One of the most consistently successful workarounds for eliminating a broad group of problems under Mac OS X is the creation of a fresh user account. The problems that can necessitate creation of a ...

It can be a panicky situation: you install a new application or system update, or simply restart/logout and are suddenly unable to log back into your default user account. Fortunately, this is ...

Back in OS X Lion and then again in OS X Mountain Lion, Apple hid access to the user Library folder to prevent neophyte OS X users from messing around in the areas of the file system that could cause ...

How do I access the usually hidden USER library folder remotely? Locally, I can access it from the Finder with the Go menu while holding down the Option key, that is not possible remotely. As you may ...

How can I open the user Library folder in a disk image located on an external disk? The technique of selecting Go and holding down the Option key reverts to desktop computer. You can check your path ...

If you frequently access the same System Preferences pane on your Mac, you can add a shortcut directly to your Dock. Here’s how: If you want to add shortcuts for third-party panes, those are found in ...