Jennifer Kyrnin and Mark Spoonauer

You might want to try out Yosemite but not modify your primary Mac. You can install Yosemite on an external drive (at least 8GB, but 16GB is better). For the best experience, you should install Yosemi...

Apple has released a new operating system in beta called Yosemite and anyone with a Mac can try it out. All you need to get started with this operating system is a Mac running OS X Mavericks, 2GB of m...

Mac OS X's Spotlight feature has long allowed you to search for anything on your hard drive, but OS X Yosemite takes it even further. You now can get results from the Internet, maps, iTunes, and more....

Mac OS X offers a dashboard to store third-party widgets. This is not new to Yosemite, but in Mavericks you only had the option to show the Dashboard as a space or not. Yosemite brings back the option...

macOS has a notifications center that is includes extensions to allow you to get updates about whatever what you want. There will also be third-party extensions for the Notification center avail...

The AirDrop functionality in macOS lets that you easily transfer files from iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads as well as other Macs to your own computer quickly and securely.Here's how to transfer...

One interesting feature in macOS is the ability to add annotations to images and PDFs in email. This allows you to sign PDFs by simply attaching them to your mail messages and marking them up from the...

If you want to try out Mac OS X Yosemite but you don't want to upgrade your current version of Apple's operating system,  you can use a virtual window manager like Parallels and install it there inst...

Apple's macOS offers a dark mode for people who prefer to avoid bright, distracting menu items. This mode allows lets menus to fade into the background so you can focus on your work. You can tur...