Here's a Numbers document that lets you track a stock portfolio based on individual transactions and over long periods of time.
There are a ton of special effects you can use in Pixelmator Pro on your Mac. It is fun to experiment with them and learn some graphics skills that could come in handy.
Here's one way to blur the background of a photo even if you don't have a third-party image editing tool.
In 2020 I wrote a post here at Patreon listing 8 "crazy" ideas I had that I wish Apple would implement for Macs. I was shocked to stumble upon it just now and see that 5 out of the 8 have come true! So maybe I should list some more crazy ideas that I can check back on in 5 years.
Check out the official online museum of Steve Jobs and download a free ebook.
Learn how you can use Automator to create useful apps that can then be put in the Finder toolbar for easy access.
Apple announced a new iPhone model to replace the iPhone SE and appear alongside the current iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro. Here's what makes this model different.
Genmoji, Memoji, Animoji and Stickers are nice, but you can't just create anything you like. But you can create truly custom stickers from your own graphics if you combine some techniques.
Apple just introduced a way to deal with an old Apple ID account that you may have been keeping around because you still have some purchases you need to access. It is a complex process, btu will finally bring some relief to those with this problem.
The Color Picker is part of macOS but can be used by different apps to allow you to select a color. There are lots of hidden bits of functionality.
Tagging files and photos is useful for long-term organization. But you can also just use a tag as a way to gather some items together for a single task.
You can use a few different techniques to search the web when you already know which site contains the information you want.
You no longer need to know how to program with AppleScript to use AppleScript. Let ChatGPT do the work for you. But it may not get it right the first time.
If you hold down the Option or Shift keys, you can change what happens when you launch an app.
You can add a tag to your email address when filling out forms or signing up for things. This isn't useful for privacy or security, but can be a help in organizing the notifications you get in return.
Mission Control is a great way to switch to any window, but only if you use the mouse or trackpad. But with App Expose, you can use the tab and arrow keys to actually do it with just the keyboard.
Here's a walk-through of an interesting phishing attack that can let a scammer take over your Apple Account.
By combining a number of advanced techniques in Keyboard Maestro, you can turn the Caps Lock key into a hyperkey that brings up a palette of commands. This can save you from needing to remember too many keyboard shortcuts.
Apple Intelligence is different than other AI tools in four main ways: being partially on-device, privacy-focused, accessible to non-experts and integrated into the OS and apps.
