Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

While you can't add a background color to text in Notes for traditional highlighting, you can use many other techniques to make text in notes stand out.

Looks like a new feature of Freeform in Sonoma will be the ability to import animated 3D objects.

Here are 31 useful tips that will help you get the most from the Mac Menu Bar. Learn how to find hidden items, select menus with just the keyboard, search for items, customize the right side and much more.

A new feature coming to macOS Sonoma this fall is the ability to put widgets right on the Desktop. Previously just for the Notifications Center, widgets can now been seen more often and you can click them to take actions.

Until macOS Sonoma comes out there is anther way to link from one note to another using a trick with iCloud Drive sharing. This same trick will still be useful once we have Sonoma to link to Notes from other apps and documents. You can also link to documents and files using this same trick.

The big new feature in the latest version of Numbers is something I've never heard requested before.

One of the ways experts like me know so many tips and tricks is that we are constantly exploring macOS and different apps. Here are 8 techniques you can use to learn a little bit each day.

Are you seeing alerts at the top right corner of your Mac's screen warning you about an "infection" or other problem? These are just website notifications spam, not a virus or malware. You were tricked into agreeing to receive these from a deceptive website. You can easily remove these notifications.

When you search for files you can use boolean operators like AND, OR and NOT. The hard way is to use the convoluted search interface. But you can also just type out your search request to get it done quickly and simply.

While we don't really know how many of each model Apple sells, there are companies that try to provide an estimate. Most pundits agree that MacBooks far outsell all other Macs, but do iMacs and Mac Pros really sell in equal numbers?

Apple no longer makes a 27-inch iMac, only a 24-inch model. But a new model at 27-inches is a constant request in online discussions. What are the chances that Apple will come out with a new 27-inch iMac in the future?

Word processing documents don't need to be page after page of text. You can include some easy design elements tp break things up and make the paragraphs easier to read.

Thanks to the new Vision Pro SDK, we can look at the Vision Pro simulator and get an idea of what it will be like to use the 3D goggles coming from Apple next year.

When you look in the Mac Menu Bar you can see most of the commands and functions of the app you are using. But holding the Option key sometimes reveals hidden items. You can also get access to other functions when clicking or selecting something with the Option key.

When you quit an app on a Mac with windows still open, then those windows will usually reappear when you relaunch the app. You can control this by closing the windows first, changing a system setting, or use a modifier key when quitting the app. You also have another option when you log out or shut down your Mac.

You can easily create a ringtone from any sound you can capture with your iPhone's microphone. Just get the free GarageBand app from Apple and follow these steps.

Looking up a value in a table is pretty straightforward. But what if you needed to look up a specific value based on both the column and row header values?

If you need to backup your Photos library but are using the Optimize option, it may seem impossible. But there are at least 5 ways to get all the photos from iCloud safely backed up to an external drive or other location.

A new feature in Pages changes how the Insert, Date & Time menu item works. It now inserts a special inline date object that you can change and format. This is also available in Numbers and Keynote to some extent.

A new feature coming in Sonoma allows you to share your screen and your camera video at the same time in two different modes. One is to put yourself in a circle at any point on the screen. Another is to put the screen in a rectangle like it is behind you. And the best part is that it works in apps like Zoom, not just in Apple's apps.