Apple gives it, Apple takes it away: sometimes it happens that familiar apps and features are suddenly missing from one macOS version to the next because the company is apparently no longer interested ...

Computerworld recently showcased 10 great free network management tools. Readers responded with some of their own favorites, so I’m going to take a look at those tools and report on their capabilities ...

Network Utility was a fixture of macOS from its early days through macOS 11 Big Sur, when Apple dropped it, instead directing users to use command line tools. Apple’s argument seemed to be that the ...

Five tools for finding out what’s on your network Your email has been sent When you need to determine what devices are connected to your network, you can turn to one of these handy utilities. Whether ...

From troubleshooting DNS queries and misbehaving network apps to keeping your configurations and passwords organized, these tools have you covered Routing issues, slow network applications, DNS ...

Apple's macOS Big Sur update introduces new battery usage tools and brings back battery life time estimates, but deprecates the Network Utility tool. In macOS Big Sur, there's a battery Usage History ...

There is enterprise-level software for surveying Wi-Fi networks, but even in large wireless networks, simple freeware tools are handy for a quick peek at the airwaves during design, deployment or ...

This is senior editor Dan Moren. We take networking for granted these days, but it’s still a complicated beast. If you want to go under the hood, Apple includes a suite of tools on your Mac to help ...