TIPS – macOS

How to Download & Install Zoom on Mac

If you’re new to the Mac, or new to Zoom, you may want to know how you can download and install Zoom on the Mac. Like many things, the process is pretty easy once you learn how, but you’d be forgiven for being confused if you go to the Zoom homepage.

How to convert an Apple Note into a Pages document on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Learn how to import a note from the Apple Notes app to the Pages app on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Using this trick, you can start writing in Notes and finish up your work in Pages!

10 Ways To Right Click on a Mac

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.

How to use Continuity on your iPhone, Mac, Watch and iPad

How to seamlessly use Continuity on your iPhone, Mac, Watch, and iPad

How to Format an External Hard Drive for a Mac

Nov 21, 2023 | macOS

If you buy an external hard drive to use for backups, file transfers or extra storage, it will likely come formatted...

Here’s how to add Widgets to your desktop in macOS Sonoma

Oct 7, 2023 | macOS

In Sonoma there are loads of new Widgets you can add to your Mac's desktop to have easy access to things like a clock,...

The iPad Feature That Could Help Make Your Mac Laptop Twice As Productive

Sep 24, 2023 | iPad/iPhone, macOS

If you're invested in the Apple ecosystem, you'll know how easy it is to transfer files and data between your devices....

How to Set iCloud Account Recovery Contacts, Legacy Contacts, and Trusted Phone Numbers

Jan 10, 2022 | iPad/iPhone, macOS

If you use Apple devices, your iCloud account is one of your most important repositories of your personal data. You...

How to answer calls to your iPhone on macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15

Dec 1, 2021 | iPad/iPhone, macOS

Thanks to Apple's Continuity, users can easily make and receive cellular phone calls on Mac, iPad, and iPod touch....

How to use iCloud mail to create rules that automatically sort, delete …

Sep 29, 2021 | iCloud, iPad/iPhone, macOS

If you get a lot of email, anything that helps you stay on top of it, is a good thing. So even though it's hardly very...

How to Disable Notification Previews on Mac

Aug 4, 2021 | macOS

Do you want your notifications to stop showing previews on your Mac? Perhaps you want more privacy for the messages or...

How to schedule your Mac to reboot every night

Jul 12, 2021 | macOS

Having your Mac always available to work is great, but you do need to turn it off once in a while. Here's how to...

How to Stop iCloud Calendar Spam

Jun 29, 2021 | iCloud, iPad/iPhone, macOS, Security

We first wrote about iCloud calendar spam back in 2016. At the time, spammers had figured out a way to send calendar...

What is iCloud Keychain? Apple’s password manager for iPhone and Mac explained

May 21, 2021 | iCloud, iPad/iPhone, macOS

There are multiple third party password managers available for iPhone and iPad that will allow you to save your...

Mac Basics: How To Preview Files

Feb 21, 2021 | macOS

If you want to see the contents of a file before opening it in an app or importing it into a document, you can use...

Use Messages to share your screen in macOS

Jan 20, 2021 | macOS

[This works in Catalina and Big Sur] If you need to quickly offer help to another Mac user you know, there's no...

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