MacMost: Video Podcast

10 Ways To Quickly Get To Folders When Saving Files
8/23/22
When you go to save a file it can be frustrating to find the location you want. But there are many things you can do to quickly navigate to your folders in the Save Dialog. You can also use these techniques when saving downloads in your browser.
Better Than Multiple Selections In Pages
8/22/22
You Can't Select Multiple Non-Contiguous Portions Of Text In Mac Pages. But Most Of The Time People Want To Do This It Is To Apply A Style On Those Portions Of Text. Learn How To Do This More Efficiently Using Character Styles In Pages.
5 Reasons Finder List View Is The Best
8/19/22
You have four choices when it comes to Finder views. List View, however, has several advantages which make it my go-to Finder view.
Why Did My Mac Menu Bar Disappear?
8/18/22
If you notice that the Menu Bar at the top of your screen is missing, it is probably because you are using an app in Full Screen mode. You can customize how this works in System Preferences. You can also use Mission Control and Spaces to have the Menu Bar present for some apps and not others.
10 Things You Can Do On Your Mac When Bored
8/17/22
If you are looking for something to do with your Mac when you have down time, try one of these ideas that don't involve browsing the web or using social media.
10 Ways To Switch Between Windows In the Same App On a Mac
8/16/22
If you have several documents or windows open in the same app there are many ways to switch between these windows.
Stop Adobe Background Processes From Automatically Launching
8/15/22
If you have Adobe Creative Cloud installed then every time you start your Mac the Creative Cloud app and a number of big background processes will start automatically. If you don't use Adobe apps every day, you may want to change this so none of it starts until you use your first Adobe app.
25 Things You Can Do With QuickTime Player
8/12/22
QUickTime Player is a lot more than just a simple video playback app. You can record video too, record and play audio, do some basic editing, grab frames, combine images and much more.
Memory Pressure and How Your Mac Uses Memory
8/11/22
Learn how your Mac uses memory and makes it seem like you have more memory than you actually do by compressing and swapping memory. Learn what Memory Pressure is and how you can use this measurement to improve performance in extreme situations.
How To Add Music In iMovie On a Mac
8/10/22
You can add music to your iMovie project from a file, from iMovie itself, or your Music library. Once in iMovie, you can adjust it, fade, apply effects and more. But be careful when adding music to make sure you take into account copyright.
Understanding Safari AutoFill
8/9/22
AutoFill in Safari makes it easy to fill in fields in forms on web pages with your name, email address, passwords, credit card information and other details. You can use it more effectively if you understand where the information comes from and why it sometimes doesn't work as expected.
Adding Your Pets As People In Mac Photos
8/8/22
Photos will easily mark pictures as containing people's faces, as long as they are human. But you can also manually add your pets or anything you like to the People feature manually.
Using A Shortcut To Get Your Mac Ready For a Presentation
8/4/22
There are many things you may need to remember to do before starting an online or in-person presentation on your Mac. But creating your own custom Shortcut, you can avoid forgetting to do something like quit apps, set the volume, turn on a Focus mode and change your wallpaper. You can also have it launch your presentation or website automatically.
How To Make Signs With Mac Pages
8/3/22
You can easily create one-page signs in Mac Pages using Page Layout mode. Add text, symbols, arrows, shapes, borders and more. Save them and reuse them by changing text later on.
Using Editing Substitutions On a Mac
8/2/22
In the Edit menu under Substitutions you can control some automatic behavior that happens when you type on your Mac, such as two dashes being replaced by a long dash or quotes converting to curly quotes automatically.
Printing Labels Using Mac Pages
8/1/22
You can easily create a simple labels template to print a list of addresses to labels in Pages. The list can come from text or a Number spreadsheet. You can also modify pre-made labels templates to work better.
Creating Photo Collages and GIFs Using Mac Shortcuts
7/28/22
Learn how to use the Shortcuts app to make photo collages from the Photos app or files. You can also build animated GIFs for sharing, or videos.
Understanding Finder Window Position, Size and View Settings
7/27/22
When you open a new Finder window, it can be confusing as to why the new window is at a specific location, size and view settings. Understanding the difference between Finder windows and folder locations is key, as well as knowing the difference between browsing and opening new windows, and what is remembered by the Finder.
How To Make Your PDF Files Smaller
7/26/22
Sometimes you need to create PDF documents that are small enough to upload or submit with a size restriction. You can use Preview to compress the images in a PDF file, but you get better results with more control if you work with the images in the original document.
Safari Cookies, Cache and History
7/25/22
When you browse the web Safari will save data as cookies, cache and history. Learn what these are and how to control them.