Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

How To Use the New Tables Feature In Freeform
12/16/25
The new update to macOS 26.2 brings a new Tables feature to Freeform. You can use this to layout your boards into a grid, adding text to each cell and attach images, shapes and other objects.
Apple Has a Spotlight Problem And Needs To Fix It
12/15/25
Spotlight is a fundamental feature of macOS, but it far too often fails to work and is lacking in speed and functionality. Apple needs to prioritize fixing these problems.
12/13/25

Many people stick with the Dock on the bottom of their Mac's display. But you can put it on the left or right as well. What are some things to consider when choosing a Dock position?

Live: 10 Photos App Tips And Tricks
12/12/25
Explore the Mac Photos app with me. I'll show you some handy tricks that I use to organize and edit my photos.
How To Create QR Codes On Your Mac or iPhone
12/11/25
Create a Shortcut that lets you easily create QR codes on your Mac, iPhone or iPad. You can set the colors for the QR code as well as have an image or logo automatically applied right inside the Shortcut.
12/11/25

Want to view or sort by image dimensions, audio file durations or video codecs? You can do it in the Finder if you know the trick to turn on these hidden media information columns for List View.

Using Local Capture To Record Yourself For Content Creation
12/10/25
A new feature in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 allows you to record your own audio and video in high quality while talking with someone else over the phone, FaceTime or in other conferencing apps. Content creators can combine recordings afterward to make podcasts, videos and other content.
20 Creative Tips For Using Mac Markup Tool Shapes
12/9/25
When using Markup Tools in Preview or other places on your Mac, you have a small set of eight shapes you can places as annotations. Here are some tips for getting the most out of these shapes.
12/9/25

Using the Light Table and Outline modes in Keynote, you can create virtual index cards to organize thoughts, writings, speeches and other projects.

Learn How To Right-Click On a Mac In One Minute
12/8/25
If you are new to Mac and wondering how to right-click to bring up a context menu, here is how to do it with a mouse and trackpad.
12/6/25

The Stocks app lets you make watchlists, but you have to add each stock by searching and selecting. Using Shortcuts you can paste a text list and build the watchlist quickly.

Live: Pages Table of Contents Basics and Tricks
12/5/25
How to use the automatic Table of Contents feature in Mac Pages, plus lots of advanced techniques like formatting, list of illustrations and more.
Creating Goal Charts In Mac Numbers
12/4/25
You can create charts that track your progress to a goal using pie, donut or stacked column charts.
12/4/25

When using Markup Tools in Preview or other places on your Mac, you have a small set of eight shapes you can places as annotations. Here are some tips for getting the most out of these shapes.

10 Red Flags To Help You Defend Yourself Against Scams
12/3/25
Whether the scam tries to get you over email, text, phone or in person, there are usually some red flags you can look for to help defend yourself and not fall victim.
Using Spotlight To Access the Menu Bar
12/2/25
In macOS Tahoe you can use Spotlight to access the Menu Bar by searching for the menu item. This adds yet another way to use the Menu Bar with your keyboard.
12/2/25

There are now an incredible number of ways to run Shortcuts on your Mac. It really shows how important this is to Apple in macOS, iOS and iPadOS.

20 iPhone Annoyances and How To Fix Them
12/1/25
There are many little things in iOS that bug some iPhone users that are easy to stop or change. Which one of these annoys you and find out how to switch it off.
11/29/25

Learn a little bit about what I use to make the MacMost tutorial videos.

15 Mac Calendar Alert Tips
11/28/25
To get the most from Calendar alerts on your Mac and other devices, take a look at some of these deep and hidden features like the ability to set multiple alerts, customize the time, send yourself an email, play a custom sound, and use reminders in the Calendar app.