A new feature in macOS Sonoma is the ability to see which email a downloaded attachment came from and to reply from the file itself.
A new feature in Pages lets you create and play animated drawings. But Keynote already has some interesting functionality where you can draw on your iPad or iPhone and then export that drawing sequence as a video to use in iMovie or elsewhere.
There are a lot of hidden functions in the Mac App Switcher. You can quit and hide apps using it, switch to a specific window, and use it to drag and drop.
I often mention that I use the free CotEditor app for text files. Here are some things it can do that TextEdit cannot.
Check out what is new in macOS 14.2. There are new features in the Clock, Music, Weather and Messages apps. Plus new PDF autofill and music recognition functions.
You can use a simple spreadsheet in Numbers to track your home or personal expenses. No formulas or calculations are required. Just record your expenses and then use a simple Pivot Table to see a summary of your expenses by category over months or years. Follow this step-by-step tutorial.
You can create simple Shortcuts to resize windows on your Mac to fit into precise sections of your screen. Even a two-action Shortcut can do a lot.
You can open a file in any app that supports it with a drag and drop or by using the Open With submenu. But you can also assign a keyboard shortcut for your most common needs.
If you want to change your default browser from Safari and your default email app from Mail, you need to go to unlikely places to find the right settings.
When you duplicate a file on a Mac something special happens. Knowing how this works can explain why deleting files doesn't always free up space right away.
