Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

In macOS Ventura you can change the look of your Mac's screen by using a new wallpaper, adjusting tinting and transparency settings, customizing the Dock and Stage Manager and much more.

Apple has a page where they recommend some settings for your Wi-Fi network. If nothing else, some of the information provided gives insight as to why some settings are good for security or privacy. Here's the link: <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202068" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202068</a>  (Downloadable video below for those having trouble with the Patreon video player.)

The new Lift Subject feature in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura is a great quick way to grab a subject from an image. But for better, more customized results you need to use an app like Photoshop or Pixelmator Pro where you can modify the selection.

Mac users have a wide variety of multitasking options such as windows, Stage Manager, multiple desktops and tabs. Learn about each one and how they can work together.

Two demonstrations in one video! I'm using the Continuity Camera with the Desk View (iPhone as a Mac webcam) to demonstrate using the Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator Sub sequencer. You can see how you can use the Desk View feature to present a physical object or demonstration. And this little sequencer is such fun. (Downloadable video below for those having trouble with the Patreon video player.)

Apple added a whole bunch of new features in the Mac Photos app with macOS Ventura. Learn how to find duplicates, remove the background, copy and paste adjustments and much more.

You can now have a shared photo library between you and other members of your family. Each person can edit and manage the photos in the library and you can view photos in it alongside photos in your own personal library.

A new feature in macOS Ventura is that you can now create list templates in Reminders. You can use these to easily recreate lists with some default items instead of starting from scratch.

An update on my ClipTools app. Here are some new features I'm adding for the next beta. I decided I wanted to pack it full of more tools before launching it. Let me know what you think.

macOS Ventura includes a new Weather app, as does iPadOS 16. You can get current conditions and forecasts for your locations and anywhere around the world. The information and maps are quite detailed.

Apple added some new features to the Messages app on the Mac, including some that even Apple doesn't mention.

Apple is modernizing the iCloud.com web site with a whole new look. Anyone can check out the public beta right now.

The ability to schedule power events in System Preferences doesn't exist in macOS Ventura. Instead, if you really need to schedule a repeating shut down, start up, restart or other power event, you can do it using a simple Terminal command.

macOS Ventura adds some useful, and some not-so-useful features to the Mail app. Learn how to Undo Send, schedule a message for later and more.

The Clock app brings four new functions to your Mac: World Clocks, Alarms, Stopwatch and Timers. You can also access timers and alarms with Siri, Spotlight or using the Shortcuts app.

A minor update to Pages, Numbers and Keynote this week, unless you are really excited about collaboration in Messages. Other than that, there's a new template in Pages that will save you a few seconds, the Ventura "Copy Subject" feature gets a hook in the apps, and Numbers adds a few interesting functions. (Downloadable video below for those having trouble with the Patreon video player.)

In addition to adding things for macOS Ventura, Apple also redesigned some parts of macOS. Check out the changes to the Share Sheet, Siri, Spotlight, Font Book and more.

System Preferences has been replaced with System Settings in macOS Ventura. It looks very different and many settings have been moved and regrouped. Here's an overview of what has changed.

While Stage Manager and other big new features get all of the attention, there are also many new hidden features that few are talking about. Check out some of the most useful new options in macOS Ventura.

In addition to all of the other new features in the Photos app, we can now do some level of perspective adjustment. It is nice to not have to switch to another app for this. Plus, it is so easy to use that I think a lot more people will try it. (Downloadable video below for those having trouble with the Patreon video player.)