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You can use Pages to print envelopes, but the easy way is to use the Contacts app.

You don't need to follow the same rules for online graphics as you do for print ones. Watch as I create a "poster" in Keynote that is square, uses a background color and other techniques, and includes simple animation.

Apple has a high-security lockdown mode for your iPhone, iPad or Mac. But you probably shouldn't consider using it.

I got some great photos on my trip to Peru, but the overview of Machu Picchu wasn't one of them thanks to clouds. But RAW and photo apps to the rescue!

It is easy to create a new folder in macOS, but sometimes difficult to create them just where you want them.

You can produce some kinds of PDF files with Pixelmator Pro. They are real PDFs, with embedded text and not just images. You can even edit some PDFs too.

The Safari Favorites Bar is a productivity hack that I use constantly throughout every day.

Watch as I play around with objects in a Pages document to get perfect arrangements.

You won't find an option to securely erase drives with macOS anymore. But if you use these drives correctly, you don't need it.

You Mac's logs may hold the information you need to troubleshoot problems. But they are very difficult to understand. AI chatbots can help.

macOS Tahoe greatly expanded the use for symbols in the Menu Bar menus. You can find these symbols for your own use with the SF Symbols app, and also turn them off with a hidden setting.

There is no built-in RSS widget in macOS, but you can create one using the Reminders widget and a Shortcut with an automation.

You'll see the time 9:41 appear in Apple marketing and other places. Learn where that comes from and how people sometimes get the details wrong.

Learn how to build a simple shell script that quickly locates a file and opens it.

If you need to export areas from within an image, you can use the Export For Web tool, AKA Slices.

If you need to alter a photo to use in a document or presentation, it is already a good option to use AI to do it instead of an image editing app and lots of work. But how well does Apple's AI compare against Google's Nano Banana?

When you want to find or gather files for a project, they are often in separate folders. Here's how you can use various Finder features to preview, search for and gather files.

A new setting in macOS 26.4 lets you set the maximum battery charge to 80% to 100%. So which setting should you use?

When I am setting up a new Mac I try to stick with the default settings. But here are a few things I can't resist changing.

You have the Accessibility setting Reduce Motion in both macOS and iOS. But what actually changes when you turn it on? What should change, but doesn't?