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How to back up your Mac with Time Machine

Set up Time Machine on macOS 27 - which drive to get, setup in System Settings, encryption, network backups and how to restore a file or a whole Mac.

Beginner friendly · About 15 minutes, plus a first backup that can run overnight

How to show the battery percentage on your Mac

Turn on the battery percentage in your Mac's menu bar in macOS 27 Golden Gate and older versions, and see the exact charge and time left.

Beginner friendly · About 1 minute

The yes command on Mac and Linux: what it's for

What the yes command prints, how to stop it, and its real uses - answering prompts, making test files and loading the CPU on Mac and Linux.