By Jivan Hall
If you haven’t upgraded your Mac software to macOS Monterey yet, the Live Text feature is a compelling reason to do so. The Live Text feature allows you to select, copy, and paste text from a photo into another needed location. Not only that, once you have selected the text, you can use Visual Look Up to quickly get directions, call a phone number, visit a website, or translate a foreign language.
There are hundreds of Mac keyboard shortcuts to help boost your productivity and streamline multitasking. Mac hot corners are nifty shortcuts that are simple to set up and even faster than common keyboard shortcut commands. Below, we'll show you how to set up hot corners on your Mac. Once I started using hot corners I wondered how I ever got along without it.
By Jivan Hall
It’s amazing how much tech is squeezed into such a small package. The magic of AirPods lies in Apple’s patented H1 chip. Along with optical sensors, and motion accelerometers, it also allows you to start, stop, or skip songs by using touch controls. Read on to learn how to skip songs on your AirPods, AirPods 2, AirPods 3, and AirPods Pro.
By Jivan Hall
Let’s face it, passwords get stolen online all the time. If your Mac login is not unique, or it’s easy to guess, you are more vulnerable to remote hackers. Or maybe your hackers are in-house (your kids). Or perhaps your employer requires you to change your password from time to time. Whatever the reason, we’ll show you how to change a password on your Mac.
By Jivan Hall
Your profile display picture is a small detail that you may have rushed past when initially setting up your computer. But, like your desktop image, it’s another great opportunity to personalize your workspace. Changing your Mac profile image is easy and fun! We'll show you how to change the profile picture on your MacBook.
By Jivan Hall
Live Listen is a clever feature that essentially turns your iPhone (or iPad/iPad touch) into a microphone and then amplifies the sounds it picks up through your Airpods. As long as your Airpods are in range of your phone, they essentially act like pseudo-hearing aids. Not only does this sound cool in theory, it actually works really well! Let's cover how to set up and use the Live Listen feature.
By Jivan Hall
When sharing files from your Mac, you often need a file format that is universally accessible regardless of what type of computer or software the recipient is using. Because PDF files are compatible with nearly all devices and software, it's even fairly common for the PDF format to be required when sending documents to institutions or businesses. So if you enjoy using the Apple Pages word processor, learning how to convert a Pages document to PDF will come in handy!
By Jivan Hall
Have you ever opened more than one browser window at a time? Or maybe you've had to work on multiple Word documents simultaneously? If so, you can use these easy keyboard shortcuts to quickly switch between open windows of the same app. Let’s look at how to switch between windows of the same application on your Mac.
By Jivan Hall
We've all fallen into the trap of opening way too many apps on our Macs. When you find yourself getting distracted by the desktop clutter, or having trouble accessing files saved on your desktop, you might want to quickly clear some space on your screen. Of course, you can click the minimize button (the small yellow circle) on each window, but this can be quite tedious. Instead, let’s look at a cool keyboard shortcut to hide all your windows at once.
By Jivan Hall
Your Mac does a lot behind the scenes. One cool feature is keeping track of all the Wi-Fi networks you connect to, remembering the passwords, and automatically re-connecting the next time you're in range. Most of the time, this is great. But there may be an occasion when it’s not. Maybe there are multiple networks in range, and your Mac is connecting to the wrong one. We'll cover how to remove a Wi-Fi network from your Mac, as well as how to keep a saved network but stop your computer from automatically connecting.
