Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

News sites love to publish these articles, even if the news is old and they repeat them often.

If you spend too much time staring at your iPhone's screen, addicted to social media apps or games, you may want to try one or more of these techniques to help you break the habit.

Text Clippings are files that you can drag and drop into some documents to insert text. You can't edit them and they don't work everywhere. In 2025, can Shortcuts do better?

When you share your contact information with someone else it will include everything, including private phone numbers and other details. Here's how to restrict what information is shared from your Mac or your iPhone.

A new feature in macOS Tahoe is being able to access clipboard history in Spotlight. In this very early beta it is interesting what it does, and does not, do so far.

Learn to use Safari on your iPhone more productively by mastering tabs. There are a ton of ways to create, manage and group your tabs, and ways to keep the number of tabs you have open under control.

If you spend too much time staring at your iPhone's screen, addicted to social media apps or games, you may want to try one or more of these techniques to help you break the habit.

When you buy a new Mac it comes with a lot of software from Apple. You get a web browser, email client, word processor, spreadsheet app, presentation app, apps for taking notes, keeping track of appointments, a video editor, a music creation app, a photo manager and so much more. For many people, a new Mac may already have everything they need.

The new version of Pixelmator Pro adds some Apple Intelligence tools, accessibility improvements and a new RAW format. But most importantly, it shows Apple probably plans to let it just be Pixelmator Pro.

If you are storing your photos as regular files instead of in the Photos app on your Mac, you are missing out on some great photos-specific features. Here's a quick run-down of why you should be storing your Photos in the Photos app instead.

While you can use File, Move in many apps, there is no Move function in the Finder. You have to use multiple windows for drag and drop, copy and paste in a different location or use a variety of other methods. But you can add a Move File function using Shortcuts pretty easily.

Learn how to make your Pages word processing document titles stand out with more than than bold fonts. Find out how to use things like character spacing, fills, drop shadows, borders and more.

Learn to use Safari on your iPhone more productively by mastering tabs. There are a ton of ways to create, manage and group your tabs, as ways to keep the number of tabs you have open under control.

When you have a table with dates in one column it is often useful to get subtotals for each month or other date ranges. There are many ways to do this using simple or complex formulas, table categories or pivot tables.

A look at five methods for quickly inserting text on the iPhone. You can use the built-in Text Replacements, build your own Shortcuts menu, or use a third-party app keyboard.

You can flip photos, or rotate a photo 90 degrees or a smaller amount to straighten it or match the horizon. It is quick and easy in the Photos app, but also can be done with an image file in a variety of ways.

If the Calculator app is missing a specific calculation that you use often, like a Time Value Of Money calculation, you can just create that in Shortcuts. Once you have built the Shortcut, you can use it over and over again.

You don't need a third-party app to save and return to articles to read later. Safari's Reading List and Reader View features can be used instead. If you want to collect and organize larger lists, you can use bookmarks or save articles as files.

If you are storing your photos as regular files instead of in the Photos app on your Mac, you are missing out.

There isn't just one way to attach a photo to an email message. There are many. Learn more about how apps can work together on your Mac.