While the menu extras in OS X are convenient, sometimes they can be occluded by the application or system menus. Here are some ways to manage them to prevent this from happening. The OS X system ...

On an unseasonably cold and rainy day in the summer of 2012, I arrived to work promptly at 5:30 a.m. in downtown Brooklyn. I was one of about 100 background actors—colloquially referred to as “extras” ...

In addition to system menus, menu extras in OS X can be quickly accessed with a keystroke. Menu extras are the small utility menus at the top-right of your screen that give you quick access to some of ...

When software is created, whether it be operating systems or games, there is a good chance that a bug or security hole will rear its head over time. Software can be complex, with millions of lines of ...

We don’t give them much attention, but they’re always there. They’re in the background of our favorite movies and television programs — they make a scene feel natural, or fill in the epic scope of a ...