You can use a fairly simple Shortcut on your iPhone to quickly scan the bar codes on your DVDs, CDs, books and other items to save a list of them into a Numbers spreadsheet.
Apple split new Mac announcements over three days, introducing a new M4 iMac, a redesigned Mac mini, and new M4 MacBook Pros.
You can use ElevenLabs to translate your videos, producing a new audio track that sounds like you, but speaking a different language.
The first beta of macOS 15.2 is out and it adds quite a bit to the writing tools in macOS 15.1. You can now describe how you want text to be rewritten. You can also link your ChatGPT account and generate text.
This setting is for people with more than one display connected to their Mac, and it changes some fundamental things about how the two screens work.
You can set up an iPhone to be a much simpler locked-down device for people in your care that may not be able to handle the usual iOS interface.
There are four different file dates for each file: created, modified, last opened and added. What do these all mean and how should they be used?
Learn more about how to delete files on your Mac and what happens in relation to iCloud Drive, freeing disk space, security and more.
Apple added more ways to automatically organize and find your photos.
In macOS Sequoia you can use Math Notes outside of the Notes app in places like Mail, Messages, Pages, TextEdit and even some third-party apps.
A new feature in the Camera app lets you pause and resume in the middle of recording video. This simple change opens up a lot of possibilities to make quick simple videos to keep alongside your Photos collection.
A new AI tool from Google will take in several documents and then give you several ways to learn about them. It will even produce a two-person podcast from the information.
Another minor change in macOS Sequoia is that the Chess app has a new look. Didn't know your Mac had a Chess app? Check it out...
With macOS Sequoia and iOS 18 you can plan hikes using this new functionality. It works great as long as you start from a pre-existing trailhead point. But it does let you go off-trail and follow regular roads, even in the city.
A new feature of Sequoia, and iOS 18, is automatic transcriptions of Voice Memos and audio in Notes. But you can also import audio into both of those apps and get just about anything transcribed locally and for free.
Here are new Home Screen and Lock Screen features you'll get when you update to iOS 18. You can now place icons anywhere, change the color appearance, switch to large icons with no labels, lock and hide apps, and even customize the buttons at the bottom of the lock screen.
Apple announced its new iPhone lineup today, introducing a new physical Camera Control on all iPhone models, a new AirPods 4 with noise cancellation, and a redesigned Apple Watch 10.
The ability to create AI-generated characters that speak has come a long way in a short time. This could be a useful tool for those that want to make explainer videos but don't like being on camera.
Not every spreadsheet document has to be a big undertaking. You can use Numbers documents for simple calculations. Create and delete documents in the same way you may use Pages or TextEdit for quick notes or examples. Or keep a scratchpad spreadsheet around and reuse tables.
After a macOS or app update it can be difficult to figure out what has changed. Here's how to see what's new...
