Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

6/17/25

A new feature in macOS Tahoe coming this call is the ability to change the color of folders in the Finder, and also add an icon to them.

13 iOS 26 Features Coming To Your iPhone You May Not Have Heard About
6/16/25
Here are some small and hidden features of iOS 26 that will be coming to iPhone in the fall. You can look forward to an easier way to add ringtones, custom snooze times, a way to spell out names during dictation, more background sounds, and much more.
6/14/25

Reader View in Safari lets you focus on articles. A newer Video Viewer mode does the same for video.

10 Uses For Text Replacements On a Mac
6/13/25
Text Replacements is a great productivity tool that can be used in a variety of different ways to save you time and effort. Use them for simple phrases, longs pieces of text, special characters, templates and more.
6/12/25

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.

10 New macOS Tahoe Features You May Have Missed
6/11/25
macOS Tahoe will be more than just a new look. Here are 10 features that many people will end up using every day.
6/10/25

A quick tour of macOS Tahoe from the developer beta 1. Check out the new Liquid Glass look, new apps, new Spotlight functionality. Plus a few things not mentioned at the announcement (RIP LaunchPad).

WWDC 2025: New Features Coming To iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 "Tahoe"
6/9/25
Apple announced a ton of new features coming to all operating systems this fall. We'll also see a new Liquid Glass design and a new numbering system. Check out what is coming!
6/7/25

The iOS and iPadOS versions of Numbers include a special feature that allows you to see and enter single rows of data as forms. Here are some examples of how you can use it.

10 Ancient Mac Features You Forgot Were Still On Your Mac
6/6/25
Mac OS X and before came with some very useful features that are still present on Macs today, but many people have forgotten about. Re-discover these handy apps and functions that are already on your Mac.
6/5/25

Text Replacements is a great productivity tool that can can be used in a variety of different ways to save you time and effort.

Use Your iPhone As a Webcam For Your Mac
6/4/25
If your Mac doesn't have a webcam, or you want better quality than what you get from your MacBook or iMac's camera, you can use the Continuity Camera feature to let your iPhone be your webcam.
6/3/25

You can use Shortcuts to create Folder Actions instead of Automator as long as you trigger the Shortcut with a shell script, and you then manually add the shell script in a plist to the LaunchAgents folder. After you set it up once, it should be easy to do again and use this method instead of Automator.

Using Handy Forms In Numbers On Your iPhone and iPad
6/2/25
To make it easier to view and enter data on a small screen, Numbers has a special Forms interface where you can see each row of a table on a separate screen in a form.
5/31/25

A review of some of the basic backup strategies that different Mac users rely on, looking at the pros and cons.

Learn Mac Terminal Basics
5/30/25
Curious about how to use the Mac Terminal as an alternative to the Finder or to set hidden macOS settings? Learn the basic commands to get started.
5/29/25

Mac OS X and before came with some very useful features that are still present on Macs today, but many people have forgotten about.

Macs With Two+ Displays: Choose Windows Across Displays or Separate Spaces
5/28/25
If you have more than one display and want to stretch a window across them, you may find the window only shows up on one display at a time. However, there is a switch that will allow this by changing how Desktop Spaces work.
5/27/25

Here is a failed attempt at making a Mac tutorial as a comic book page instead of an online video.

17 iPhone Screenshot Tips and Tricks
5/26/25
There are a lot of options when it comes to taking screenshots on your iPhone. Learn how to copy directly to the clipboard, crop, make PDFs, screenshot whole web pages and much more.