Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

You no longer need to know how to program with AppleScript to use AppleScript. Let ChatGPT do the work for you. But it may not get it right the first time.

Here are some iPhone tips to help you type faster, edit easier, and be more productive with the iPhone virtual keyboard.

If you hold down the Option or Shift keys, you can change what happens when you launch an app.

If you hear about a new feature for the Mac, iPhone or iPad, but you can't find that feature on your device, it is probably because your device, language or region isn't supported. Here's how to find out.

Here are some iPhone tips to help you type faster, edit easier, and be more productive with the iPhone virtual keyboard.

Here are some common things about macOS that some users find annoying, and how you can change them.

You can add a tag to your email address when filling out forms or signing up for things. This isn't useful for privacy or security, but can be a help in organizing the notifications you get in return.

The Spotlight menu can be used to search for files, apps and other things with just Command+Space, typing, and then Return. But you can also use other keyboard shortcuts to go to the file location, preview items, get definitions, perform web searches and more.

Mission Control is a great way to switch to any window, but only if you use the mouse or trackpad. But with App Expose, you can use the tab and arrow keys to actually do it with just the keyboard.

Phishing attacks come into our email inboxes almost every day. Learn what they are, how they work and how to protect yourself. Learn how AI may be making phishing attacks even worse.

Here are some common things about macOS that some users find annoying, and how you can change them.

The iOS 18 Photos app has the same features as before, but it puts all collections on one long screen along with your entire library. You can get to whatever section you want by scrolling up or down, and customize what is included.

Here's a walk-through of an interesting phishing attack that can let a scammer take over your Apple Account.

There is no native function to link to a file from within a Numbers spreadsheet. But you can easily insert a file name or path. You can then use a Shortcut to jump to that file.

By combining a number of advanced techniques in Keyboard Maestro, you can turn the Caps Lock key into a hyperkey that brings up a palette of commands. This can save you from needing to remember too many keyboard shortcuts.

When working in Pages you may want to move pages around to reorder them. The key to doing that is to use sections in Word Processing mode, or to use Page Layout mode instead, where each page is its own section.

Apple Intelligence is different than other AI tools in four main ways: being partially on-device, privacy-focused, accessible to non-experts and integrated into the OS and apps.

Another image creation feature of Apple Intelligence is Image Wand. This gives you the ability to quickly create AI images in Notes on the iPhone and iPad. You can even use a sketch as the basis for the image.

You can keep large databases in a single table and still use a pivot table to extract summary data from only a portion of the data. For instance, you can examine a single year from a table that includes multiple years of data.

A new feature in macOS Sequoia allow you to import audio files into Voice Memos or Notes and get a text transcription. You can do all file types and even videos if you convert them. You can even use Apple Intelligence to get a summary.