Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

The key to getting use out of macOS widgets is to customize them to fit your needs. You can create multiple clocks, stock price and other widgets if those are more useful to you then others. Use notes and third-party photo widgets to add things you want to see.

Here are some gift ideas from Apple and other sources for Apple fans. I'll talk about each idea and rate them depending on how good of a gift i think each one really is.

Taking a screenshot on your Mac is easy, and if you want to annotate it with arrows, shapes, text and other indicators you can do it right after taking the screenshot or later in Mail or Preview.

Drag-and-drop on the iPhone is greatly improved in iOS 15. You can now drag images, files, text and other items between apps. To do this you'll need to master use multiple fingers to drag at the same time as you switch apps.

Full Keyboard Access is a new Accessibility feature that aims to give you access to everything on your Mac using only the keyboard. In addition to buttons, links and other controls, you can work with Control Center, Notifications, the Menu Bar and Dock.

I tried out the augmented reality exhibits at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Interesting. I think we are just at the start here with AR. This same app with the same exhibits works at many other U.S. Botanic Gardens.

The Go To Folder function in the Mac Finder got a face lift in macOS Monterey. Go To Folder makes it easy to navigate in Finder windows using only your keyboard with some knowledge of your folder structure.

macOS Monterey includes a handy little app you can access in the Terminal to get your network quality. No need to use "speed test" websites anymore.

Sometimes it is useful to have bar charts where each bar is placed at a spot on a map or graphic. You can do that in Numbers, even though there is no special chart type for it. You just need to get creative.

Here are some techniques you can use when searching the web with Google. You can specify one or more sites to search, or exclude sites, terms and more. You can add date ranges, use boolean operators and even a special advanced search page.

I'm often asked how I manage to show a red circle in my iPhone and iPad tutorials. This is just the pointer you get when you connect a mouse to your device. I'll show you what I use and how to modify it.

Starting with macOS Monterey, you can now bring up the path bar temporarily using the Option key. You can also click it to view sibling folders and use the context menu to access other functions.

Hidden in the Apple Gifts page is a little Keynote template you can download. You can use it to learn a little about using Keynote or to create holiday cards using graphics from artists and your own photos. Found at <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/gifts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.apple.com/shop/gifts</a> 

Here are the basics and some advanced tips for arranging the icons on your iPhone's Home screen. Also learn how to create folders, change the order of the screens, and only show a small selection of apps on your Home screens instead of all of them.

In this last episode of my productivity series, learn how to switched to a paperless office and how I continue to minimize the amount of paper I receive and generate no new paper myself.

If you launch some apps from the Terminal, you can force them into standard resolution mode instead of using the retina/HiDPI screen. While this makes text and images look pretty bad, it does require less graphics power and memory so it could be useful in some situations. The parameter to add is this. Remember if it doesn't work with an app, that just means the app doesn't support it. <h3>-AppleMagnifiedMode YES</h3>

macOS Monterey includes a new Quick Action to convert images to other file types and resize them without launching an app.

Here are 10 useful Mac tips from suggestions from MacMost's Patreon supporters. Hide apps, use the App Switcher, get a UPS, save as a PDF from anywhere, use Accessibility Panel buttons and much more.

NOTE: Seems like there is a bug in macOS 14.5 and the screenshot capture Shortcuts action isn’t working anymore. Until Apple fixes it, I have posted a temporary fix in a Patreon video (but I have made it available to everyone, not just supporters).
You can create a Shortcut that will allow you to capture a portion of your screen, and then the text from that image will be extracted and placed in the clipboard. This is useful where you can't normally select and copy text from websites and apps.

There was one time, for 18 months, where I had to use Windows for work. I almost chose another job (and another life) because I wanted to choose Macs instead. But it turned out I made the right choice.