How to Use Apple’s Open Directory

Apple Directory Utility. Directory Services provides a central place to store users and passwords for corporate and enterprise users. Here's how to use it on macOS. Many enterprises today have a need for a central place to store information about users, passwords, groups, computers, and other networked entities. In most organizations, this need is filled…

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How Macworld helped set the stage for Apple’s most revolutionary products

Since the launch of the Macintosh 40 years ago, Macworld has been at the forefront of Apple’s most popular products. These are pivotal moments in the history of technology, from the launch of the original Mac to the introduction of the first iPhone in 2007, as well as countless key Apple products in between. The…

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We round up the best Mac data recovery software for when you need to retrieve lost, corrupted or deleted files on your Mac.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac, at version 17.2.0 at the time of our review, is a Mac port of the Windows recovery software. There is a free version with a 2GB recovered data cap as well as a paid version, which offers additional features such as 1-on-1 remote assistance, is available as a free…

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These Beats Studio Pro are better than AirPods Max and half off today

The Beats Studio Pro may very well be our favorite headphones, especially as we find them better than the AirPods Max and a lot more affordable. But today’s price makes them a downright steal—the Beats Studio Pro are on sale for $180 at Amazon, making it the perfect time to get your very own pair.…

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Could the CrowdStrike crash happen on the Mac?

A couple of weeks ago, a massive global IT outage occurred when Windows computers running the CrowdStrike security software crashed. CrowdStrike is popular in enterprise installations, meaning businesses worldwide–including airlines such as Delta Air Lines–were shut down. Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a CNBC interview that the CrowdStrike crash caused Delta to cancel about…

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Elon Musk’s X team remembers the Mac exists, proceeds to kill the Twitter app

Twitter may have rebranded as X a year ago, but you wouldn’t know it if you were using a Mac. While the iOS and Android store switched over from Twitter to X very quickly, over on the Mac, the Twitter app was still available for download and mostly worked–some features, including search, were wonky. It…

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Apple posts surprisingly strong revenue on back of surging iPad sales

On Thursday, Apple reported an impressive 5 percent year-over-year growth with a quarterly revenue of $85.8 billion. The surprise performer this quarter was the iPad, which recorded its strongest non-holiday quarter since 2020 with more than $7 billion in sales. The other standout was Apple’s Services division, which continues to grow every quarter. Services posted…

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How to lock/unlock the Recently Deleted and Hidden albums in Photos

What’s the point of hiding media in the Photos app if other people with access to your device can see it? That seemed to be the point of Apple’s upgrade to Photos in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS 13 Ventura. By default, any items you chose to hide in your library and your Recently…

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