Posts By: Gary Rosenzweig

10/28/25

While most Desktop Widgets just present information and allow you to click to jump to the app, some will let you actually do things like start calls, check Reminders items and play podcasts.

10/25/25

In apps like Notes, Journal and Mail there is no built-in way to use templates. But don't let that stop you. You can just duplicate an item, copy template text from a document, use Text Replacements, or even use Shortcuts to add basic template functionality where none exists.

10/23/25

When you create a Pages document with images and export to a PDF file, you often get a much larger PDF than expected. Here is why this happens and how to do things the right way to make smaller PDFs.

10/21/25

Disk Utility lets you view all of your saved Time Machine snapshots. But these don't actually take up space like you may think.

10/18/25

Spotlight in macOS Tahoe has been reworked to be more powerful than ever before. You can use it to launch apps, find files and perform calculations like before, but now you can be more direct when asking for what you want, perform special actions, access clipboard history, find menu items, and much more.

10/16/25

Apple launched the M5 era with three new devices this week. While each device is impressive, there is no need to update unless you had been thinking it is time to do so anyway.

10/14/25

With the latest iPhone models you can use the built-in camera app to record video with both the back and front cameras, allowing you to appear alongside the action.

10/11/25

A useful new feature in Apple Maps in iOS 26 is Visited Places. It allows you to see the places that Maps has noted that you visit, and use it to recall locations and keep notes. It isn't a security threat as some news outlets would lead you to believe.