Macessence Mac blog on all things Apple- Part 254

Disk Fragmentation

In the old days spinning hard disks getting fragmented was a real problem. It slowed down your HD quite a bit, so tech people would..

OS X Screen Real Estate

This is a great article on how to maximize the screen real estate on your Mac. I have a 27" iMac and I find I..

El Capitan 10.11.2

Apple released a slew of updates yesterday. I installed the El Capitan 10.11.2 update using the combo updater (of course). Also updated my iOS devices..

Delete RAW Images?

A few articles ago I mentioned that CleanMyMac 3 has added a new Photos App cleanup feature that cleans out the caches but also allows..

Muting Siri in iOS 9

So there you are talking to someone and Siri pops up wanting feedback. But, you did not activate Siri! Yes, that is rather annoying to..

Tech Drive Maintenance

As I have mentioned in days gone by I use a USB "Tech HD" to do a lot of my maintenance on the computers that..

Photos Snapheal Extension

Previously, I have covered Extensions in the Photos app, and especially the Intensify Extension from MacPhun Software. I have also covered their Snapheal standalone app..

OS X Startup Modifiers

This is a nice article on several OS X startup modifiers that perform certain maintenance tasks on OS X. I have covered them all at..

UPS Battery

I have used a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) for many, many years on my main computer. They do die of course, but instead of buying..