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Here's a handy Shortcut that will grab the last file downloaded in the Downloads folder and move it to the folder where you need it.

A new feature in macOS Sonoma is the ability to see which email a downloaded attachment came from and to reply from the file itself.

A new feature in Pages lets you create and play animated drawings. But Keynote already has some interesting functionality where you can draw on your iPad or iPhone and then export that drawing sequence as a video to use in iMovie or elsewhere.

I often mention that I use the free CotEditor app for text files. Here are some things it can do that TextEdit cannot.

Check out what is new in macOS 14.2. There are new features in the Clock, Music, Weather and Messages apps. Plus new PDF autofill and music recognition functions.

You can create simple Shortcuts to resize windows on your Mac to fit into precise sections of your screen. Even a two-action Shortcut can do a lot.

You can open a file in any app that supports it with a drag and drop or by using the Open With submenu. But you can also assign a keyboard shortcut for your most common needs.

When you duplicate a file on a Mac something special happens. Knowing how this works can explain why deleting files doesn't always free up space right away.

You can now use 3D models in Keynote. By combining that with Magic Move you can also animate these 3D objects. This could take your presentations to the next level.

If you know where to look you can find the videos that are used for macOS Sonoma screen savers. But the format won't work as a background in Zoom. However, you can convert it to a format that does work pretty easily.

You can take the serial number from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, AirPods and more and plug that number into Apple's special web page to find out when you bought it.

Here are several ways to share a playlist as an Apple Music link, a list of songs in text, or something you can transport to other streaming services.

You can refer from one table to another across slides in Keynote. This allows you to build presentations where one slide holds all the text presented on other slides.

You can use ChatGPT along with Dall-E to create unique artwork based on a description. This can be used to make art for presentations, for example.

You can use drag-and-drop to create links to email messages for use in Reminders, Notes, Calendar and other documents.

A recent article featured 28 third-party Mac apps that will supposedly make your life easier. But will they? I react to the list.

Apple announced the next generation of its Apple Silicon processors. This new M3 chip will be available in new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros and an updated 24-Inch iMac.

Since you can both Mail Merge and export as images now in Pages, this means you can use Pages as a bulk image generator. Need to create 400 graphics with quotes? No problem.

This new version lets you do more with the Always-On feature, fixes being able to use Ringtones like before, and adds favoriting to the Music app.

You can now buy iCloud Storage plans up to 12TB, or even 14TB if you know a trick. Which plan is right for you and how does this compare to other cloud services?