Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

A new feature in iOS 18.2 allows you to change your default apps for email, web, phone calls and more in a new section in the Settings app.

Here are some quick tips to help you get the most from Apple's iPhone Camera app. Learn how to use the grid and level, take burst photos, vertical panos, portrait mode photos and more.

Beyond basic math, and even more complex math, you can do things like: multi-unit conversions, currency plus unit conversions, calculate and convert, time conversions and calculations, and adding percentages.

The Genmoji Apple Intelligence feature of iOS 18.2 allows you to create custom Emoji characters and objects using AI.

Text Clippings have been around for a long time, allowing you to drag and drop a previously-saved rich text snippet into a document. But how useful are they today?

ClipTools is the completely free Mac clipboard manager and text utility from Gary of MacMost. It can remember your previous text copies, you can perform calculations and special functions on selected text, create complex Smart Clips, and much more. This intro video covers version 1.5.1, current as of December 2024. You can get ClipTools and read about all of its functionality at https://macmost.com/cliptools

MacWhisper is a third-party Mac app you can use to transcribe audio and video locally on your Mac. It is feature packed, going way beyond what macOS Sequoia includes.

Here are 10 ways you can use the new Apple Intelligence features on your Mac that go beyond the basics.

In iOS 18.2 you can now get the current app and use it in an If statement. This can be handy in creating Action Button shortcuts that do different things depending on which app is open.

You can create a single item in the Dock on your Mac that contains links to your most used files, folders, apps, web links and more.

A small new update to Pages, Numbers and Keynote gives easier access to Apple Intelligence writing tools and Image Playground. It also allows you to ask ChatGPT about your open documents.

With macOS 15.2 and iOS 18.2 we get a new Apple Intelligence feature called Image Playground. Here are some ideas on how you can use this AI image-generating app.

A new feature in macOS 15.2 and iOS 18.2 is the ability to create links with highlights in Safari. These links take the recipient directly to text on a web page and highlight it.

With iOS 18.2 Apple introduces a number of new Apple Intelligence features to the iPhone. You can now rewrite text with a prompt, compose new text, and access ChatGPT through Siri. You can also generate images using Image Playground, Image Wand and Genmoji.

While building a recent MacMost video, I posted microblog-style while doing it. It gives some insight into my process and a few useful tidbits as well. You can see the whole thing at Bluesky without even needing to log in at https://bsky.app/profile/rosenz.bsky.social/post/3lcqanpunc227. But I have also compiled an image with all of the posts.

Once you update to macOS Sequoia 15.2 you'll get new Apple Intelligence writing tools, ChatGPT integration, Image Playground, and more.

Here is a simple Shortcut that will let you add minutes to a timer that is already counting down on your iPhone.

You can use Shortcuts and URL Schemes to create quick links directly to parts of System Settings. You can put these links in the Menu Bar, Dock, or create a keyboard shortcut. You can also do this on the iPhone and iPad. For the list of links, see https://macmost.com/mac-settings-links

The red, yellow and green buttons allow you to close, minimize, and resize windows on your Mac. With macOS Sequoia, the green button in particular has a lot of functionality.

Here are the most common Mac tips and tricks that even some long-time Mac users don't know about.