WindowShade X 1.0 brings the familiar window-collapsing effect from Mac OS 9 into Mac OS X, and more. it gives you the choice of 3 different window minimize styles: WindowShade, Make Transparent ...

SNAX 1.1.5 is a maintenance update to this Finder-substitute utility. Find files almost instantaneously; Move, copy, and compress files; Preview pictures, movies, text files, pdfs, html quickly; much ...

Since, for the most part, we are all new to using OS X as our every day OS, what utilities are you using to help make things easier? I'm using DragThing 4 for several tabs and I made my dock oriented ...

I’ve put together an essential foundation document for Mac users who may sometimes try to help support friends and family. Still having problems? Restart the Mac holding down Command-R to enter Disk ...

I'd like a small, unobtrusive utility to "ping" a set of local and remote servers to tell if they've crashed. I need utility this to run under Mac OS X, but the servers are running Mac OS X, Linux, ...

Apple’s Quick Look feature is something we likely all use all the time. Click on a file and hit spacebar to quickly see the ...

When you buy a new Macintosh, it comes pretty well equipped. It’s got an assortment of software already installed, including a top-notch browser (Safari), a fine instant-messaging program (iChat) and ...

Complete the El Capitan install in a few easy steps This article explains how to perform a clean install of OS X El Capitan on your Mac's startup drive or another drive. It includes information on the ...

Music Remote by Mario Guzman is a fun, retro remote control for Apple’s Music app. You may have come across Mario’s work on MacStories before. We interviewed him for MacStories Weekly last spring and ...