Let Your Fingers Do the Walking: 13 Essential Mac Trackpad Tricks
A trackpad is not a mouse. In some ways, that’s obvious—you swipe your fingers on it, rather than dragging it around. Less obvious, however, are the many gestures that make using a trackpad on your …
Apple Is Discontinuing Its Photo Printing Services—7 Alternatives
Sad news: Apple is discontinuing its photo printing services, which enabled you to create and order physical prints, cards, calendars, and books from within Photos on the Mac. If you’re building such a project right …
Tired of Skewed Photos? Use the Cameras Hidden Targeting System.
If you’ve ever photographed a sheet of paper or some other rectangular object, the image may have come out skewed because you inadvertently tilted the camera, perhaps leaning over a table or reaching over something …
Search for Nearly Anything in Your Photos Library
Apple’s Photos app on the Mac can identify thousands of different objects in your photos, so it’s easy to find photos based on their content. You can find objects (cars and trains), scenery (beaches and …
Customize the Columns in your Macs Finder Window’s List View!
When a Mac folder contains a lot of files, the Finder’s List view often works best, since it lets you focus on a single folder and easily sort the contents by clicking the different columns: …
Have Your Online Passwords Been hacked? Find Out.
Data breaches have become commonplace, with online thieves constantly breaking into corporate and government servers and making off with millions—or even hundreds of millions!—of email addresses, often along with other personal information like names, physical …
New MacBook Pros Provide More Speed and RAM.
As students prepare to head off to college, Apple has updated the Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro line to provide even more powerful options for students and professionals alike. The changes are primarily under the hood, …
Tired of “Sent from my iPhone” as your email Sig File?
When you use Apple’s Mail app on your iPhone or iPad to send email, the default signature is “Sent from my iPhone.” If you’d rather not advertise that fact with every email, or would prefer …
Apple’s New Messages in iCloud Feature? It could Cost you more.
When Apple first announced macOS 10.13 High Sierra and iOS 11, one of the promised features was Messages in iCloud, a way of syncing your conversations in Messages via your iCloud account. Despite the fact …
How to Make the Most of Apple’s New AirPlay 2
For many years now, Apple’s AirPlay feature has made it possible to stream audio from an iOS device or Mac to an AirPlay-enabled speaker, AirPort Express base station, or most recently, a HomePod. Because AirPlay …
