Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

If your hard disk is full and you need to clear out some space fast, here are 20 places to look. In macOS Monterey you can use the Storage Manager to clear out a lot of unneeded files, plus I'll show you some places to look in your Library folder, Applications, Photos, Documents, iCloud and more.

There are a lot of adjustments you can make to photos in the Mac Photos app, but to get started learn these 7 simple steps.

Need to learn Excel fast? This video starts from scratch with no prior experience needed. Learn how to create a basic spreadsheet, add calculations and functions, summarize data and create charts. For Mac users, but good for Windows people too.

To capture your iPhone's screen you must use two physical buttons at the same time. Then you can let it save to the Photos library, or preview it and make changes like cropping, adding text and shapes and more. You can send the result directly to another app or save it as a file instead of to Photos. You can also capture the entire length of a document or web page.

It is probably a good idea to go to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/</a> every once in a while to check on things. In particular, I don't like how they will put your name next to ads for companies when showing them to your friends.

The search feature in macOS is very deep, including the ability to search metadata in media files, dimensions of images, fonts used, file origins, and much more.

The first major update to macOS Monterey include new features like SharePlay, new sections in the TV app, the ability to rename and delete tags in Notes and Reminders, and more new features and bug fixes.

Here are some ways you can make yoru Mac look different than everyone else's. You can change the way icons look on the Desktop, customize the Dock and Menu Bar, set the accent colors and much more.

Instead of using an arrow or circle to point out an item in a photo, use shapes to mask out the rest of the image, or create an image mask from a shape for even more options. Different techniques can be animated in different ways.

When you create Quick Note in Safari in macOS Monterey it should maintain a link to that web page and allow you to return to that note the next time you visit that page. This could be useful, but the feature is a bit buggy.

So impressed by how well these AI features work in the latest version of Pixelmator Pro. Check them out.

You can use either Pages or Keynote to build a photo collage. Pages is better suited to printing and exporting PDFs. Keynote is best for creating collages to be shared online or viewed on your screen. Both apps have the same tools so building a collage is similar in either app.

Lots of Mac tips for using macOS Monterey. Tips on using the Finder, Menu Bar, Dock, System Preferences, Safari, Mail and much more including keyboard shortcuts and gestures. Something for everyone.

I often get asked how to convert numbers (123) to words (one hundred twenty three) in Numbers. This isn't a great solution, but better than nothing. It is a Shortcut that will convert any number selected in text to words. So you can use it in Numbers and elsewhere by selecting the number text (not the cell) and triggering the Service or with a keyboard shortcut. Here's a link to get the Shortcut: <a href="https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7a66e201b7474b2b90821a774300c1c5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7a66e201b7474b2b90821a774300c1c5</a> 

TextEdit is an app that comes with your Mac and allows you to create and edit simple text and word processing documents. You can use it to create notes that exist as files, to record information, to start writing, edit code, or open Word documents.

If you have a list of items you need to sort, you can do it using what you have on your Mac or some free apps. Learn how to sort in Pages, Numbers, the Terminal, VIM, CotEditor and using a Shortcut.

Learn how to test and manipulate text in cells in Mac Numbers. You can search for characters, replace them, grab parts of text and more.

You can create reminders on your iPhone or Mac that will repeat on a regular schedule. Reminders can repeat hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and with all kinds of patterns such as specific days of the week or the nth day of every month.

Learn more about creating your own Shortcuts by following along with this watermark tutorial. Build a Shortcut that will add an overlay to an image file and save the file to the same location with a new name. This can be the basis for all sorts of image modification Shortcuts.

While TextEdit is usually used for plain text or RTF documents, you can also create and edit very simple HTML documents. These can be used for notes, documentation and other things. They have the advantage of being able to be viewed on any computing device without special software. Could be a good alternative to sending PDF or other files in some situations. (Sorry if I ramble on a bit in this one)