Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

If you need to figure out which items in your Mac Photos Library are taking up the most space, you can't do it in the Photos app. But you can create a simple Shortcut.

Apple products are expensive, but you can often save a little buy buying refurbished items, using educational discounts, looking for sales at third-party sites, and using other money-saving techniques.

Here's one way to blur the background of a photo even if you don't have a third-party image editing tool.

Minimizing windows in macOS is a common way to deal with Desktop clutter. But many long-time Mac users instead use techniques like app hiding, quitting apps, multiple Desktop Spaces and more instead.

In 2020 I wrote a post here at Patreon listing 8 "crazy" ideas I had that I wish Apple would implement for Macs. I was shocked to stumble upon it just now and see that 5 out of the 8 have come true! So maybe I should list some more crazy ideas that I can check back on in 5 years.

You can use Pixelmator Pro to work with photo backgrounds to remove them, replace them with another photo, or blur the background without changing the subject in the foreground.

Apple products are expensive, but you can often save a little buy buying refurbished items, using educational discounts, looking for sales at third-party sites, and using other money-saving techniques.

If you switch off Bluetooth you may find you have no way to turn it back on now that your mouse is disconnected. Here are several ways to switch it back on without a pointing device.

Check out the official online museum of Steve Jobs and download a free ebook.

Pixelmator Pro is a popular image editing tool for Macs, just acquired by Apple. It is a powerful, but easy-to-use, Photoshop alternative.

Learn how you can use Automator to create useful apps that can then be put in the Finder toolbar for easy access.

Photo Booth is the Camera app for your Mac. You can use it to take pictures and record videos from your Mac's webcam. It also includes a variety of special effects and hidden features.

Apple announced a new iPhone model to replace the iPhone SE and appear alongside the current iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro. Here's what makes this model different.

If you need to find all of the photos in your Mac Photos Library that have not yet been assigned to an album, you can't do it with a search, but you can do it with a Smart Album.

Genmoji, Memoji, Animoji and Stickers are nice, but you can't just create anything you like. But you can create truly custom stickers from your own graphics if you combine some techniques.

Safe Mode can be used to troubleshoot or even fix some problems with your Mac.

Apple just introduced a way to deal with an old Apple ID account that you may have been keeping around because you still have some purchases you need to access. It is a complex process, btu will finally bring some relief to those with this problem.

You can use the Esc key on your Mac to cancel or exit different dialogs, modes or functions. It is particularly useful if you like to keep your hands on the keyboard.

Pixelmator Pro is a popular image editing tool for Macs, just acquired by Apple. It is a powerful, but easy-to-use, Photoshop alternative.

Quick Look is a great way to preview files on your Mac before opening them. But you can also do a lot with files right in Quick Look.