Surprising things you can do on your Mac
01 FIND ALIEN LIFE
The University of California, Berkeley’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (setiathome.berkeley.edu) wants your Mac’s help to analyze radio telescope data. Install the BOINC app from boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php, and it’ll run in the background. You can opt in to other research too.
02 Light up your party
The Music app (or iTunes in previous versions of macOS) offers a psychedelic light show that responds to the sounds your Mac is playing. Hit Cmd+T to start; it’ll cycle through different modes to keep things fresh. While it’s playing, press? (with or without Shift) to show key shortcuts that you can use to change the patterns, including M to switch modes and P to shift the color palette. You can also press A to add more branches to the patterns or S to subtract. Press I to show or hide track info. In Window > Visualizer Settings, you can switch to
