Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

Take a look at how you can send out invitations to events in your Calendar, and then the invitee can respond and have that event added to their calendar. Very handy even if you aren't in a corporate environment. (Downloadable video below for those having trouble with the Patreon video player.)

If you like to use Finder tags to organize your files, check out these quick ways to assign and clear tags from selected files. You can use hidden keyboard shortcuts to do it, and also access tags in the Info window, Inspector, or though a special Tags panel.

Here are some small new features of iOS 16 for the iPhone that you may not have discovered yet.

I'm sometimes asked about why it takes a few seconds for your Mac to recognize a wrongly-typed password. But a correctly-typed password is recognized instantly. There's a good reason for that. (Downloadable alternative below if you have trouble playing the video.)

There are many better ways to use images in a Page document other than as a plain rectangle. Learn about borders, tinting, shapes, instant alpha, shadows and even using them in charts.

A new feature in iOS 16 is the ability to easily select only the subject of a photo and drag it to another app or copy and paste it. You can use this to send just the subject of a photo without the background in a message or place it in a layer of an image editing app.

A new feature in iOS 16 for the iPhone allows you to see duplicates in your Photos library and delete or merge them. This same feature is coming to iPadOS 16 and also macOS Ventura.

Here's early access to a video I'll be posting next week showing some of the smaller new features of iOS 16 that haven't gotten much attention. I know a lot of people are excited about iOS 16 and I didn't want to keep my patrons waiting for this one. (Video file download below for those having any trouble viewing it here.)

If you want to disable a keyboard shortcut to avoid accidentally triggering that action, there are a variety of ways to do it.

A new feature of iOS 16 and watchOS 9 is that you can mirror the Apple Watch's screen to the iPhone. This is meant to be an accessibility feature, but watch how I can use that to maybe do Apple Watch tutorials in the future with some clever cropping and overlays. (Having trouble playing the video? You can also download it below.)

A big new feature in iOS 16 is the ability to customize your lock screen using photos, colors, emoji and other special styles. You can also add widgets to your lock screen and set Focus modes to change your lock screen automatically at different times.

iOS 16 for iPhone has a ton of new features. See some of the best new things you need to try out as soon as you update.

You can use Conditional Highlighting in Numbers to make values stand out. You can also use alternatives like formulas in other columns or custom formats. Also learn how to have cells highlight based on the value of a different cell.

Title Icons, also called Proxy Icons, allow you to drag and drop files directly from their document windows without needing to use the Finder. You can also use them in the Finder to drag the folder you are currently viewing without needing to go up a level.

Apple announced new products today: Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Pro 2, iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro and 14 Pro Plus. I'll run down the new features and give you my thoughts.

With macOS's built-in Universal Clipboard feature you can copy and paste between two Macs, or between Macs, iPhones and iPads. You can use this for text, images, files and more.

Screens with 1440p resolution are popular, but they are not an ideal screen to use as a primary or secondary display with a Mac. The 2560x1440 resolution is either too small or too big, depending on how you have it set up. A 4K screen is a better option for most Mac users. But if you are stuck with a 1440 screen, there are a few things you can do to make it look better.

XProtect is your Mac's built-in quiet anti-malware tool. Recent changes to XProtect in macOS means that it occasionally scans for some malware throughout the day. You can actually see the entries in your system logs using a Terminal command if you are curious. Also, looks like there is a cosmetic mistake that now makes XProtect show up in a list in System Preferences. So if you see it there it isn't just you. There's nothing to do or worry about though. Here's the Terminal command I used: <blockquote><strong>log show --style syslog --predicate 'subsystem == "com.apple.XProtectFramework.PluginAPI" &amp;&amp; eventMessage contains "status_message"' --last 24h</strong></blockquote>Note I'm using macOS 12.5.1. Not sure if it works in 12.5.0 or 12.4.0.

Even if you don't have an extended keyboard you can still foward delete on a Mac using one of two hidden tricks. You can also delete by word, line, to the start or end of paragraphs and in a variety of different ways.

This is the video that I plan on posting on Wednesday, the same day as the Apple event where I expect they will announce the release date for iOS 16. Or maybe even release it that day. What do you think of the idea of me posting regular MacMost videos like this a week early here? Is it something you find interesting? Or is it no big deal since the video will be public to everyone eventually anyway?