Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

Simply opening a file will launch the default app for that file. But you can indicate that you wish to open a different app in several ways. You can also set the default app for that file or for all files of the same type.

Each person using a Mac should have their own user account. This allows everyone to have things set up the way they want, access their own iCloud Account and prevents others from accidentally deleting or changing files. Enable Fast User Switching to make it easy for more than one person to use the same Mac.

Learn a little bit of JavaScript by creating an Automator Quick Action to center the current window on your Mac. You can assign this to a keybard shortcut and also alter the script to position the window in other ways.

Use Do Not Disturb to make sure notifications don't appear on yoru screen during meetings, online presentations or when you just want to get more work done. There are a variety of ways to turn on and off Do Not Disturb, and also a variety of settings to customize it.

The cursor or pointer is a primary tool you use on your Mac to get things done. The pointer changes to show you what action is being performed. The cursor is used to show where you are acting inside of text.

I researching a potential MacMost video, I discovered there is a lot wrong with the Mac's Accessibility feature "Spoken Content." Take a look at what I found. Hopefully Apple pays some attention to this in the future. But there are still some parts that work and could be useful as it stands today.

Here are 20 tips for using the Mac Finder Sidebar, one of the primary tools you have to help you get to and organize files on your Mac.

You can make the Camera app on your iPhone take a picture using only your voice by either setting up a Shortcut or activating Voice Control.

A few weeks back I shared with you my recorded half of an interview I did for a Bangladeshi YouTuber. He posted the whole thing to his channel today if you are interested. This one you can share to anyone.

I usually don't share things like this here. But I thought this was so fun and it is making the rounds. This A Cappella ground recreates iPhone ringtones and other Apple sounds. Something to make you smile on the weekend.

System Preferences is where you go to change settings on your Mac. Settings are arranged by category in panes, but you can search for settings too. On the Mac, you access app preferences in the individual app.

It important to come up with an organization system for your files on your Mac that meets your needs. Here are some examples of how you can do it. Your system doesn't have to start out perfect and you should always be looking for ways to improve it.

The Red, Yellow and Green buttons at the top left corner of windows on a Mac perform a variety of functions. They are similar to, but different than buttons at the top of windows in other operating systems. Find out how they work and learn some tips.

You can use the Safari console on any Mac in a similar way to the Terminal, but for JavaScript commands. This allows you to do things like perform calculations with a ton of functions and variables. You can even do loops and output to a blank web page if you like.

There is a special Reading Mode in Pages, Numbers and Keynote on the iPhone and iPad that allow you to view your documents without accidentally making changes. Pages also include a Presenter Mode for using your iPad as a teleprompter.

The Raspberry Pi is a very cheap computer you can use to access the web, mail, documents and learn basic computing. But by using the iCloud.com web apps and screen sharing can you also use it as an extension of your Apple life?

Here are 10 Mac Pages tips with ideas for special features you can use in your next Pages document.

Moving a resizing windows is a fundamental skill for using your Mac. There and many ways to resize a window and lots of tricks that use modifier keys and double-clicking.

Got my award today for passing 100,000 subscribers on YouTube! Fun!

Apple’s final quarter of 2020 broke all records with $111 billion in revenue and $28 billion in profit. This was partially due to the fact that the delayed iPhone 12 launch fell entirely in that quarter, instead of the end of the previous one. But both iPad and Mac sales grew, as well as services and wearables.