Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

6/10/25

A quick tour of macOS Tahoe from the developer beta 1. Check out the new Liquid Glass look, new apps, new Spotlight functionality. Plus a few things not mentioned at the announcement (RIP LaunchPad).

6/7/25

The iOS and iPadOS versions of Numbers include a special feature that allows you to see and enter single rows of data as forms. Here are some examples of how you can use it.

6/5/25

Text Replacements is a great productivity tool that can can be used in a variety of different ways to save you time and effort.

6/3/25

You can use Shortcuts to create Folder Actions instead of Automator as long as you trigger the Shortcut with a shell script, and you then manually add the shell script in a plist to the LaunchAgents folder. After you set it up once, it should be easy to do again and use this method instead of Automator.

5/31/25

A review of some of the basic backup strategies that different Mac users rely on, looking at the pros and cons.

5/29/25

Mac OS X and before came with some very useful features that are still present on Macs today, but many people have forgotten about.

5/27/25

Here is a failed attempt at making a Mac tutorial as a comic book page instead of an online video.

5/24/25

When you use markup tools in Mac Preview or in other apps there are two tools that can be very useful for pointing out things in a document or photo, but are rarely used.

5/22/25

Curious about how to use the Mac Terminal as an alternative to the Finder or to set hidden macOS settings? Learn the basic commands to get started.

5/20/25

When opening, saving, importing or exporting in apps on your Mac, it can take a few steps to get to the folder you are already using the Finder. Here are some methods for getting there quicker.