Apple's macOS Big Sur merges familiar iOS features with the computing benefits of Apple’s Mac lineup. Now that iOS apps can run in macOS, it makes sense for both operating systems to look, and work, ...

Get greater control over keyboard brightness. Image: Killian Bell/Cult of Mac We want to help you master Control Center, one of the most powerful and underutilized features on Apple devices. Cult of ...

If you just bought a new iMac, you might notice something familiar in the menu bar. Apple took the Control Center from iOS, made a Mac version, and introduced it in macOS 11 Big Sur. Its icon appears ...

Apple has completely revamped the Mac operating system this year with macOS Big Sur, which also adds some interesting new features to the Mac. macOS Big Sur brings Control Center to the Mac for the ...

With its fresh, clean redesign and plethora of new features, MacOS Big Sur is the largest shake-up of Apple’s Mac operating system in years. But there is one feature that stands out above the rest: ...

MacOS Big Sur brings some big changes, and one of the best is the introduction of the Control Center. As in iOS 14, this puts common system controls at your fingertips for easy access. You no longer ...

If you’ve just got a new Mac, you’ve obviously already started using it to surf the web. But before you get too far along, you should make a few simple tweaks to your Mac’s settings to make it more ...

Last year in iOS and iPadOS 18, Apple launched a brand new Control Center for iPhone and iPad. Control Center got more powerful and customizable than ever. And all throughout this past year, Apple has ...

It's not easy to find in a pile of miscellaneous clutter. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can ping a lost Apple Watch from your iPhone, giving you an easy way to find your misplaced wearable.

In iOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3, Apple introduced Universal Control, a feature designed to allow you to control multiple Macs and iPads with a single trackpad/mouse and keyboard. This article ...

The new Control Center in macOS Big Sur is a very convenient grouping of commonly-used functions, plus it's now easy to drag those controls out to the menu bar. It's just far less obvious how, or ...