Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

I moved to a new office this week and the audio properties of this room are very different than my last. I'm working to reduce the reverb (echo) and while doing so, discovered that measuring reverb is both harder and easier than I thought.

Google Bard is their competitor to ChatGPT. Similar in many ways, one advantage to Bard is to knows what is going on in the world today, not 6 months ago.

The right side of your Mac's menu bar can get crowded with lots of menu bar icons from system settings or third-party apps. Learn how to remove some and access the same functions almost as easily.

Most Mac users know how to use Get Info or Command+i. But there are two more variations of this window that can be more useful in different situations.

Learn how to use the clipboard manager features of ClipTools. You can access a history of text you have copied to your clipboard. Plus you can paste as plain text, group paste, assign keyboard shortcuts, and more.

It is easy to accidentally send a photo or screenshot shrunk down too small to be useful to the recipient. Always check this setting before hitting Send.

The only easy options for Do Not Disturb are on, off, 1 hour and "until this evening." But with a quick and simple Shortcut you can get it to turn on and then automatically off after a specific number of minutes. You can even set it up to let Siri ask you verbally for the number.

There are many ways to post a quick video online for a few friends to see. But a lot of people try to share the file using iCloud Drive which isn't a good experience at the other end. Instead, use Photos sharing, YouTube or a sharing site.

If you need to have multiple page sizes in a single document, like vertical and horizontal pages, you must first create the different page sizes in separate documents in Pages. Then you can combine them in Preview.

You can use Conditional Highlighting to make numbers stand out in your spreadsheets. If you combine them with functions like RANK, LARGE, SMALL and more you can see useful information in your tables at a glance.

You don't need to change the font every time you open Pages. Instead you can create your own template that is set up like you want and start with that every time.

If you decide you want to turn off this useful feature, you'll find yourself looking at a very scary warning before moving forward. Find out exactly what happens when you do it.

If you use the Cube animation just right in Keynote you can make it look like your photos are on an actual physical cube.

If you need to capitalize words for titles or headlines, there is a special customizable feature in ClipTools that will let you capitalize words based on your own rules. You can also change the case, capitalize or even make text appear upside down.

When it comes to naming your files, there are many things to consider. The best file name is often a compromise.

Most of the time you don't want to allow sites to open up their own pop-up windows. But occasionally you want to allow it for some sites. Here's how to set it up.

You can use ChatGPT to learn about various topics, get suggestions, improve skills and even quiz yourself or your students on subjects.

While tabs are heavily adopted in web browsers, a lot of people still don't realize how useful they can be elsewhere. For years I have used a single Finder window with multiple tabs instead of multiple Finder windows.

The easy way to make sure you are using an Emoji character right is to just search for that character on the web. You can make a Shortcut to do this for you with a selected emoji.

In order to use Numbers to its fullest, first master these essential skills before worrying about functions.