Whenever I connect my Nikon dSLR to my MacBook to grab photos off of it, the Photos app doesn’t let me eject the drive. It offers a small eject button on the Import tab but the button rarely if ever registers my furious clicks. Thankfully, there are other ways to eject an external storage device …

The Home folder on your Mac contains a number of folders — Applications, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music, Pictures, Public — that you’ll likely access frequently. But strangely, the Home folder is hard to find the in Finder by default. I’ll show you how to find your Home folder and add it to Finder’s sidebar for quick and easy access. …

With its most recent Steam client update, Valve has added the ability to move the install folders for your Steam games. Before this update, you had to either install a third-party app or use a lengthy workaround to move the install folders for your games if you wanted to avoid re-downloading games to a new hard drive. Now, this ability …

Now playing: Watch this: Donald Trump takes the oath of office 1:47 On Friday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. If you’re a student of history (or just a fan of 3 Doors Down and Toby Keith), there are plenty of ways to watch the inauguration ceremony, parade and other related events …

The Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro is like Mary’s little lamb. Wherever you go, it is sure to follow, changing the buttons and controls it offers as you change apps. If you encounter a problem where the Touch Bar becomes unresponsive, there are a couple ways you can refresh it. Plus, there’s a way to refresh just the …

Google has, over the years, increased its restrictions for installing third-party Chrome extensions to help protect Chrome users from malicious code. A few years ago, you could simply install an extension from a developer’s site without any hassle. Last year, you needed only to enable Developer mode before installing a CRX (Chrome extension) file. Now, according to Google, “to protect …

If the unblinking stare of your MacBook’s webcam has you concerned about a hacker using it to spy on you, then you may want to cover or disable the webcam when it’s not in use. The easiest and most foolproof way to stop someone from peering at you though the webcam, which Apple calls an iSight camera, is to simply …

Google publishes Doodles to commemorate special birthdays and other important dates. For big holidays and other major events, it launches interactive Doodle games to brighten your day. Who doesn’t love an addictive flash game to break up the monotony of another work day? If you don’t want to be the last in the office to find out about the newest …

You’ve likely employed the Escape key on a Mac to exit out of a full-screen app or as part of the handy Command-Option-Escape keyboard combo that calls up the Force Quit menu. There are, however, a few other useful things the Escape key can do for you. These tips work with Macs that feature a physical Escape key as well …

The Touch Bar is the headlining feature on Apple‘s new MacBook Pro. You may not miss many of the Function keys it replaces, but some people — programmers, namely — consider the lack of a physical Escape key a deal breaker. A virtual Escape key shows up in its usual spot in the upper-left corner of the keyboard on the …