Another advantage of the Mac App Store, besides pausing downloads, safe uninstalls, and easy re-downloads of Mac OS X apps, is the safety of knowing that anything in the Mac App Store has been vetted ...

A new option in the latest macOS Sequoia developer beta allows users to install Mac App Store downloads on external drives, and run the apps from there. It's a seemingly small change to the third ...

You've just unboxed your new Mac and find that Apple has included a handful of first-party apps to get you started. That includes its in-house browser Safari, Preview ...

So you’ve spotted that many Mac apps (downloaded from outside the App Store) allow users to install and use them on external drives. This is not automatically the case for applications downloaded and ...

Homebrew is a free, open-source package manager for Linux and MacOS that simplifies the installation and management of software. Think of Homebrew as a command-line version of the App Store that ...

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The macOS installer is quick and easy to use, but you can find out more info on what happens during installations by checking its built-in logs. Here's how to look at them. macOS installer files are ...

Steve Vegvari is a features author, specializing in gaming, smart home devices, and the Apple ecosystem. With a career spanning over 10 years in the industry, he's written about the latest Apple ...