11/4/25
The Passwords app on your Mac, iPhone and iPad will save a history of your password changes for each account.
11/3/25
When you create a Pages document with images and export to a PDF file, you often get a much larger PDF than expected. Here is why this happens and how to do things the right way to make smaller PDFs.
10/31/25
In this live deep dive, learn how to customize the Mac Finder sidebar with favorites, locations, tags and more. Also learn some tips and how to make your own Recents view.
10/30/25
You can create custom vibration patterns using haptics and have different ones play when you get text messages or phone calls from different people. You can even have custom vibrations play when you get messages with specific words in them.
10/29/25
There are a few ways you can check the information on a web page without brining up your web browser, opening a new window or tab, and adding to your history. Use these techniques to check information you frequently need to see.
10/28/25
The Color Picker is a system tool that you can access in almost any app where you are choosing colors for text, shapes and other uses. Here's how to get the most from the Mac Color Picker.
10/27/25
If you don't like the look of Liquid Glass in macOS Tahoe, there are a few things you can do to tone it down. There are also many ways to customize the look of your Mac to make the glass look more bearable.
10/24/25
Learn how to use Siri and Apple Intelligence with apps like Pages, Numbers, Notes and more.
10/23/25
The Photos app has changed yet again, this time separating your Library view from other Collections. Learn how Photos organizes your pictures for you, and also lets you create albums for any need.
10/22/25
In iOS 26 if you tap an image or PDF file in the Files app, it will launch the Preview app and open the file. You can change this behavior by setting the default behavior for a file type in the Files app.
10/21/25
Spotlight in macOS Tahoe has been reworked to be more powerful than ever before. You can use it to launch apps, find files and perform calculations like before, but now you can be more direct when asking for what you want, perform special actions, access clipboard history, find menu items, and much more.
10/20/25
A new feature built in to Apple Music allows you to import playlists or all of your music from Spotify and other services into your Apple Music streaming service account. You can use this to grab Spotify playlists posted by curators when they don't provide an Apple Music playlist.
10/17/25
Learn some methods for how to use Notes and how to keep your notes organized.
10/16/25
The new Journal app allows you to easily record entries on a daily basis for a personal diary, work record, hobby journal and more. Learn how to use this new tool on your Mac.
10/15/25
Control Center in macOS Tahoe can be customized by rearranging the buttons, adding new ones, and removing things you don't need. You can even add more than one Control Center and use them for launching apps and Shortcuts.
10/14/25
You can feed information into an AI model in Mac Shortcuts and then perform tasks based on the results. This can be used to build your own complex and versatile productivity tools.
10/13/25
Text message scams are so common that most of us get one or more per week. Learn about the most common scams to stay on guard and prevent yourself and your friends and family from becoming a victim.
10/10/25
With macOS Tahoe you can easily launch Shortcuts using Spotlight. Better still, you can include text input that the Shortcut then uses. Watch as I explore this new functionality.
10/9/25
If you miss Launchpad in macOS Tahoe and liked to organize your apps into groups or launch apps using your mouse or trackpad, here is a way to build Launchpad-like functionality into your Mac Dock.
