Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

11/6/23
Learn how to move and resize windows on your Mac without using third-party apps. You can easily arrange windows as you like and even snap edges to the screen or other windows.
11/4/23
A recent article featured 28 third-party Mac apps that will supposedly make your life easier. But will they? I react to the list.
11/3/23
There is a ton of hidden functionality in the Mac keyboard that can unleash productivity power when you know about them. Learn how to type special characters, find hidden menu items, navigate around on the screen and so much more.
11/2/23
Looking to buy a new Mac soon? Figure out which Mac is the best one for your needs and budget. This practical guide will help you decide between a MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini or Mac Studio.
11/1/23
With brand new MacBook Pros and iMacs ready to order, is it time to upgrade your old Mac? Is it worth it to upgrade an M1 MacBook Pro or iMac? How about an older Intel model?
10/31/23
Apple announced the next generation of its Apple Silicon processors. This new M3 chip will be available in new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros and an updated 24-Inch iMac.
10/30/23
There are two separate type of dictation you can use on your Mac. Basic keyboard dictation lets you easily combine talking and typing. Voice Control adds a powerful list of commands and lets you control almost every aspect of your Mac.
10/28/23
Since you can both Mail Merge and export as images now in Pages, this means you can use Pages as a bulk image generator. Need to create 400 graphics with quotes? No problem.
10/27/23
There are a few new System Settings and app settings you should know about in macOS Sonoma.
10/26/23
This new version lets you do more with the Always-On feature, fixes being able to use Ringtones like before, and adds favoriting to the Music app.
10/25/23
There is no native functionality to link from inside one document to another. However, you can use a clever Shortcut to allow this. You can link from inside a Pages document to another Pages document, or to a Numbers file, or Numbers to Numbers, and so on.
10/24/23
Basic keyboard dictation lets you easily combine talking and typing. Voice Control adds a powerful list of commands and lets you control almost every aspect of your Mac.
10/23/23
Pages version 13.2 adds more option to create borders around paragraphs of text. You can use paragraph border and backgrounds for all sorts of interesting design effects in your Pages documents.
10/21/23
You can now buy iCloud Storage plans up to 12TB, or even 14TB if you know a trick. Which plan is right for you and how does this compare to other cloud services?
10/20/23
Starting with macOS Sonoma and iOS/iPadOS 17 you can now divide lists in Reminders into Sections. When using the new Column View, each section is in a separate column, making them similar to Kanban boards. You can easily move items from column to column and also combine this with subtasks and List Templates for more advanced uses.
10/19/23
Private browsing allows you to log into multiple accounts at sites and also provides some privacy protections while browsing the web. Sonoma has some new tricks.
10/18/23
If your internal drive is almost full then it is time to clear out some applications and files. Here's how to do that in 7 steps without the help of any third-party apps.
10/17/23
There are a few new System Settings and app settings you should know about in macOS Sonoma.
10/16/23
If you are new to Mac then this is the guide for you. Here is a quick start to get you going with how to use the mouse or trackpad, keyboard, Menu Bar, Dock, windows, apps, the Finder and much more. Get up to speed quick with this comprehensive tutorial.
10/14/23
A new feature in Pixelmator Pro lets you import PDF files with layer support. So you can then go in and hide layers or even change things about each layer. You can use this to grab parts of PDF files or remove text and so on.