Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

In OS X, if you hold down "opt+shift" while adjusting the volume with the volume function keys, it will adjust the volume with more granular steps. I'm wondering if there's a defaults.write thing I ...

I have developed a keyboard obsession the last week or so. I've been reading up on all kinds of keyboard stuff and watching Youtube channels where people build their own custom keyboards. (Although it ...

One of the easiest ways to impress your Mac-owning friends is simple: Simply press option + shift + volume up (F8) or option + shift + volume down (F9). It looks like this: That magical combination of ...

The Function key allows the user of a business laptop to access additional functions for dual-use keys. It commonly controls hardware settings like brightness or volume. It's generally at the bottom ...

The keyboard is one of the most important devices of your computer, allowing you to give commands for the different operations you want to perform. Most keyboards these days come with 104 alphanumeric ...