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If you are storing your photos as regular files instead of in the Photos app on your Mac, you are missing out.

A new feature in macOS Tahoe coming this call is the ability to change the color of folders in the Finder, and also add an icon to them.

Reader View in Safari lets you focus on articles. A newer Video Viewer mode does the same for video.

A quick tour of macOS Tahoe from the developer beta 1. Check out the new Liquid Glass look, new apps, new Spotlight functionality. Plus a few things not mentioned at the announcement (RIP LaunchPad).

The iOS and iPadOS versions of Numbers include a special feature that allows you to see and enter single rows of data as forms. Here are some examples of how you can use it.

You can use Shortcuts to create Folder Actions instead of Automator as long as you trigger the Shortcut with a shell script, and you then manually add the shell script in a plist to the LaunchAgents folder. After you set it up once, it should be easy to do again and use this method instead of Automator.

A review of some of the basic backup strategies that different Mac users rely on, looking at the pros and cons.

Here is a failed attempt at making a Mac tutorial as a comic book page instead of an online video.

When you use markup tools in Mac Preview or in other apps there are two tools that can be very useful for pointing out things in a document or photo, but are rarely used.

When opening, saving, importing or exporting in apps on your Mac, it can take a few steps to get to the folder you are already using the Finder. Here are some methods for getting there quicker.

The MacWhisper app, which is great for transcription, can also do dictation. It not only converts your speech into text, but also will run the results through an AI prompt to create some interesting stacked functionality.

In addition to solid colors, gradients are another way to fill shapes where one color fades into another. Most apps have similar gradient color controls.

Learn about different ways to automatically have rows in Numbers fill in with new values as the table grows. New methods are now available thanks to the new spilling arrays functions.

It is common for people to comment that Macs cost more today than in the past. But is that true?

What things do efficient and productive Mac users have in common? How can you become a more effective Mac user?

Any group of two or more people can easily collaborate in real time using iCloud with their Macs or other Apple devices.

You can use a variety of techniques to make titles and headings more colorful and interesting in Pages and Keynote without resorting to a third-party app or generating graphics.

The new spilling array functions in Numbers 14.4 are very powerful. But they can also be used to simplify calculations once you get the hang of things.

You can use the Comments section of file Info to describe a file and then help find it later on.

Here are some power user tips for the app icons on the left side of the Dock. You can use context menus to jump to windows, hide all other apps, bring up App Expose and more.