Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

8/1/22

Summary: AT&T international plan ✅, local mobile networks ❌, Apple Pay ✅, Apple Card ❌, Apple Maps app ✅, VPN + hotel Wi-Fi ❌, iPhone battery drain ❌, iPhone Camera ✅. All photos taken with my iPhone 13 Pro.

Printing Labels Using Mac Pages
8/1/22
You can easily create a simple labels template to print a list of addresses to labels in Pages. The list can come from text or a Number spreadsheet. You can also modify pre-made labels templates to work better.
Creating Photo Collages and GIFs Using Mac Shortcuts
7/28/22
Learn how to use the Shortcuts app to make photo collages from the Photos app or files. You can also build animated GIFs for sharing, or videos.
Understanding Finder Window Position, Size and View Settings
7/27/22
When you open a new Finder window, it can be confusing as to why the new window is at a specific location, size and view settings. Understanding the difference between Finder windows and folder locations is key, as well as knowing the difference between browsing and opening new windows, and what is remembered by the Finder.
How To Make Your PDF Files Smaller
7/26/22
Sometimes you need to create PDF documents that are small enough to upload or submit with a size restriction. You can use Preview to compress the images in a PDF file, but you get better results with more control if you work with the images in the original document.
Safari Cookies, Cache and History
7/25/22
When you browse the web Safari will save data as cookies, cache and history. Learn what these are and how to control them.
7/22/22

Was looking for a way to colorize old photos and found out that Photoshop does this. They also have a variety of other interesting "neural" filters.

Using TextEdit Instead of Mac Notes
7/21/22
While Notes has become a robust system on the Mac, using TextEdit has some advantages such as recovering deleted information, restoring from Time Machine, and being able to store information alongside other files in a project.
Building a Mac Shortcut To Easily Generate QR Codes
7/20/22
You can use the Shortcuts app to make QR codes that link to web pages. Once you have a Shortcut, you can easily reuse it to share a QR code, save it as an image, or even just copy to the clipboard to paste into a document you are working on.
7/19/22

Here are links to all of the items I mention. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08YJLMQGD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=clevermedia&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">USB C Charger TECKNET 65W PD 3.0 GaN Charger Type C Foldable Adapter with 3-Port Fast Wall Charger </a>  <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08LZM5F1D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=clevermedia&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Yootech Magnetic Wireless Charger,5ft Charging Cable with Type C&amp;USB A</a>  <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZFVYNRQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=clevermedia&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NEWDERY Charger for Apple Watch Portable iWatch USB Wireless Charger</a>  <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09CTFBF7N/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=clevermedia&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">4 Pack Short iPhone Charger Cable 1ft Power Bank Cable</a> 

Building a Mac Shortcut To Add a Border And Caption To a Photo
7/19/22

Learn some Shortcuts programming by following along and building a Shortcut that adds a border and caption to a photo file and saves it as a new file.

Using Contact Groups On a Mac
7/18/22

You can create groups in the Contacts app on your Mac and use them to quickly send emails to several people without needing to select each contact. Groups can be used for organization too, and can help in other apps like Messages and Calendar in some situations.

7/17/22

I have an extra step I need to do every day in making the MacMost videos. I have a great camera and a great mic, but they are never quite in sync. So I use an old-fashioned clapboard to get the audio right.

Viewing Calendar Events As a List and Other Tricks
7/14/22
There doesn't appear to be a way to view your Mac Calendar events as a list, but it can be done if you know one trick. You can use the list to easily select items, and then copy and paste them in a variety of ways. You can also print or save a PDF list of events.
7/13/22

The first Webb Space Telescope astronomical images are here, and you know what that means: time to use one as your desktop wallpaper. A good place to go to get the high-resolution ones is <a href="https://webbtelescope.org/resource-gallery/images" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://webbtelescope.org/resource-gallery/images</a> .

Let Your iPhone Read Text To You
7/13/22
You can set your iPhone up so it can read the text of an article, webpage or other content to you using Siri or another voice. Use this if you have a vision issue or just want to listen to some content instead of read it.
Managing Badges On Your Mac, iPhone and iPad
7/12/22
Badges are the red dots with numbers in them you see in the Dock on your Mac and over App icons on your iPhone or iPad. You can hide them on an app-by-app basis and something customize what they represent.
7/12/22

A new trick in Firefox is being able to log into one account on a site in one tab, and another account on the same site in another tab. Then you can open new tabs that are part of the same "container" as the previous tabs so have the same cookies and are logged in as the same user. This is very handy for anyone who uses more than one account at the same site and using a Private window in Safari is too temporary. <strong>NOTE: If you are having trouble with this video, I've included it as an attachment you can download below.</strong>

Calculating Rank In Mac Numbers
7/11/22
If you need to find the ranking of rows in Numbers, you can sort, use COUNTIF or use RANK. It gets a little more complex if you have to use multiple values for tie-breakers or rank within groups.
Which MacBook Should You Buy? (Summer 2022)
7/8/22
If you are looking to buy a new MacBook soon, it can be confusing to decide which one is right for you and which options to get. See this guide to deciding between the MacBook Air, the 14-Inch MacBook Pro and the 16-Inch MacBook Pro.