Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

Busy making a lot of tutorials today. But between those I can't stop playing With iOS 15 Visual Lookup. Here are some tests I did with plants, animals, landmarks, artwork and album covers.

A frequently asked question is why many apps will launch and windows will open when you start up your Mac. While many answer this question by pointing to Login Items, most people are asking this because they simply overlook a checkbox when shutting down or restarting their Mac.

Many of Apple's most interesting products are no longer around. Some of these devices pioneered entire classes of computers and peripherals.

There's no perfect way to block all unwanted calls and messages on your iPhone. But you can use some apps, blocking and a built-in feature on your iPhone to reduce the time you have to deal with them to almost nothing.

You can add custom items to the right side of the Dock in macOS. Here are 10 examples of useful things that you can add to make it easier to access apps, files, and more.

Here's what I'm thinking about the new iPads, iPhones and Apple Watch.

Apple announced the new iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max today at a special event. These new phones feature upgraded cameras, processor and more. A new base-model iPad was also announced, and a redesigned iPad mini that looks more like the iPad Pro line. The new Apple Watch Series 7 features a larger display and is more durable.

Learn how to adjust the margins for Pages documents and what document margins really affect. Margins never restrict objects you place, so you can treat them as guidelines not restrictions in most cases.

Here are five great Mac apps for artists that are completely free. No trials or in-app purchases. If you want to edit images, draw vector graphics, edit audio or work with 3D, check out these apps that all have a proven track record and many years of development.

If you find sometimes you accidentally press Command+Q and quit an app, here are three ways to deal with it. First, if you have your settings right, you can recover from accidentaly quitting without losing any work or the windows and tabs you have open. You can also disable Command+Q for any one app. There is also a way to override Command+Q with another keyboard shortcut to prevent yourself from using it anywhere.

These two new privacy features are coming to macOS Monterey. One lets you create as many email aliases as you want, so you can sign up for sites and services and keep your real email address private. The other is very close to a VPN service.

If you are thinking about getting or have recently bought a new MacBook Air or Pro, you may want to know how to make it last as long as possible. Here is some advice on how to keep your MacBook running well for many years to come.

Apple will hold a special even on September 14 at 10 a.m. Pacific, most likely to announce new iPhones. Each year Apple leads off its fall announcements with the new iPhone models and rumors suggest the same will happen this year. The iPhone 13 isn’t expected to be a major departure from the iPhone 12, but should have advanced cameras that can take better star photos at night. There may also be a “mini” model according to some speculators.

Sometimes you may want to store files in iCloud Drive, and sometimes you may want to store files on your local drive. Depending on your settings, you can have both at all times. Or, you could use one of two methods to put some files either on iCloud Drive or only locally.

WHen trying to find images or other files to use, many new Mac users try to use the Preview app to view these files to pick one. Despite its name, Preview is not the ideal app for previewing files. Instead use Quick Look or one of two other methods.

If you need to create a random password outside of Safari or another password manager, you can use a variety of techniques. You can use the Keychain Access app, some Terminal commands, or even make your own Automator action to generate one on demand.

The Mac App Store is probably the best way to get apps for your Mac. Here are 20 tips for finding apps, figuring out if an app is worth downloading, and managing your apps.

What does the Command key symbol mean? Or the Option key symbol? Where is the Backspace key? How is Caps Lock on a Mac different than Windows? Learn a little bit about the keys on your Mac keyboard.

Many Numbers users will try to fit everything into a single Sheet or even a single Table in a single Sheet. But the key to using Numbers effectively is to spead out the functions of your document across multiple sheets and multiple tables inside a sheet in a way that makes the most sense.

Which art tools can you get for the Mac that are truly free, no strings attached? I found some good image editing apps, vector graphics apps, a 3D app and an audio editor. Can you think of any more? Tools: <a href="https://www.gimp.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">GIMP</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/seashore/id1448648921?mt=12" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Seashore</a>, <a href="http://audacityteam.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Audacity</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vectornator-design-software/id1219074514" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vectornator</a>, <a href="https://www.blender.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Blender</a>, and <a href="https://www.designer.io/en/pricing/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Gravit Designer</a>. (After recording this video, I'm not so sure about Gravit anymore. Seems to be more of a pay-to-get-the-real-app thing).