PC WEENIES
Tech Musings and Comics.
A webcomic and blog about technology, digital life, creative frustration, and the weird humor of living with machines.
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FrugalMac: Clouds, Locations, Trackpads and Notifications
Cloud-based syncing via iCloud is generally pretty good, but right now, during setup: it’s a distraction. The FrugalMac setup is all about intention, so I’m turning it off until I’m ready. To do so, go to your Apple account, click iCloud and turn off iCloud Drive. This will remove iCloud Drive files from my M5…
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FrugalMac: Keeping Up Appearances
As a long-time Mac user, macOS’s customization options have slowly improved. (More customizing options are still needed.) Let’s start with some basic appearance tweaks, found within Settings > Appearance. From the top, I’ve chosen Auto to have my Mac change from light to dark mode, based on time of day. However you feel about Liquid…
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FrugalMac: Fixing the Finder Windows
Perhaps the title is a bit hyperbolic. I’m not fixing the Finder’s windows, I’m configuring them to work best for me. But first, let’s go to Finder Settings > Advanced and turn on Filename Extensions and Keep folders on top. I routinely share files between different platforms, so having visible file name extensions are a…