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How to Share Your Screen Using FaceTime

If you’d like to share what you’re looking at on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac’s screen with a friend who is far away, it’s as easy as making a FaceTime call now thanks to the built-in Share Screen feature. Here’s how to use it….

Benj Edwards 19h ago

Forget Microsoft Office: Your Mac Already Has a Free Productivity Suite

Mac users don’t need Office or Google Docs. If you own a Mac, you already have access to a fully-featured suite of productivity apps for free. It’s called iWork, and it includes Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. Here’s a look at w…

Benj Edwards May 3rd

“Live Text” Is the Best iPhone and Mac Feature You’re Not Using

Copying text from the real world into a note or a document used to require manual transcription or hit-and-miss OCR software. If you have an iPhone, you can easily copy text from a sign, book, or screenshot using Live Text….

Tim Brookes Apr 29th

How to Enter and Exit Full Screen Mode on a Mac

Have you ever wanted to use an app in full-screen mode on a Mac? Or maybe you’re stuck in full screen and don’t know how to get out. Luckily, switching modes is as easy as clicking a little green button. Here’s how to do it….

Benj Edwards Apr 16th

Get Around macOS Faster: Speed Up Navigation on Your Mac

Learning to get around macOS quicker can be a real productivity booster if you spent a lot of time using your Mac. Many of these tips will quickly become second nature and you’ll wonder how you ever did without them!…

Tim Brookes Apr 16th

How to Open Mac Spotlight Results in Finder

Spotlight on Mac is brilliant at quickly launching apps and finding documents. But once you get a list of results, it’s not obvious how to see the file locations in Finder. We’ll show you how to do it….

Benj Edwards Apr 14th

How to Browse Files on a Mac

If you need to find, move, copy, or delete files on your Mac, you’ll need to use Finder, which is similar to File Explorer on Windows. We’ll show you some basics about how to browse for files and manage them….

Benj Edwards Apr 10th

How to Set Default Printer Paper Size on Mac

If you print frequently with different paper sizes on a Mac, you might get frustrated if the system is stuck on the wrong paper size that you don’t want to use. Luckily, it’s easy to set the default paper size for all printer…

Benj Edwards Apr 9th

How to Stop Safari From Automatically Unzipping Downloaded Files on Mac

By default, the Safari browser on Mac will extract ZIP files you’ve downloaded—and even discard the original compressed ZIP files. If this bothers you, there’s an easy way to turn it off, and you can keep your archived down…

Benj Edwards Apr 8th

How to View Your Saved Credit Card Numbers in Safari for Mac

If you’ve forgotten a credit card number while using Safari on your Mac, it’s easy to view credit card information saved by Safari’s AutoFill feature. You can also add, edit, or remove the stored cards. Here’s how….

Benj Edwards Apr 4th

How to Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse on a Mac

If your Mac’s touchpad or mouse stops working, or if a mobile disability is impairing your movement, you can enable a feature that lets you use your keyboard to control the cursor on your screen.

Marshall Gunnell Apr 3rd

How to Always “Paste and Match Style” With Command+V on Mac

If you’re tired of having to press Option+Shift+Command+V to paste text on a Mac without bringing a font style from a different document, there’s a way to remap it so Command+V does the trick. Here’s how….

Benj Edwards Mar 29th

How to Undo in Apple Notes

If you ever make a mistake when using Apple Notes, you have a couple of ways to quickly undo and redo your changes. We’ll show you how they work on your iPhone and Mac machines.

Mahesh Makvana Mar 27th

How to Change Your DNS Server on a Mac

Switching your DNS servers on your Mac can speed up your internet experience; it can make translating domain names into IP addresses faster. If you’d like to change your DNS server, we’ll show you how to do it….

Benj Edwards Mar 27th

How to Switch From Universal Control to Sidecar on a Mac and iPad

Universal Control is an excellent feature for Macs and iPads that allows a single keyboard and mouse to seamlessly control up to three devices. Universal Control arrived with?macOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4, but there are cases w…

Sydney Butler Mar 22nd

How to Use Universal Control With a Mac and iPad

The Universal Control feature has arrived with macOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4. Universal Control lets you combine your Mac and iPad into a unified system, controlled by a single keyboard and mouse with limited drag-and-drop featu…

Sydney Butler Mar 16th

How to Mark All Emails as Read on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Many things are easy and obvious on Apple devices. But every so often you come across something that isn’t. If you want to mark all your emails as read on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and clear those indicators, here’s how….

Sandy Writtenhouse Mar 10th

Should You Buy the Mac Studio?

As part of the transition to Apple’s own in-house custom silicon, the company has started filling some gaps in its lineup. This includes a new powerful small form factor desktop machine called the Mac Studio….

Tim Brookes Mar 9th

The Hackintosh Will Soon Be Dead, and That’s Just Fine

The “Hackintosh” gained some popularity as lovers of macOS and its software thumbed their noses at Apple’s hardware prices and performance problems. With the advent of Apple Silicon, those days are now numbered, but this may …

Sydney Butler Mar 9th

Apple’s M1 Ultra Chip Will Supercharge Mac Desktops

On March 8, 2022, Apple unveiled the M1 Ultra, its latest and most powerful Apple Silicon SoC that will take Apple’s Macs to a whole new level of performance. Here’s a look at what makes it notable.

Benj Edwards Mar 8th

Apple’s New Mac Studio Is the Fastest Mac Ever

Every so often, a new product is announced that leaves your jaw on the floor. That’s exactly what the latest Apple Mac Studio did. Apple pulled no punches with its new desktop computer. If you’re even remotely interested in M…

Dave LeClair Mar 8th

How to Control Your Mac Using Your Head and Face

Apple has always raised the bar for computer platforms with its accessibility features, as shown by a feature that came with macOS?10.15 Catalina—controlling your Mac with head gestures and facial expressions. Here’s how t…

Marshall Gunnell Mar 3rd

How to Find Downloads on a Mac

If you’ve downloaded a file through a browser like Safari or Chrome on your Mac, you might be confused about where the file ended up. Luckily, there’s a typical place to look first, and we’ll help you find it….

Benj Edwards Mar 2nd

5 Mac Shortcuts for Office Productivity

The Shortcuts app, added with macOS Monterey, gives you easy ways to improve your productivity. Whether you want to share your availability, track your time, or email your schedule, you can do these things and more with a cli…

Sandy Writtenhouse Feb 2nd

Apple Finally Adds Universal Control for iPad and Mac (In Beta)

It’s been a long time coming, but Apple is finally releasing its delayed Universal Control feature. It’s in the beta version of Apple’s operating systems, but that means we’re just one step away from it coming to the release …

Dave LeClair Jan 27th

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