My Mac Fixes

Adobe's Creative Cloud app is like a virus, and a poorly programmed one at that. Though the app needs a number of background processes when it's running, they don't need to launch before then, and especially not when you start your Mac. But how do you stop them? And beyond that, how do you keep Adobe from restoring them? Most of these processes -- all of which you can identify in the Mac's Activity Monitor by the Adobe logo -- are launched at startup by files known as launchagents and launchdaemons. There are three main locations where Adobe installs these: Library/LaunchAgents/ Library/LaunchDaemons/ Users/[Your Username]/Library/LaunchAgents/ (If you don't know how to reach the hidden Library directory, pull down the Go menu in Finder while you're pressing the Option key.) The names of the files that launch Adobe processes all start with "com.adobe", and NONE of these files are essential. Most of the advice you'll find on this topic sim

A number of people have reported having Wi-Fi problems after updating to Mojave, and I did myself, with a disturbing lost connection in the middle of a big download. That's something I'm not used to. What I discovered was that Mojave had re-ordered my Preferred Networks. What really was causing the trouble was that I was now connected to a 2.4GHz network instead of my usual 5GHz. A 2.4 GHz network will often be subject to more interference than 5GHz, so the connection is more likely to fail. And sure enough, when I switched networks, the connection was fine. If you're having trouble, the first thing to do is check the network you're connected to and switch it manually if it's wrong. You can do this with the Wi-Fi pull-down menu on the menubar (if you have it there) or on the Network panel of System Preferences. It's common for a wireless router to offer both 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections, and you want to make sure you're on the one that has worked best for