Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

This one little feature of Keyboard Maestro makes so many things possible!

Learn how you can use the macOS built-in app Preview to crop, resize and export an image in another format. You can use this to shrink images to smaller files for sending or storing.

Using the Retouch tool in Mac Photos you can erase marks and blemishes and also repair damage to photos.

Here are 10 ways you can use ChatGPT while writing stories. If used properly, ChatGPT can help you with ideas, information, style and more.

It is tempting to partition a backup drive so you can use some of that storage space for other things. But you should avoid doing so for two key reasons.

If you need to securely erase something from a PDF before sending it along to someone else. this is the tool for you.

If you have Windows friends that like to comment about you using a Mac, you have probably heard many of these. I break them down into what is true or not.

If your Mac keyboard is acting strangely, such as keys typing the wrong characters, some keys not working, or symbols and variations appearing when you don't expect, it could come down to a setting you have changed.

Learn how to use the Paste Date and Paste Time functions in my free ClipTools app. You can paste the date or time anywhere you type text and choose your own custom formats for each. You can even add or subtract time to paste tomorrow, yesterday, and so on.

You can use photos and other images in your Numbers spreadsheets, but not as values in cells. Learn how you can decorate a sheet with them, or use them in a clever way in a table to display a featured image.

When you paste text it usually brings along all of the styles such as the font, size, bold, color, and so on. However, most apps allow you to paste using Paste and Match Style to strip the clipboard of its styling and use the settings at the current insertion point in your document.

Did you know you can link not just to a web page, but also jump to a particular piece of text and even highlight that text? This can be very useful when you want to point something out to the link recipient. Here's how a use a Shortcut to make these easy to generate in Safari.

Apple Maps does a really good job of making public transportation usable, at least in my area. How is it in yours?

If you need to capture an entire web page, not just the visible portion, you do not need a third-party tool But you do need to know how to use some more advanced browser commands in either Safari, Chrome or Firefox.

The Copy Subject tool in macOS lets you lift the subject from the background of a photo or remove the background and leave the subject. You can use this to do a variety of things like make social media profile pictures, Contacts images, iMovie overlays, better presentation backgrounds and more.

You can use ChatGPT to take the text of a long article and summarize it for you. You can even more it easier to digest by asking for bullet points. You can do the same for any video using the transcript.

Take a more detailed look at how to set up Guided Access in case you need to hand your iPhone to someone temporarily so they can see some information. Learn how this keeps you safe and in what situations you may need to use this.

The cropping tools in the Photos app are great, as long as the image is already in the Photos app. But what if you want to crop a photo that is just a file? The Preview app can do it, but the steps are very different.

The Spotlight index is used to let you search for files on your Mac. If searching is not working properly you can rebuild the Spotlight index.

Smart clips let you paste text with extra programmable elements. You can use previously copied clipboard items, ask for input, select from a list, a current or future date and more.