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Using Paragraph Borders and Backgrounds in Pages
10/23/23
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.
Reminders: List Sections and Column View
10/20/23
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.
What To Do When Your Mac's Drive Is Full
10/18/23
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.
Mac Quick Start Guide for New Users - Mac Tutorial for Beginners
10/16/23
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 Should You Close, Minimize, Hide or Quit?
10/13/23
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.
New Mac Video Conferencing Features
10/11/23
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.
New In ClipTools: SmartClips Replace, Calc and Title Functions
10/9/23
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.
10 Screenshot Markup Tips and Tricks
10/6/23
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.
How To Create and Use Safari Web Apps On Your Mac
10/4/23
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.
19 Tips For Using Desktop Widgets On Your Mac
10/2/23
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.
Customizing the iPhone 15 Pro Action Button
9/29/23
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.
New Odd and Interesting Features in macOS Sonoma
9/27/23
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.
Top 10 New Features In macOS Sonoma
9/25/23

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.

Using Timers On Your iPhone With iOS 17
9/22/23
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.
9/20/23

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!

Every New Feature in the iOS 17 Messages App
9/20/23

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.

More New Features To Check Out On Your iPhone In iOS 17
9/18/23

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.

New Features To Check Out On Your iPhone In iOS 17
9/15/23

Here are some of the new features of iOS 17 that you should check out once you have upgraded.

8 Ways ChatGPT Can Help You While Using Mac Numbers
9/13/23

If you work with Mac Numbers you can use ChatGPT to get help with functions and formulas, generate sample data, clean up data and more.

How To Slow Down or Speed Up Playback on YouTube Videos
9/11/23

If a YouTube video is too fast or too slow, you can change the playback speed in the video settings or using keyboard shortcuts. You can also easily jump back 10 seconds to see or hear something again.