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How to enable the dashboard in OS X El Capitan

As someone who uses OS X dashboard widgets often, I was dismayed to find out that Apple has hidden it by default. Thankfully, it’s easy to reenable the dashboard in El Capitan. Here’s how to do it.

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How to delete an application on Mac OS X

There are a few different methods for deleting an application based on how you installed it.

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How to switch between the windows of an application on OS X

Many applications use multiple windows, and there is a handy keyboard shortcut to help you switch quickly between them.

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There are plenty of websites that will automatically convert a video into a gif. Some of these sites even have a few options to customize the gif you create.

This guide shows you how to change the HipChat notification sound in both Mac and Windows. Presently, the notification sound cannot be changed through either native application.

Flushing your dns is a very useful troubleshooting step and is necessary for some network changes to take effect.

This guide was written for OS X 10.9. For an updated version of this guide click here. There are plenty of reasons you will want to encrypt files on your personal computer.

This shortcut takes your cursor directly to the searchbox after opening Mail.app. This works in all current versions of OSX.

This short guide shows you how to disable the additional Mac menubars/toolbars and docks that were added in OS X Mavericks.