Dashboard is very slowly going the way of the dinosaur, but if you still use it, there’s a new option in Yosemite. Well, actually, it’s an old one: head over to the Mission Control settings and you’ll see a dropdown menu that lets you set Dashboard as a Space (like it was in Mavericks) or [...]

Bloggers and developers are going to love this one. Where they previously had to fire up an iOS simulator on their Mac and use third-party software to record a screencast of something on their iPhone or iPad, Apple has made it easy using iOS 8 and Yosemite. When you plug your iOS device into a [...]

Airdrop has always had the potential to be great, but by limiting it to like OSes, we’ve never really used it much. That might change in Yosemite. Apple has finally allowed iOS and OS X to communicate over Airport, so we can instantly and easily share notes, photos and whatever else needs to get from [...]

iCloud users have always had to resort to Dropbox or Google Drive if they wanted access to their files, but with Yosemite and iCloud Drive, they might not have to rely on them quite so much. Click on the new iCloud Drive icon in the Finder sidebar and you’ll see all of your documents, but [...]

Apple has always been conservative with its customization options in OS X, but Yosemite lets down its hair a little. Near the top of the General preferences tab you’ll see a checkbox to turn on dark mode, which adds a layer of black paint to the menubar and dock. Now if only OS X 10.11 [...]

Apple hasn't gotten around to adding an LTE chip to our MacBooks, but with Yosemite and an iPhone running iOS 8, you won't need one. When your Mac is within Bluetooth range of your iPhone (and personal hotspot is turned on), you'll see a new network option when you click on the Wi-Fi menu-bar icon. [...]

Apple has integrated iOS and OS X like never before, and nowhere is that more evident than in the Handoff feature. If you're working on something in a supported app on your iPad or iPhone, you'll see an icon appear on the left of the Finder; click on it and your work will instantly be [...]

When our iPhones are in our pockets, we rarely miss a call, but when we’re working at our desks we don’t always hear it buzzing. Yosemite understands this predicament. A notification banner will alert you when a call is coming in on your iPhone, and you can answer it right on your Mac. And you [...]

Back when iOS 8 was released, you might have heard all of the warnings about using iCloud Drive. Once you upgrade to Yosemite, however, there’s no reason not to turn it on. Just head over to System Preferences and flip the iCloud Drive toggle to green and you’ll get access to all of your documents, [...]

Back in the days of iChat, Apple used to allow us to share our screens or let us take control of someone else's, and in Yosemite it's finally bringing the functionality to Messages. Inside the details menu you'll see a new icon that looks like two overlapping squares. Click on it and you'll see two [...]