Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

A new feature in the latest operating systems is the ability to create a new memory in the Photos app by just describing what you want. But then you can also edit them afterwards.

If you are planning to switch from Windows to Mac, or have just made the move, don't try to use your Mac like a Windows PC, but instead learn how to do things the macOS way to get the most from your Mac.

Here is a very useful Shortcut that grabs the text from the selected file in the Finder and outputs it where you want.

Math Notes allows you to type math expressions in the Notes app and in other places you type text. You can perform calculations with parenthesis, math functions, units and even variables.

iOS 26.1 brings some small but useful new features to your iPhone. You can now tone down Liquid Glass a bit, swipe to change songs in Music, it is harder to accidentally dismiss an alarm and more.

Here are the most useful keyboard shortcuts for navigating and working with your files on a Mac.

macOS Tahoe is a modest update with a few minor changes and bug fixes. You do have a wider Spotlight Apps list and get a little control of the time limit for clipboard history.

The first major update to macOS Tahoe brings almost nothing new, but hopefully fixes some bugs that were bothering people. It does add a switch for Liquid Glass which does almost nothing at all and it also makes the Spotlight App mode a little wider.

The Passwords app on your Mac, iPhone and iPad will save a history of your password changes for each account.

When you create a Pages document with images and export to a PDF file, you often get a much larger PDF than expected. Here is why this happens and how to do things the right way to make smaller PDFs.

Screen savers have been moved into Wallpaper in System Settings. Choosing a screen saver that matches your wallpaper has advantages. You can also now have a custom clock appear. But setting up Notifications to show while your screen is locked, you can get more utility out of it.

In this live deep dive, learn how to customize the Mac Finder sidebar with favorites, locations, tags and more. Also learn some tips and how to make your own Recents view.

If it is time to get your child their first Mac, here is how to set it up so you can control which apps they can use and which websites they can visit.

You can create custom vibration patterns using haptics and have different ones play when you get text messages or phone calls from different people. You can even have custom vibrations play when you get messages with specific words in them.

There are a few ways you can check the information on a web page without brining up your web browser, opening a new window or tab, and adding to your history. Use these techniques to check information you frequently need to see.

The Color Picker is a system tool that you can access in almost any app where you are choosing colors for text, shapes and other uses. Here's how to get the most from the Mac Color Picker.

While most Desktop Widgets just present information and allow you to click to jump to the app, some will let you actually do things like start calls, check Reminders items and play podcasts.

If you don't like the look of Liquid Glass in macOS Tahoe, there are a few things you can do to tone it down. There are also many ways to customize the look of your Mac to make the glass look more bearable.

In apps like Notes, Journal and Mail there is no built-in way to use templates. But don't let that stop you. You can just duplicate an item, copy template text from a document, use Text Replacements, or even use Shortcuts to add basic template functionality where none exists.

Learn how to use Siri and Apple Intelligence with apps like Pages, Numbers, Notes and more.