AppleInsider

How to use macOS startup keyboard commands to boot or recover

If your Mac is having problems, macOS has multiple keyboard combinations that you can hold to recover your system, start in safe mode, run diagnostics, and more. Here's how to use them. Apple's macOS ...
Macworld

Take Command of Mac OS X

Underneath its candy-coated Aqua interface, Mac OS X is based on Unix, an operating system that dates back to 1969. Unix and its archetypal user interface, the command line, look alien to many Mac ...
CNET

Troubleshooting Mac OS X 10.2.2: Apple crippling commands?; Numeric Keypad Workaround

Apple crippling command line functions Mac OS X 10.2.2? A Tenon Intersystems Engineer told MacFixIt that Apple has inexplicably removed a valuable feature (for some users), in Mac OS X 10.2.2 - the ...
Cult of Mac

Mastering The Option Key On Your OS X Mac [Feature]

The Option key is a powerful ally in the transition from new, beginner user of OS X to the power user that you want to be. There are a ton of hidden features in the Finder alone that are hidden behind ...
CNET

Tip: Disabling the "Command-Tab" application switcher in Mac OS X

The keyboard combination "Command-Tab" is used in Mac OS X to switch between currently running applications in a successive fashion. However, this keystroke is also utilized by some third-party ...