By default if you haven't used your Mac for a while the computer will go to sleep, however if you are watching a long video or referencing a document you might want it to stay awake indefinitely. There are a few options to achieve this, read on to find out. Disable sleep in the System Preferences If you never want your Mac to go to sleep ever, the most straightforward … [Read more...] about 4 ways to keep your Mac awake
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How to watch AVI videos on your Mac
If you've downloaded or were sent an AVI file you may be surprised to find it won't play on your Mac. This is because Quicktime (the default macOS media player) doesn't support all of the compression formats used by AVI (due to AVI being a format developed by Microsoft). It supports MJPEG, but not MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DivX, XviD, or WMV. Therefore it's entirely possible that you … [Read more...] about How to watch AVI videos on your Mac
How to type Vietnamese characters on your Mac
In order to type Vietnamese characters on your Mac you will first need to set Vietnamese as one of your preferred languages. To do this go into your System Preferences, select the Language & Region section and hit the plus symbol to add Vietnamese as a preferred language (as per the screenshot below). Next you will have to select the language in the menu bar so that … [Read more...] about How to type Vietnamese characters on your Mac
3 ways to download Torrents on your Mac
Looking for a particular movie or show you can't find anywhere else? Often times torrenting it will be your best or only option. Fortunately there are many different ways you can download torrents on your Mac - in this article we'll go through three of them and you can decide which works best for you. Use the Brave web browser's built-in torrenting feature One of the … [Read more...] about 3 ways to download Torrents on your Mac
How to type Japanese characters on a Mac
The Japanese language has three different character sets, which require two input methods to type: Hiragana and Katakana. macOS makes it easy to get started typing Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji on your Mac with these character sets. Go to the System Preferences and under the Keyboard section add the "Japanese" input source: Now if you check your Mac's menu bar you'll … [Read more...] about How to type Japanese characters on a Mac