Violetta Kryak

Writer, Apple ecosystem researcher

Violetta is a freelance writer at No Country Studio and has been a Setapp author since 2019, but her copywriting experience goes back to her journalism degree and years of writing news stories for TV and print.

About this author

Due to the nature of Violetta’s training — a reporter is someone who inevitably becomes an expert in the subject of their story —- writing dynamic pieces and easy-to-follow instructions for the Apple ecosystem came smoothly and naturally. With a talent for digesting complex ideas into engaging articles, Violetta shares tips and solutions for improving your daily interactions with Mac and iOS devices.

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Clipboard on Mac: how to view and manage copy-paste history on macOS

April 09, 2024

Copy and paste has been revolutionary for productivity. That may sound silly, especially considering how commonplace it is. Everyone uses that function, all the time. But without it, we’d have to start from scratch on whatever we are working on.

Tips & tricks Tutorial

How to choose a good Mac temperature monitor?

March 29, 2024

Discover the best Mac temperature monitor apps and learn how to check your device's performance stats, CPU, and battery levels to protect it for years of use.

Productivity Tutorial

The best GIF makers for Mac

March 20, 2024

Find out the easiest and most efficient way to create short animations on your Mac, plus discover the best GIF screen recorder and converter apps available today.

Productivity Creativity

How to clear system storage on iPhone and iPad

March 06, 2024

Find out what to do with System Data using all of iPhone storage and how to get more space on your device without deleting everything.

Productivity Tutorial iOS

How to repair Apple TV remote not working

March 05, 2024

Learn about different problems to troubleshoot when your Apple TV remote not working and find out other ways to smoothly stream HD video to a big screen.

Tips & tricks Productivity Tutorial

How to make a booklet on Mac using publishing apps

February 06, 2024

Making a booklet is one of those tasks that the Mac was born to do. From the very earliest days of the Mac, desktop publishing has been a big driver of its popularity and success

Tutorial Creativity Lifestyle

What to do when FaceTime won’t connect on Mac?

January 30, 2024

Find out the most complete list of solutions to FaceTime not working on Mac and get back to calling people in no time.

Tips & tricks Productivity Tutorial

How to increase disk space on Mac

January 25, 2024

Find solutions for how to get more storage on Mac, plus discover handy tools to automatically declutter and organize your devices to make them more efficient.

Tips & tricks Productivity Tutorial

How to hide all icons and show a clean desktop on Mac

January 18, 2024

Find out how to hide all desktop icons Mac is using, whether you’re presenting, taking a screenshot, or just want to clean everything up.

Tips & tricks Productivity Lifestyle

How to turn on a Mac computer

January 17, 2024

Here’s how to turn on Apple computers of various types.

Tips & tricks Productivity Tutorial

How to reformat external hard drive Mac

January 08, 2024

Learn how to format a hard drive for Mac computers, instantly back up your files, clear storage space, and make sure your Mac runs at peak performance.

Tips & tricks Productivity Tutorial

How to retrieve replaced files on Mac

December 08, 2023

Overwriting a much-needed file is every computer user's worst nightmare. Even when your Mac warns you that the file with this name already exists, you don’t stop and think it through — you just hit Replace and now the old file is gone. This happens way too often to busy people. So what do you do now? Well, you’ll be pleased to know that all hope is not lost.

Tips & tricks Tutorial