Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

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.

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.

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.

When it is time to focus on getting work done you have to fight many distractions that will show up on your Mac. Learn how to focus on one app, minimize notifications, use Reminders and Notes to help you focus and much more.

I often mention that I use the free CotEditor app for text files. Here are some things it can do that TextEdit cannot.

You can do more than just basic calculations with Spotlight on a Mac. You can use parenthesis, exponents, trig functions, include units and much more.

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.

A new feature in macOS 14.2 is the ability to set more than one timer in the Clock app. You can name the timers and also reuse recent ones without needing to recreate them from scratch.

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.

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.

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.

Both new and current Mac users often ask me how they should organize their files on their Mac. Here is my advice for how to do it.

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.

LaunchPad is a useful tool on your Mac for launching and switching to apps. It can be the fastest way to launch any app, and also allows you to organize them as you like. Learn some tips and tricks for using LaunchPad.

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 replying to an email message you can quote all or a part of the previous message in your reply. Learn how to only quote portions instead, and many other tips to make your replies better.

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.

Freeform is a useful app that allows you to create visual documents that aren't notes or word processing files. Learn how to add text, shapes, connection lines and more to build anything you like.

You can now use 3D models in Keynote. By combining that with Magic Move you can also animate these 3D objects. This could take your presentations to the next level.

Sometimes more than one keyboard shortcut can be use in rapid succession to perform an action. Here are some examples of combining keyboard shortcuts to perform various tasks and increase your productivity.