Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

There’s one Windows dialog box that has remained untouched for the past 30 years, despite several operating systems and UI updates. The dialog box in question is the one that pops up when you try to ...

One problem that you may encounter when using your Mac is pauses when presented with an "Open" or "Save" dialogue box. While the foremost application may be running just fine, when you try to access ...

Sometimes, you discover the coolest Mac OS X tricks by accident. That happened recently to Hints reader philostein. And philostein’s accident is our gain. First, copy a file path to your Mac’s ...

Q: Here’s my problem. Whenever I open a Word document, I get this message: “The command cannot be performed because a dialog box is open. Click OK, then close open dialog boxes to continue.” I don’t ...

If you are not getting a confirmation dialog box to acknowledge every time you delete an image in the Photos app, you have disabled the confirmation box. In this post, we will see how to disable or ...

For the longest time, one of the things that people liked to poke fun at in Windows was a dialog box used to add fonts to the system. The rarely used dialog used Windows 3.1-era icons and fonts, even ...

The Computer Management console is a Windows administrative tool for performing maintenance operations on your business computer. The console serves as a hub for ...

The primary cause of this problem is that a dialog box associated with Microsoft Word is open. It might not be visible upfront if many windows are open on your computer. Please try the following ...