Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

Stolen Device Protection is a way to protect you and your iPhone if someone steals it and knows your passcode. It is available in iOS 17.3 which came out this week.

The Spotlight menu can sometimes do things faster than using the specific app or window meant for a task on your Mac. You can access system settings, look up words, run Shortcuts, get information, create new contacts and events, and much more.

New features in version 1.3 include Smart Files, Repeat Paste and the Reuse function in Smart Clips.

You can get rid of all of your static items in the Dock and then expand the Recents section to show more items. This could be a different way to use the Dock, or just a way to figure out which apps you really should have in the Dock.

You can create random bingo cards using two tables in Numbers on your Mac. Each card will be unique and draw from a larger list of words, numbers or phrases. You can print each card or save them individually to a Pages document for later use.

With a cheap HDMI video converter and a simple app you can watch any HDMI source on your iPad. This lets you use it for video games or with set-top TV boxes.

If an app is misbehaving, you can force it to quit several different ways. Each force-quit method has different reasons why you may want to choose it in specific circumstances.

If you want to learn some basic programming skills, or want to use skills you already have to perform calculations without needing to learn a whole development tool, there are many ways to do that on your Mac with what you already have, or what you can get directly from Apple for free.

If you need to paste a graphic image, like a logo or watermark, over a PDF, it may seem like you can't do it in Preview on your Mac. But you can if you know the proper way to copy the image from another file and bring it over to the PDF.

In my videos I show you many ways to get things done on your Mac and other Appel products. But sometimes it surprises people when they hear how I actually use them myself.

There is a built-in feature of macOS that will play white noise to help you work in a busy environment or to help you concentrate on your work.

With the release of the Apple Vision Pro just weeks away, let's take another look at what it will be like to use one using the simulator that Apple provides to developers.

Stickers allow you to quickly respond visually to a message. They can be emoji, posed Memoji, and also custom images from your own Photos. You can use Stickers in the Messages app and on photos in other apps as well.

You can create random bingo cards using two tables in Numbers on your Mac. Each card will be unique and draw from a larger list of words, numbers or phrases.

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the first Mac in 1984. Here is a timeline of all of the models produced, versions of macOS, and other milestones.

You can find old Apple technical documents, user guides and data sheets at Archive.org. Many of the earliest service guides include "exploded" drawings of the Macs that could make nice office artwork.

Pages has a pretty basic text search function, but with a few hidden tricks. TextEdit has a more robust pattern matching system and can even reorder text using replacements.

I recently started using Adobe's Enhance website tool to clean up the audio in my tutorials. I think it sounds great, but it does require some extra steps.

Learn how Control Center on your Mac works and how to customize it. You can have many controls either in the Menu Bar or in Control Center to save space. Control Center items sometimes act as switches but can often also be used to get to other settings.

Don't use your phone's camera to record your Mac's screen. Instead, use the built-in screen capture tool to make a nice clean recording.