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There are two separate type of dictation you can use on your Mac. Basic keyboard dictation lets you easily combine talking and typing. Voice Control adds a powerful list of commands and lets you control almost every aspect of your Mac.

There are a few new System Settings and app settings you should know about in macOS Sonoma.

There is no native functionality to link from inside one document to another. However, you can use a clever Shortcut to allow this. You can link from inside a Pages document to another Pages document, or to a Numbers file, or Numbers to Numbers, and so on.

Pages version 13.2 adds more option to create borders around paragraphs of text. You can use paragraph border and backgrounds for all sorts of interesting design effects in your Pages documents.

Starting with macOS Sonoma and iOS/iPadOS 17 you can now divide lists in Reminders into Sections. When using the new Column View, each section is in a separate column, making them similar to Kanban boards. You can easily move items from column to column and also combine this with subtasks and List Templates for more advanced uses.

If your internal drive is almost full then it is time to clear out some applications and files. Here's how to do that in 7 steps without the help of any third-party apps.

If you are new to Mac then this is the guide for you. Here is a quick start to get you going with how to use the mouse or trackpad, keyboard, Menu Bar, Dock, windows, apps, the Finder and much more. Get up to speed quick with this comprehensive tutorial.

When you want to get a document or window out of the way, should you close it, minimize it, or just hide or quit the app? Take a look at these four options and see which would work better for you.

macOS Sonoma introduces a unified menu for video and microphone controls in the menu bar. This includes the ability to trigger reaction animations and combine your screen and camera input to create a presenter overlay. For the most part these work in FaceTime but also in other apps like Zoom.

The free clipboard manager and text utility from MacMost has a few new powerful tricks available in version 1.2 including the ability to replace text in the selection, perform calculations in Smart Clips and add titles to those Smart Clips too.

You can do a lot with the built-in screenshot tool on your Mac. Learn how to draw perfect shapes, highlight areas, use Emoji, save where you want and much more.

In macOS Sonoma you can create Web Apps where you can view your favorite or most used sites in their own app instead of a full browser. This not only makes going to these sites more convenient and app-like, but also enhances privacy.

The new Desktop Widgets feature of macOS Sonoma makes widgets more useful than ever before. Here are some ideas on how you can use this new powerful feature to get the most from your Mac.

You can set the Action button at the side of your iPhone 15 Pro to a variety of presets, like opening the Camera app or starting a Voice Memo. But you can also use Accessibility options and Shortcuts to make it do almost anything. Here are some examples of what you can do including launching any app, taking a photo, starting a timer, and much more.

There are a ton of new small features in macOS Sonoma. Learn how to do more with Spotlight, arrange Reminders in columns, play crossword puzzles in News, adjust app text size, see wind patterns, and much more.

Note: macOS Sonoma will be released on September 26.
Check out the best new features you can use once you update to macOS Sonoma. You can add widgets right to the Desktop, create apps from your favorite web sites, link between notes, find your pets in Photos, and much more.

You can now have multiple timers with labels. You can start them in the Clock app or using Control Center. You can also control them on your Lock Screen.

There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts for Mac users. There are Mission Control shortcuts, Finder shortcuts, system shortcuts, application shortcuts and more. Many you can find by just looking through the menu bar for that application. You can find system ones by looking in the System Settings under Keyboard.

But some keyboard shortcuts are more useful than others. And some are harder to remember than others.

So MacMost has compiled a list of the top keyboard shortcuts for macOS 14.0 (Sonoma). Here they all are on a single PDF page, downloadable and printable: The MacMost macOS Sonoma Keyboard Shortcuts. Download it and pass it along!

iOS 17 includes 14 new features in the Messages app alone. Learn how to use Emoji as Stickers, share your location, create stickers from your photos, swipe to reply to a specific message and much more.

With so many new and interesting features in iOS 17, I had to make a second video. Learn how to use Stickers in different places, easily crop photos, leave a FaceTime video message, and much more.