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09-10-26 -
How To Choose the Right Photo Options For Email Messages
There are a lot of different ways to attach a photo to an email message. In some cases it matters which method you choose. And in all cases there is one very important setting you need to set correctly. And if you want to send the original image y...
09-09-26 -
What To Do When a File Goes Missing On Your Mac
If an important file suddenly goes missing, it may not be completely gone. First, look in the Trash, which is your safety net against accidentally deleting files. But even if it is not there, you may find it in iCloud Recently Deleted or be able t...
09-08-26 -
11 New Features In macOS Golden Gate That Are Not AI
While the most powerful new features of macOS Golden Gate involve Siri and AI, there are still plenty of new things that are not AI-related. Check out new sidecar and iPhone mirroring features, appearance settings, and new things you can do in Not...
09-07-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: How To Use White Balance Adjustments In Photos
Explore how to use the White Balance adjustment controls in the Mac Photos app to get your photos to look how you want them.
09-05-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: Rolling Back To Previous Versions Of Files On Your...
Many Mac app have the ability to look back at past revisions of the document you are working on and roll back to that previous version or grab content from it. Learn how to use this in Pages, Numbers and many more apps.
09-04-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Reviewing And Rating All 42 Keynote Slide Transitions
There are so many slide transitions in Keynote that it can be overwhelming to pick the right ones for your presentation. Let's review them all and talk about when to use and when to avoid them.
09-03-26 -
How To Clean Up And Quiet Down Your Mac Messages App
If your Messages app is filled with old messages and attachments taking up too much space, here's how to clear them out. You can also make your Messages app quieter by hiding alerts for specific conversations or reducing notifications.
09-02-26 -
10 Ways To Type Special Characters On a Mac
To go beyond typing standard letters, numbers and punctuation and type special characters like accent marks, Emoji, symbols and more, you can use a variety of techniques. Learn them all and which ones to use for which kinda of special characters.
09-01-26 -
Generate Shapes In Pages And More With Apple Creator Studio
A new feature that is part of Apple Creator Studio is the ability to create custom shapes using an AI generation tool. These are the same kinds of single-color shapes that have been in Pages, Numbers and Key for years, but now you can generate any...
08-31-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: 10 Finder Gallery View Tips
The Gallery View in the Finder is probably the least used and least useful view. But it still has its place. Here are some interesting tidbits to get the most from it.
08-29-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: What To Do When a File Goes Missing On Your Mac
If an important file suddenly goes missing, it may not be completely gone. First, look in the Trash, which is your safety net against accidentally deleting files. But even if it is not there, you may find it in iCloud Recently Deleted or be able t...
08-28-26 -
macOS Golden Gate Course Coming Soon!
Thanks for your interest in the course. By clicking the link that brought you here in the weekly MacMost newsletter you are now set to get an email with the coupon when I launch the course. I’ll send out the email when it is ready.
08-28-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Fun Editing 360-Degree Video From the Insta360
I got an Insta360 X5 to take with when traveling and it makes it easy to capture video and then worry about getting the framing right later. I didn't expect the editing process to be this fun though.
08-27-26 -
Watch Out For Email Invite Scams
Email invitation scams are basic phishing scams with a twist. They appear to come from someone you know, and offer the temptation of a party or other event you may miss by not clicking.
08-26-26 -
Reminders Smart Lists Tips And Tricks
In the Reminders app you can create Smart Lists that allow you to group reminders by tags, dates, priority and other properties. It is simpler than similar features in the Finder and Photos, but has some surprising additional features.
08-25-26 -
Mac Pages Is Actually Two Apps In One
Pages is both a Word Processor and a Page Layout app. It behaves differently in a number of key ways depending on which mode you are in. With a Word Processing template you get body text that flows from one page to the next automatically. With a P...
08-24-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Learning the Basics Of Numbers Spill Functions
Spill functions in Numbers have been around for a while, but they are a more difficult concept to understand than basic formulas.
08-22-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: How To Clean Up And Quiet Down Your Mac Messages App
If your Messages app is filled with old messages and attachments taking up too much space, here's how to clear them out.
08-21-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Record Internal Audio In Golden Gate
It looks like we may finally get to record internal system audio while screen recording if the feature remains in macOS Golden Gate.
08-20-26 -
How To Compress Video Files With Apple Compressor
Compressor is an Apple app that lets you re-compress video into various formats. You can reduce the file size of a video produced in iMovie, Final Cut Pro or any source including just the original clips your recorded to save space. Learn the basic...
08-19-26 -
10 Tips For Using Split View On Your Mac
Split View mode for windows on your Mac puts exactly two windows side-by-side in their own space with no Desktop behind them. This can be handy when you have exactly two windows you need to work with. Here are some tips for working in Split View m...
08-18-26 -
How To Record Your Mac Screen With Audio (2026)(MacMost #3903)
If you need to record your Mac screen and include the audio being played by apps you can do it using the free third-party app OBS Studio. Here's how to set up a basic OBS studio project that will record both your screen and internal audio...
08-18-26 -
How To Record Your Mac Screen With Audio (2026)
If you need to record your Mac screen and include the audio being played by apps you can do it using the free third-party app OBS Studio. Here's how to set up a basic OBS studio project that will record both your screen and internal audio...
08-17-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Using Portrait Photo Depth Maps In Pixelmator Pro
If you open a Portrait-mode photo in Pixelmator Pro using the right method you get the photo plus the depth map that lets you separate the foreground from the background. You can then use this mask when editing your photo or applying effects.
08-15-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: Watch Out For Email Invite Scams
Email invitation scams are basic phishing scams with a twist. They appear to come from someone you know, and offer the temptation of a party or other event you may miss by not clicking.
08-14-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: New Microphone Solution: DJI Mic Mini
I've switched to using the DJI Mic Mini for my videos. This small wireless lavalier mic give me better quality than my previous solutions, though still not quite good enough to avoid some post-processing.
08-13-26 -
Why Is My Mac Menu Bar Missing?
If you notice that the Menu Bar at the top of your Mac is missing, it could be a simple setting that hides the Menu Bar when in full screen mode. You can change that. But there are also a variety of other reasons and situations where your menu bar...
08-12-26 -
Unlock iMovies Hidden Power With Overlays
Overlays in iMovie are the key going beyond the basics. With overlays you can have multiple layers of video, use a green screen, split the screen between two videos and show one video on top of another using a picture-in-picture effect. You can go...
08-11-26 -
How To Use the Mac Function Keys
The row of Function Keys at the top of your Mac's keyboard serve a dual purpose. You can use them to trigger keyboard shortcuts as keys like F1, F2, F3, etc. But you can also use them to control your Mac's screen, volume, media p...
08-10-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Making Of My Kenya Video: Final Cut Pro, Motion, Keyn...
Here's a look at the timeline for my Kenya video. I used a variety of keyframe animation techniques, transitions, cropping, then some elements from Keynote and more.
08-08-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: How To Record Your Mac Screen With Audio
If you need to record your Mac screen and include the audio being played by apps you can do it using the free third-party app OBS Studio. Here's how to set up a basic OBS studio project that will record both your screen and internal audio...
08-07-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Quick Access To Mac Desktop Files
If you need to get quick and easy access to files and folders on your Mac's Desktop, you can use one of two actions to move windows aside to reveal these files. You can then open them, drag them and more. There are also alternative ways t...
08-06-26 -
Convert Time Duration To Decimal Hours In Mac Numbers
While it isn't difficult to subtract a start time from an end time to get a duration value, it takes some extra work to convert that into a decimal number of hours, and more work to round it to the nearest quarter-hour.
08-05-26 -
Creating Your Own Custom Titles For Final Cut Pro Using Motion
While Final Cut Pro comes with many ready-to-use titles, you can also build your own custom titles to fit your needs and style.
08-04-26 -
Reusing Elements Across Slides With Keynote Layouts
If you are using some slide elements across many slides, put those elements on a slide layout. Then you can change those layout elements and the changes will be reflected across all slides. You can also use text and media placeholders on slide lay...
08-03-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Force Cached Images To Reload In Safari
All web browsers use cached images so pages can load faster. If you ever need to force a reload of a page with all new versions of the images, you can do so using a variety of techniques.
08-01-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: Unlock iMovies Hidden Power With Overlays
07-31-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Golden Gate Preview: Safari Extensions With AI
07-30-26 -
Master Context Menus On Your Mac
07-29-26 -
9 Tips For Sharing Links And Images
07-28-26 -
How To Use Final Cut Pro Auto Mask
07-27-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Write (And Edit) With Siri AI
07-25-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: Master Context Menus On Your Mac
07-24-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Pixelmator Pro Now Has a Lot Of Ways To Make AI Images
07-23-26 -
How To Create a PDF From Almost Any App On Your iPhone
07-22-26 -
Drive Filling Up? Check Your Mail Log Settings
07-21-26 -
How To Protect Yourself Against ClickFix Scams
07-20-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: A Look At the Finder Path Bar and Status Bar
07-18-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: 9 Tips For Sharing Links And Images
07-17-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Say Goodbye To "Untitled" Files

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