MacMost Newsletter
The MacMost Newsletter: Issue 903
April 23, 2026
If the right side of your Menu Bar is too cluttered, here are some techniques for cleaning it up by shrinking, removing, reorganizing or relocating the items there.
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You Mac's logs may hold the information you need to troubleshoot problems. But they are very difficult to understand. AI chatbots can help.
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The cropping tool in Mac Photos can be used to remove portions of a photo or recenter it on what is important.
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You can use the Table Of Contents functionality in Pages for more than just a basic table of contents. You can also use it as an index to content like images, illustrations, tables and charts as long as you set up and maintain your paragraph styles.
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macOS Tahoe greatly expanded the use for symbols in the Menu Bar menus. You can find these symbols for your own use with the SF Symbols app, and also turn them off with a hidden setting.
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There are some strange and hidden features in macOS. Here are 10 that are also somewhat useful. Learn how to put color backgrounds behind your files, make your Mac speak the time, speak in odd voices, sample colors on your screen and more.
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