern design on a dark background.

The original iPhone Steve Jobs unveiled in January 2007 could not record video, could not copy and paste text, could not run a single third-party app, and could only reach the internet over 2G — and Jobs spent ninety minutes on stage at Macworld arguing, one missing feature at a time, that every absence was actually a design decision.

Jun 9, 2026

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