Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

Many people keep their passwords in a note or a Numbers or Pages document. This is a bad idea, but not for the reason you probably think.

You can use a Chart to build a dynamic horizonal or vertical timeline in Pages. You can then easily adjust or add values to the timeline. This works for Keynote too.

What happens to a file when you download it on your iPhone? In many situations you can view the file right in Safari or Mail, but otherwise, you can find it in the Files app. You can also uncompress ZIP files, or even view the contents of a ZIP archive and extract only one file.

Using Activity Monitor you can see how much the software you are running is actually using the multiple cores in your Mac. When I tried exporting 6 videos simultaneously from ScreenFlow, I was happy to see it was making good use of all 12 cores of my Intel Mac Pro.

Besides file searches, you can use Spotlight to search for word definitions, sports scores, weather, stock prices, System Preferences, perform complex math calculations, unit conversions and much more.

The Accent and Highlight colors used in almost every app on your Mac. Each app has its own default colors. But you can override them in System Preferences to force each app to use the same colors.

Don't fall for these 5 Apple-related scams. Be careful when you get alarming emails, check carefully before buying a used Mac, don't assume everything you see on your screen is offical, and more.

Is Apple planning to come out with a new larger iMac? Or is the Mac Studio the replacement? If you were looking to buy a 27-inch iMac, what are your options now?

A new feature in macOS 12.3 and iOS/iPadOS 15.4 is the ability to add notes to password entries. You can use this to store extra information about an account, or to create secure text notes inside of the iCloud Keychain.

Universal Control is a new feature of macOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4 that lets you control all of the Macs and iPads on your desk with one keyboard and mouse or trackpad. You can even drag-and-drop and copy and paste between devices.

This is a tiny new feature just for the iPad. But I love it. You can go into Settings, Notes, and set a drag-from-the-corner option to either Quick Note or Screenshot. Either is good, but this makes it so easy to grab the screen and mark it up and share it. Better yet, you can use Live Text to grab text from just about anything.

Apple will be including new smileys, hand gestures, symbols and more with iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3. Check them out and learn what it could mean when someone sends one to you.

The new macOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4 finally gives us Universal Control. Watch me test it with my Mac Pro, iPad mini and MacBook Pro. Works great! (FYI -- this is also a test of Patreon's new video hosting system. So this video isn't hosted by Vimeo, YouTube or even MacMost. It is hosted directly on Patreon.)

Apps use a lot of space on your drive. If there are some apps you rarely use you can always uninstall them, knowing that it is fairly easy to reinstall them when you need them.

While it is easy to Command+z on a computer to undo, it isn't obvious how to undo on an iPhone. But there are actually 5 methods including a set of tap gestures, and some apps include an undo button.

Every Mac user hears about the Terminal app from time-to-time. What is the Terminal and do you need to know how to use it? Take a quick look at the Terminal, how it works and why some Mac users need it, but most do not.

I made this chart that I think reveals some things about how Apple sees its Mac product line and what it could be planning (or not) in the near future. I've attached the Numbers spreadsheet if anyone wants to see the data I generated this from.

Your Mac comes with all sorts of fun hidden things you can try. Capture funny photos and videos of yourself, play drums, listen to radio stations from around the world, lose at chess, and much more.

This is the first new Mac in years! And a feature-rich display that is well-priced! Very exciting day in the Mac world. Here's what I think about these two new products. And you can watch me agonize over whether to buy them when my Mac Pro isn't that old yet.

Apple announced it first new Mac in years today, the Mac Studio featuring a new M1 Ultra processor. Alongside it, they announced the 5K Studio Display, a new iPad Air with the M1 chip, and a new iPhone SE.