While a Mac's performance is something you'll have to seldom worry about, there will be times when you'll see the frustrating spinning rainbow wheel on your Mac. Occasionally, your Mac's screen may ...

Here’s a keyboard shortcut you can use to quickly pull up the shutdown menu in Windows 8. This is much faster than using the mouse to get the menu to appear. 1. Hit Alt+F4. 2. The Windows 8 shutdown ...

Windows 8's start menu interferes with the old, convenient method of using keyboard shortcuts (via the Windows key) to quickly restart or shut down your machine. Here's a little trick that sort of ...

The great thing about computers is that they can work much faster than you can. But telling them what to do is often a slow process. Well, there's a fix. I'm talking about keyboard shortcuts. To ...

We here at TUAW are suckers for productive shortcuts, and since yesterday's System Preferences tip was such a hit, I thought I'd post a few shortcuts to speed up the Sleep, Restart and Shut Down ...

Sometimes you just need to reboot or shut down right away-and we mean right away, with no waiting. Thankfully, whether your Mac is frozen and non-responsive or you just want to shut down and go home ...

Purdue IT is reminding staff that they should restart their machines, regardless of work location, on a daily basis. To facilitate critical software updates and promote overall computer health, the ...

When Cortana made its debut on Windows 10 PCs, it generated much enthusiasm among Windows loyalists. It was touted as more than a simple search feature. The digital voice assistant helped make things ...

Q: I have a Windows 10 computer that has become increasingly unreliable as it has aged over its three-year life. I’ll be using Outlook, Excel or Chrome and the computer stops responding until I reboot ...