- Using Timers On Your iPhone With iOS 17 (MacMost #3034)2023/09/22
View in HD at . You can now have multiple timers with labels. You can start them in the Clock app or using Control Center. You can also control them on your Lock Screen.
- Every New Feature in the iOS 17 Messages App (MacMost #3033)2023/09/20
View in HD at . iOS 17 includes 14 new features in the Messages app alone. Learn how to use Emoji as Stickers, share your location, create stickers from your photos, swipe to reply to a specific message and much more.
- More New Features To Check Out On Your iPhone In iOS 17 (MacMost #3031)2023/09/18
View in HD at . With so many new and interesting features in iOS 17, I had to make a second video. Learn how to use Stickers in different places, easily crop photos, leave a FaceTime video message, and much more.
- New Features To Check Out On Your iPhone In iOS 17 (MacMost #3030)2023/09/15
View in HD at . Here are some of the new features of iOS 17 that you should check out once you have upgraded.
- 8 Ways ChatGPT Can Help You While Using Mac Numbers (MacMost #3029)2023/09/13
View in HD at . If you work with Mac Numbers you can use ChatGPT to get help with functions and formulas, generate sample data, clean up data and more.
- How To Slow Down or Speed Up Playback on YouTube Videos (MacMost #3032)2023/09/11
View in HD at . If a YouTube video is too fast or too slow, you can change the playback speed in the video settings or using keyboard shortcuts. You can also easily jump back 10 seconds to see or hear something again.
- Why You Should Consider an Online Backup (MacMost #3028)2023/09/08
View in HD at . Even if you are already backup up with Time Machine locally, you should consider having an online backup as well. Here are the reasons you may want to have a second backup online, or why you may be fine just using Time Machine and iCloud.
- 20 Useful and Fun Google Tools (MacMost #3026)2023/09/06
View in HD at . There's more you can do with Google than just search the web. You can also access tools like a calculator, random number generators, weather, nutritional information and much more. You can even play a variety of games.
- How To Create Video Travel Maps With Keynote (MacMost #3025)2023/09/04
View in HD at . Instead of using iMovie travel maps, you can create an animated travel map using any background map you have and trace a detailed route onto it. This tutorial will also teach you some basic Keynote animation techniques. You can even add a graphic or icon to follow the path.
- How To Hide and Show the Menu Bar On Your Mac (MacMost #3024)2023/09/01
View in HD at . You can choose whether the Menu Bar on your Mac is always visible, or will hide when you aren't using it. The setting for this recognizes the difference between using a Desktop space or a Full Screen space, so it is important to understand Mission Control as well.
- 10 More Mac Copy and Paste Tricks (MacMost #3023)2023/08/30
View in HD at . Here are some more unusual places and situations where you can use Copy and Paste on your Mac.
- 10 Mac Copy and Paste Tricks (MacMost #3022)2023/08/28
View in HD at . Here are some unusual places and situations where you can use Copy and Paste.
- Use a Shortcut To Create a New Text File In a Folder On a Mac (MacMost #3018)2023/08/25
View in HD at . There is no command in the Finder that will let you create a new blank file at your current location. But you can create a Shortcut that will let you do this each time easily. The Shortcut needs to use both JavaScript and shell scripting to get the job done.
- How To Change Print Scale on a Mac (MacMost #3021)2023/08/24
View in HD at . When printing from some apps it can appear that there is no way to scale the content of a document while printing. But different apps put scaling options in different places. Even when there are no scaling options, you can use other tricks to print at different sizes.
- How To Create Video Travel Maps With Apple Motion (MacMost #3020)2023/08/23
View in HD at . Instead of using iMovie travel maps, you can create an animated travel map using any background map you have and trace a detailed route onto it. The video will show the route being drawn onto the map. You can even add a graphic or icon to follow the path.
- Accessing Your Most Recently Opened Folders In the Finder (MacMost #3019)2023/08/22
View in HD at . While it is easy to access recent files in the Finder, it is less convenient to look at your recent folders. But by adding a Smart Folder to the left sidebar you can easily get there.
- What To Do And What Not To Do If You Find a Lost iPhone (MacMost #3017)2023/08/21
View in HD at . If you find a lost iPhone there are a lot of things you can do to help reunite it with its owner. But some of the advice you'll read online will lead you in the wrong direction. Learn the best way to return a lost iPhone.
- Customizing the New Finder Window Shows Setting (MacMost #3016)2023/08/18
View in HD at . You can decide which folder you start in when you create a new Finder window or add a new Finder tab. Some locations are mode useful than others. Picking the right location for you can improve your productivity.
- 7 Pie Chart Alternatives in Numbers (MacMost #3015)2023/08/17
View in HD at . Pie charts can represent a simple comparison between a set of values. Here are some other chart variations that you can use to also represent a simple visual comparison.
- Creating a Spinning Newspaper Effect (MacMost #3014)2023/08/16
View in HD at . You can easily create a spinning newspaper special effect for your video projects using a one-slide Keynote presentation. You can export it as a video and import it into iMovie or any other video editing app as a clip or an overlay.
- Extracting Text From Images With Live Text on a Mac (MacMost #3013)2023/08/15
View in HD at . You can use Live Text to get text from a photo on your Mac in a variety of different apps and situations. You can simply copy the text and paste it elsewhere, or you can take quick actions from text like addresses, dates and phone numbers.
- How To Make Text Larger In Individual Apps On an iPhone (MacMost #3012)2023/08/14
View in HD at . If you have trouble reading text in some iPhone apps but not others, you can customize the text size in many apps on an individual app-by-app basis. You can do this in the Settings app or using Control Center.
- Creating Custom Memories in Photos (MacMost #3011)2023/08/11
View in HD at . If you enjoy the Memories feature of the Mac Photo app you don't need to wait for Memories to be automatically created, you can make your own. With either your custom Memory or an automatic one, you can also export the video to share or use in projects.
- How To Have Your Mac Read Text To You (MacMost #3010)2023/08/10
View in HD at . You can easily have your Mac read selected text out loud. You can select the voice and speed. With some more work you can add a keyboard shortcut or have it export the audio into a file to use later.
- Creating Handy Dock Folders With Apps Or Files (MacMost #3009)2023/08/09
View in HD at . You can create folders just to use in the Dock that contain aliases to apps or commonly-used files.
- Using the Built-in Thesaurus on Your Mac, iPhone or iPad (MacMost #3008)2023/08/08
View in HD at . Your Mac comes with a built-in Dictionary app that also includes a thesaurus. You can also access it while writing, or on the iPhone and iPad while writing though not in an app.
- Why You Probably Can't Use Your Old iMac As a Display (MacMost #3005)2023/08/07
Info (Show/Hide) View in HD at . A common question is whether you can use your old iMac as a display for a new Mac mini, Mac Studio or maybe a second display for a MacBook. This is called Target Display Mode. Unfortunately, it only works with some older iMacs if you are connecting from older Macs and using specific systems. It probably isn't a good idea anyway as those older iMacs have screens that are not as good as what you can get cheaply today.
- Finding Duplicate Photos in the Photos App (MacMost #3006)2023/08/04
View in HD at . Recent new features in the Mac, iPhone and iPad Photos apps let you find and remove duplicate photos easily.
- How To Create Custom List Styles In Pages (MacMost #3004)2023/08/03
View in HD at . You don't have to use one of the default list styles in Pages. You can build your own instead. You can use bullets, arrows, numbers, letters or any combination at multiple levels. You can create a List Style that is suited to your note-taking needs.
- Creating Animated Travel Maps in iMovie (MacMost #3007)2023/08/02
View in HD at . There are animated travel maps built right into iMovie on your Mac. You can choose a single location or a route between two locations or even more. Beyond the basics, you can use cropping, color adjustments, and filters to create a unique animated travel map for your new iMovie project.
- 10 Third Party Mac Apps that I Rely On (MacMost #3002)2023/08/01
View in HD at . Here are the primary third-party apps that I use to make the MacMost tutorials and do app and website development.
- Get Creative With Numbers Spreadsheets (MacMost #3003)2023/07/31
View in HD at . You can use Numbers for more than just a grid of data. You can create colorful and easy-to-use sheets with single-cell tables, text, graphics, lookups, charts and more.
- A Detailed Look At Using Pie Charts In Numbers (MacMost #3001)2023/07/28
View in HD at . Pie charts are a quick and simple way to represent data visually in your Numbers spreadsheets. There are a lot of options and variations.
- Episode 3000: Top 10 Mac Questions (MacMost #3000)2023/07/27
View in HD at . To celebrate the 3,000th episode of MacMost, here are the anwers to some of the questions I get the most often. Learn how to take a screenshot, maximize a window, cut and paste files and much more.
- How To Crop Video On Your Mac (MacMost #2999)2023/07/26
View in HD at . You don't need a third-party app to crop video on your Mac. But neither QuickTime Player nor iMovie will do it either. Here's how to use the built-in Photos app to actually crop your video and export a new version.
- Comparing Icon, List and Column Views (MacMost #2998)2023/07/25
View in HD at . Take a look at the advantages to using the three main Finder views: Icon, List and Column. What are the reasons you may choose one over the other?
- The Simplest Way To Do the Most Common Tasks On Your Mac (MacMost #2997)2023/07/24
View in HD at . Here are the simplest ways to do some common tasks on your Mac like renaming files, launching apps, taking screenshots and more.
- Complex Batch File Renaming With Shortcuts and Regular Expressions (MacMost #2996)2023/07/21
View in HD at . If the Finder's batch rename tool can't do what you want, you can always create your own complex file renaming scripts using the Shortcuts app and regular expressions.
- 9 Alternative Ways To Use the Safari Smart Search Field (MacMost #2995)2023/07/20
View in HD at . You can use the field at the top of the Safari window to do more than just type a website address or start a web search. You can also use it to search your bookmarks or history, switch to tabs and more.
- 10 Ways To Right Click on a Mac (MacMost #2994)2023/07/19
View in HD at . Right Click on a Mac is referred to as the secondary click and is used to bring up context menus. On an Apple trackpad a two-finger click is how you usually do this, though you can customize it. There are also a variety of other ways to perform a secondary click.