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Stop apps from accessing your Mac’s camera and microphone

With MacOS Mojave, Apple introduces new security features to Safari that make it harder for shady web trackers to follow you and new privacy controls that let you restrict apps from accessing your Mac’s webcam and microphone.  Previous iterations of MacOS let you set permissions for apps accessing your location, contacts, photos, calendar and reminders. …

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The 12 best features of MacOS Mojave

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. MacOS Mojave, out now, introduces a number of new features and enhancements to Apple’s desktop OS. Stacks helps you keep a tidy desktop. A system-wide dark mode looks cool and makes nighttime computing easier on the eyes. Also onboard is a new screenshot tool, an …

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Dark mode in MacOS Mojave: How it works and what it does

It’s Apple by a nose. Windows 10 will soon have a dark mode, but Mac users can get a system-wide dark mode now with MacOS Mojave.  Here’s how to enable dark mode and what it does and doesn’t do to your Mac’s UI. Now playing: Watch this: Apple MacOS Mojave is here, but we’re still waiting for… 2:08 Mojave dark …

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How to use Stacks in MacOS Mojave

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I like to think I keep a neat and orderly desktop, but it does spiral out of control from time to time and I find myself staring at a sea of thumbnails scattered across my MacBook. With MacOS Mojave and its new Stacks …

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How to prepare your Mac for MacOS Mojave

Apple will release the latest version of its Mac operating system on Monday, Sept. 24. MacOS Mojave will introduce a number of new features and enhancements to your Mac. Stacks will help you keep a tidy desktop. You’ll also get an honest-to-goodness Dark Mode along with an awesome dynamic wallpaper that slowly changes its lighting throughout the day. Also onboard …

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10 Mac apps everyone should be using

One of the finer features of the Mac experience is the seemingly endless list of applications that all come together to make your Mac easier or more efficient to use. There are apps that will keep your screen on forever with just a click, and apps that will automatically hide unused apps to keep your desktop clean. The downside to …

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Apple delays 32

Apple promised us that we’d be able to use FaceTime to video chat with up to 32 people at the same time in iOS 12 and MacOS Mojave. While we’re eager to try it, it seems we’ll have to wait. Group FaceTime won’t release with the launch of iOS 12 and MacOS Mojave, according to Apple build release notes spotted …

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Here’s the trick to add an AirDrop folder to your Mac’s Dock

AirDrop is the fastest and easiest way to shuttle files and photos between iPhones ($285 at Amazon) and Macs. I use it to send screenshots from my iPhone to my Mac. I use it less frequently to send files from my Mac to my iPhone or another Mac, and each time I do, I dig around for it before giving …

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