Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

This is a more advanced way to encrypt files that requires using the Terminal. But if you don't mind doing that, it is a way to protect information on your Mac, and to even send protected information via email.

With Sierra you can easily ask Siri to set reminders. If you want Siri to remind you of an email, event, contact, message or webpage, you can use the word 'this' to have Siri create a reminder with a link to that content. This can be very useful to remind yourself to get back to something later in the day.

Hot Corners is a feature of macOS that allows you to perform functions when the cursor is moved to one of the four corners of your screen. You can trigger Mission Control, put your Mac to sleep, run Launchpad and other functions. You can also set Hot Corners to only trigger if you have modifier keys pressed.

Your an customize how the scroll bars in macOS work using some settings in System Preferences. You can decide whether the scroll bars are always present, or only when scrolling. You can also decide what you want to happen when the space above or below the current position is clicked.

For a few years now an online backup company Backblaze has publushed their hard drive statistics. A lot of Mac (and PC) experts use those stats to shop for the best drives.

In Sierra the system Gatekeeper function has been changed to only allow apps either from the App Store or from identified developers. But if you need to run other software, such as special software in a work environment, you can still run any software if you know how to override Gatekeeper.

Learn how to create a Numbers spreadsheet with a checklist and pie chart that tracks your progress through the checklist. To do this, you'll need the functions COUNTIF and COUNTA.

You can copy and paste to export images from the Maps app into other apps such as Keynote and Pages. You can use this to easily add maps and satellite views to your presentations and documents.

One of the many things that Activity Monitor can do is to show you which processes running are preventing your Mac from sleeping. If your Mac isn't sleeping when it should, it could simply be an app you have running in the background that is the cause.

The iPhone 7's button feels really good, especially considering it isn't really a button at all. Could this be the first step to a touchscreen-based keyboard for the Mac? Such a screen would be really cool, provided it felt right.

Putting your MacBook to sleep it critical when you are not using it, even for a few minutes. There are many ways to quickly and easily put it to sleep, from keyboard shortcuts to gestures to physical actions. Find one that works for you to get the most from your MacBook's battery.

Here's a handy little tool for web developers that is built-in to Safari (Sierra). You can simulate other browsers, screen sizes and resolutions. It is fun to play with and can be handy even if you aren't a developer.

The Freeze Frame feature in iMovie allows you to easily stop the action and create several seconds of a still image in the middle of your video. You can use this for dramatic effect. You can also cut out the freeze frame portion and apply a filter or other effect.

There are many ways to quickly get to your most recently-opened files on your Mac. You can use the Apple Menu, the open dialog from within the app, the Dock, and also the Go menu in the Finder.

If you need to see your stored Safari passwords while on the go, you can get to them on your iPhone. While they are automatically inserted when using Safari on your iPhone, to use the passwords on another device you can go to the Settings app and view them there.

Use Character Styles to style words throughout your document and then easily be able to change the style of all of these words at once. Character Styles can be applied to single words, characters, or groups of words.

I'm seeing a lot of people at Mac-related forums complaining about battery drain on their new MacBooks, even though they claim to only view web pages. Here's what I think is happening.