Way back in 2021, when Apple introduced macOS Ventura, they gave us a feature in Safari called Tab Groups. They said that it would help us to keep Tab Groups organized and make them easier to find again later. You know me, I love a new feature, so I gave it a try. To use […]
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Tiny Mac Tips Part 9 of X
Jump to Tips Scan from iPhone or iPad Quicklook Control the Dock I’m back with Part 9 of Tiny Mac Tips. This is an ongoing series I started in order to teach Jill from the Northwoods how to move from an adequate Mac user to a proficient one. In case you missed the earlier installments, […]
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Are You Baffled by iStat Menus 7’s Interface? Lee Garrett’s ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial Can Help
Whenever I do a ScreenCastsONLINE tutorial video, I always tell you about it. I tell you how much fun I had creating the tutorial and what you’ll learn from it. I do this because I’m very proud of the work I do for ScreenCastsONLINE. What I rarely mention is that there are other terrific tutors […]
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Security Bits — 10 November 2024
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇦🇺 Apple is testing an enhancement to its child protection features in Australia – when Apple’s existing opt-in nudity detection AI feature flags an image as potentially problematic, a new option appears to allow […]
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How to Get to Images out of Apple Pages, Numbers, and Keynote
Have you ever been working with an Apple Pages, Keynote, or even Numbers file and wanted to extract the images? Here’s the process: Open the document Find the first image you want to extract Right-click on the image and choose copy from the contextual menu Open Preview Choose File → New from Clipboard (or use […]
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I’ve Changed My Mind About Apple’s New Password App
With the advent of macOS Sequoia and iOS 18, Apple upgraded its method of saving user passwords from the arcane Keychain Access to a fledgling full-fledged password manager. Because Apple likes to name its products so they’re impossible to search online, the app is called Passwords. I am a huge proponent of password managers, with […]
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Why Do People Like Apple Notes?
In the early days, Apple Notes were an okay way to jot down a thought, but Apple has put a lot of work into making them much more useful. Nowadays, I hear people on tech podcasts and in my nerd circles talking about how much they use and like Apple Notes. But I don’t get […]
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Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. An example of a very advanced and powerful honeypot: Microsoft creates fake Azure tenants to pull phishers into honeypots — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Apple have followed through on their promise to allow cybersecurity researchers to test […]
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Make Your Screenshares More Engaging with FaceScreen
FaceScreen in the Mac App Store A few weeks ago I told you about a nifty little app called Presentify by Ram Patra. As I often do for the devs when I talk about a piece of software, I dropped Ram a note telling him how much I enjoy Presentify and sent him a link. […]
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How to Use Audio Hijack – Video for SVMUG
Last night I taught the Silicon Valley Mac Users Group how to use Audio Hijack. I’m not telling you that to make you sad you missed it – they recorded the session and produced a high-quality video of the session. It’s not as structured as my ScreenCastsONLINE tutorial but I think it’s still pretty darn […]
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