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10-26-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: How To Identify Background Apps With Odd Names
If you ever go into System Settings to see which apps are running at login or in the background, you may find some unfamiliar developer names and not know how to find the actual app name. Here's how to use Terminal to look it up.
10-24-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: How To Proofread Your Writing Using Siri AI
You can use Siri AI to proofread your writing and check for mistakes. It will check spelling, grammar and more. The changes can then be reviewed by you and you can reject any changes you find unnecessary. This works in most apps including Pages, T...
10-23-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Fun Warping Text With Pixelmator Pro
Watch as I combine a bunch of Pixelmator Pro techniques and layering to create some interesting text results.
10-22-26 -
Mac Basics: The Dock
The Dock is one of the primary tools you need to learn to use to get the most from your Mac. You use the Dock to launch apps, so it is important to add the apps you use the most and remove apps you never use. You can also access other functions of...
10-21-26 -
How To Select Files From Different Folders On Your Mac
If you need to select files that are in different folders, it can be difficult if you are using Icon or Column view. But List View allows you to do it. In addition, you can gather together files with searches or using tags.
10-20-26 -
26 Mac Freeform Tips
Here is a collection of useful and creative tips for anyone that uses Freeform on a Mac. Learn how to rotate objects, draw perfect shapes, collaborate in real time and much more.
10-18-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Build Shortcuts With Siri AI: Easy To Use, Difficult ...
Take a look as I attempt and succeed (mostly) at building some Shortcuts in macOS Golden Gate with Siri AI. But also see how this is difficult to teach and may not be a skill that everyone can master.
10-17-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: Stage Manager Advanced Techniques
If you already use Stage Manager and know the basics, here are some advanced tips to help you get the most from your Mac and Stage Manager. You can combine windows from more than one app into the same set, you can view windows one at a time, you c...
10-17-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: tage Manager Advanced Techniques
If you already use Stage Manager and know the basics, here are some advanced tips to help you get the most from your Mac and Stage Manager. You can combine windows from more than one app into the same set, you can view windows one at a time, you c...
10-16-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Is the Mac Photos App Bad At Processing RAW Photos?
I tried processing some of my RAW photos using the Mac Photos app, Pixelmator Pro, and Photoshop using auto and manual functions. The two graphics apps did a good job, but Photos just couldn't get things right with auto, and sometimes fai...
10-15-26 -
Does Using a Solar Charger While Camping Actually Work?
On my 16-day rafting trip I tried to use a solar charger to keep my cameras going. However, I found it to be inadequate and a waste of my time. Here's what I should have done instead.
10-14-26 -
The 4 Basic Skills Every Mac User Needs To Master
When learning to use a Mac, master the Menu Bar, drag and drop, context menus and copy and paste. Being good at these four skills and learning how to combine them will help you get the most from your Mac.
10-13-26 -
22 Ways To Launch Apps On Your Mac
There are many ways to launch apps on a Mac. Some of these are useful and efficient. Others are for special circumstances or unusual situations. Maybe you'll find a few that you didn't even know about.
10-12-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: How To Disable These Two Annoying Siri AI Features
That little Siri button that always seems to be around whenever you are typing? You can turn it off. Same for the suggestions you get when responding in Messages.
10-10-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: The 4 Basic Skills Every Mac User Needs To Master
When learning to use a Mac, master the Menu Bar, drag and drop, context menus and copy and paste. Being good at these four skills and learning how to combine them will help you get the most from your Mac.
10-09-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Is Siri AI Ready To Replace Me?
Just having fun with the title there. But really, is Siri AI a good source of Mac help in macOS Golden Gate? I tried some things and it seems somewhat up to the task.
10-08-26 -
Mac Basics: Drag And Drop
Learn the basics of using drag and drop on your Mac. You can use your mouse or trackpad to move an item, like a file, from one location to another. You can also use drag and drop to move objects in documents, import items into apps and much more.
10-07-26 -
How To Tame Liquid Glass On Your Mac In macOS Golden Gate
If you don't like the Liquid Glass look to macOS, or would like it fine-tune it, there are a variety of controls you can use. Learn how to completely turn it off or adjust it as often as you like.
10-06-26 -
10 New Features Of the Photos App In iOS 27 To Check Out
iOS 27 includes some nice new features in the Photos app. You can now add keywords, extend or reframe with AI, easily modify your photo selection, turn a video into a photo and much more.
10-05-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: What's New In Notes In macOS Golden Gate
In addition to the drawing tools, Notes adds divider lines, links to sections within a note, and the ability to copy and paste markdown text.
10-03-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: How To Tame Liquid Glass On Your Mac In macOS Gold...
If you don't like the Liquid Glass look to macOS, or would like it fine-tune it, there are a variety of controls you can use. Learn how to completely turn it off or adjust it as often as you like.
10-02-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: New Drawing Tools In macOS Golden Gate
The Notes App and Freeform both sport a new drawing tool in macOS Golden Gate. You can now draw in these apps without needing an iPhone or iPad. The new tool has some idiosyncrasies and hidden features.
10-01-26 -
How To Screenshot An Entire Web Page On Your Mac
You can't use the Mac's built-in screenshot tool to get an entire web page, just the visible portion. But you can use a simple function in Safari to do it quickly and easily.
09-30-26 -
How To Use the Combined Spotlight And Siri AI Menu In macOS Golden Gate
macOS Golden Gate combines the old Spotlight Menu and the Siri text entry prompt into one text field where you can both search for things and ask Siri AI questions. You can still do everything you could do before with Spotlight in the same way, bu...
09-29-26 -
How To Use the New Mac AI Photo Editing Tools
The Photos app in macOS Golden Gate includes a new editing section with AI tools for retouching, erasing, extending and reframing your photos. Learn how to use these tool to fix or improve your photos.
09-28-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Shooting Landscapes, Rapids and Stars In the Grand Ca...
While on my 16-day trip through the Grand Canyon I used my iPhone 17 Pro Max, my Sony A7CR and an Insta360 X5. Look at photos and videos and hear my thoughts on how each performed and what I would have done differently.
09-26-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: How To Use the Combined Spotlight And Siri AI Menu...
macOS Golden Gate combines the old Spotlight Menu and the Siri text entry prompt into one text field where you can both search for things and ask Siri AI questions. You can still do everything you could do before with Spotlight in the same way, bu...
09-25-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Compose In One App Before Sending In Another
Many people use an app for message writing, even if they are sending the text using Mail, Messages or a browser form. This was a common technique in the past, but still has its uses today.
09-24-26 -
Why You Can't Delete Mac System Apps
Many of the apps that come with your Mac can't be uninstalled. This is because they are part of the system, and the system is protected from being altered. You can see which apps are protected by knowing where to look. Fortunately, these ...
09-23-26 -
10 Small But Useful AI Features In macOS Golden Gate
Looking beyond the big new AI features in macOS Golden Gate there are a lot of small useful new AI-related functions that can save you time and increase your productivity. macOS will now suggest file names for new documents, give you quick text re...
09-22-26 -
Printable Mac Keyboard Shortcut Page For macOS Golden Gate
There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts for Mac users. There are Spotlight shortcuts, window tiling shortcuts, Finder shortcuts, system shortcuts, application shortcuts and more. Many you can find by just looking through the menu bar for that app...
09-22-26 -
Editing Pages Photos Directly In Pixelmator Pro
Apple Creator Studio subscribers can now edit images in Pages directly in Pixelmator Pro without needing intermediate steps. You can return to edit the images later and see all adjustments, effects and layers. These Pixelmator Pro documents are in...
09-21-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Mac Screenshot Visual Intelligence
macOS Golden Gate adds the ability to use visual intelligence with screenshots to identify anything on your screen and ask about it. But you can do the same in most cases without using the screenshot tool at all.
09-19-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: 10 Small But Useful AI Features In macOS Golden Gate
Looking beyond the big new AI features in macOS Golden Gate there are a lot of small useful new AI-related functions that can save you time and increase your productivity. macOS will now suggest file names for new documents, give you quick text re...
09-18-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: The Very Useful Mac ESC Key
This may be the most underrated key on your Mac's keyboard. You can use the esc key to cancel an action before it is even completed. It is sometimes the only easy way to get out a sequence of actions you started and can't back ou...
09-17-26 -
Getting Started With Siri AI In macOS Golden Gate
Siri is a true AI chatbot now in macOS Golden Gate. Better still, you can ask questions pertaining to your own data and even take actions that control apps on your Mac. You can access Siri AI through the old Spotlight commands, a new Siri app and ...
09-16-26 -
Rolling Back To Previous Versions Of Files On Your Mac
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.
09-15-26 -
10 Examples Of Personal Safari Extensions Created With AI
A new feature in macOS Golden Gate is the ability to create Safari browser extensions with an AI prompt. Here are 10 examples that give you an idea of what is possible.
09-14-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Backing Up Your Notes As Markdown Files
In macOS Tahoe and Golden Gate you can very easily save out all of your Notes as small Markdown text files. The process is manual, but quick and includes images as separate files. You can do something similar with an automated Shortcut.
09-12-26 -
Club MacMost Early Access: Getting Started With Siri AI In macOS Golden Gate
Siri is a true AI chatbot now in macOS Golden Gate. Better still, you can ask questions pertaining to your own data and even take actions that control apps on your Mac. You can access Siri AI through the old Spotlight commands, a new Siri app and ...
09-11-26 -
Club MacMost Exclusive: Creating Custom Wallet Items In iOS 27
A new feature of iOS 27 is the ability to add your own cards to the Apple Wallet app. However, you are limited to adding text, a background and a QR code or barcode.
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...

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