Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

Before you sell, give away, or recycle your Mac, you should erase it first. You should also erase any used Mac you buy before you do anything else with it.

While the Finder has a very pointer-oriented interface, you can still do most things with keyboard shortcuts. Even if you primarily use your mouse or trackpad, some of these shortcuts will help you move around faster.

If a photo is part of your Photo's App library, how do you get it out and use it as a regular file? There are three proper ways you can export a photo, none of which involve messing around inside the library file.

There are many settings and ways to customize the Dock to make it a better tool to suit your individual needs.

When looking for files, folders, apps, web pages, templates or many other things, macOS provides you with quick-access lists of recent items to make it easier to find what you want.

If you need to take and markup screenshots often, you don't need a third-party app.

If you use the Notes app to take notes while doing research or attending meetings, you should know about the Keep On Top feature that allows you to keep a Notes window floating above other windows at all times.

Markdown is a way of writing plain text documents that still accounts for some styling. You can't view Markdown very well in macOS, but a simple Shortcut will let you Quick Look Markdown files and even copy and paste from them with styles.

Ever want an extra set of buttons to control your Mac? Add single-press buttons to launch apps or do whatever you want. You don't need to get an expensive peripheral. A cheap extra keyboard or keypad will work if you also use a third-party keyboard tool to configure it.

A new feature of Freeform will make it a nice presentation tool, though one very different from Keynote.

If you need to rotate, trim, extract a frame or text from a video or audio file on a Mac, you don't need to even open an app. You can do all of these things and more just using the Finder and macOS.

If a photo is part of your Photo's App library, how do you get it out and use it as a regular file?

If you need to rotate, trim, convert or just view some images on a Mac, you don't need to use any app at all. You can do these and more using just the tools in the Finder and macOS.

You can use a few extra keys with the App Switch to hide and quit apps, and even reveal a minimized window.

If you have a lot of notes in the Notes app you may want to try one or more of these techniques to organize them. You can use sorting, folders, tags, smart folders, links and other techniques.

New sections on the Apple web site aim to help people choose their next Mac, and also easily find documentation for Apple products.

Learn some Numbers spreadsheet skills by building a simple retirement planning table and chart. Learn how to use basic formulas to calculate how savings will grow with contributions and interest each year.

Ever want an extra set of buttons to control your Mac? Add single-press buttons to launch apps or do whatever you want.

What do you do if someone sends you a Microsoft Word document, but you don't use Word on your Mac? You've got several options for viewing these documents, copying text from them, and even editing and saving in Word format without needing to buy anything.

A handy Terminal application lets you convert from Word and a variety of other formats to text files and do a variety of other things with documents.