Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

1/21/25

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.

1/18/25

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.

1/16/25

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

1/14/25

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

1/11/25

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.

1/9/25

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.

1/7/25

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.

1/4/25

Pixelmator Pro does have pretty advanced arrow-drawing tools, but they can be hard to find if you have never used them before.

1/2/25

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.

12/31/24

The cost of an app can be hidden in in-app purchases and subscriptions. Some apps are genuinely free, others have an upsell, and some make money from you or using you in other ways. It can pay to go to the developer's site to find out more and look for free trial versions.