Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

The Photos app has changed yet again, this time separating your Library view from other Collections. Learn how Photos organizes your pictures for you, and also lets you create albums for any need.

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.

In iOS 26 if you tap an image or PDF file in the Files app, it will launch the Preview app and open the file. You can change this behavior by setting the default behavior for a file type in the Files app.

Spotlight in macOS Tahoe has been reworked to be more powerful than ever before. You can use it to launch apps, find files and perform calculations like before, but now you can be more direct when asking for what you want, perform special actions, access clipboard history, find menu items, and much more.

Disk Utility lets you view all of your saved Time Machine snapshots. But these don't actually take up space like you may think.

A new feature built in to Apple Music allows you to import playlists or all of your music from Spotify and other services into your Apple Music streaming service account. You can use this to grab Spotify playlists posted by curators when they don't provide an Apple Music playlist.

Spotlight in macOS Tahoe has been reworked to be more powerful than ever before. You can use it to launch apps, find files and perform calculations like before, but now you can be more direct when asking for what you want, perform special actions, access clipboard history, find menu items, and much more.

Learn some methods for how to use Notes and how to keep your notes organized.

The new Journal app allows you to easily record entries on a daily basis for a personal diary, work record, hobby journal and more. Learn how to use this new tool on your Mac.

Apple launched the M5 era with three new devices this week. While each device is impressive, there is no need to update unless you had been thinking it is time to do so anyway.

Control Center in macOS Tahoe can be customized by rearranging the buttons, adding new ones, and removing things you don't need. You can even add more than one Control Center and use them for launching apps and Shortcuts.

You can feed information into an AI model in Mac Shortcuts and then perform tasks based on the results. This can be used to build your own complex and versatile productivity tools.

With the latest iPhone models you can use the built-in camera app to record video with both the back and front cameras, allowing you to appear alongside the action.

Text message scams are so common that most of us get one or more per week. Learn about the most common scams to stay on guard and prevent yourself and your friends and family from becoming a victim.

A useful new feature in Apple Maps in iOS 26 is Visited Places. It allows you to see the places that Maps has noted that you visit, and use it to recall locations and keep notes. It isn't a security threat as some news outlets would lead you to believe.

With macOS Tahoe you can easily launch Shortcuts using Spotlight. Better still, you can include text input that the Shortcut then uses. Watch as I explore this new functionality.

If you miss Launchpad in macOS Tahoe and liked to organize your apps into groups or launch apps using your mouse or trackpad, here is a way to build Launchpad-like functionality into your Mac Dock.

You can feed information into an AI model in Mac Shortcuts and then perform tasks based on the results.

Here are some useful tips for getting the most from your iPhone in iOS 26.

In macOS Tahoe and beyond you can set a folder color in the Finder, and also apply a symbol or Emoji character to the folder. This will help folders stand out from others. It also works across devices and will appear on your iPad and iPhone.