So, you know how to snap an image of your iPhone’s screen—but what if you want to take a screenshot of your Mac’s desktop? Well, there are actually five ways to snap a screenshot on your Mac, and they’re all just a few keystrokes away. 1. Take a screenshot of the...
Every time I download a file using Safari on my Mac, the file ends up in my Downloads folder—and each and every time, I drag the file out of my Downloads folder and onto my desktop. There must be a better way, right? Well, there is, actually—and in fact, you can make...
Once upon a time, every window on a Mac desktop had big, easy-to-click and impossible-to-miss scroll bars that never, ever disappeared. Since 2011’s “Lion” update to Mac OS X, however, Apple has adopted an “barely there” policy when it comes to scroll bars. Indeed,...
Paul writes: When my son updated to Yosemite on his Mac he lost the entire iPhoto library. He is sure the photos are there somewhere as he keeps finding photos as files (on his hard drive). Can you please help? Hi Paul! I feel your pain—or your son’s pain, that...
Jayne writes: Is it possible to change the contact form defaults [in iOS]? When I tap to add a phone, email or address, the default label for these is “home,” but 99 percent of the time that I am inputting contacts, I want it to be “work,”...
Recently, I wrote a tip about how to set your iPhone to alert you whenever you get email from “VIPs”—friends, loved-ones, colleagues, and other special someones you’ve nominated for very-important status. Not bad, readers said, but is there any way...
Got a PDF you need to sign? One of the Mac’s niftiest tricks is its ability to snap a photo of your signature and paste it onto the dotted line of any PDF, but now there’s an even easier way for your iMac or MacBook to capture your John Hancock. Thanks to...
Both iOS (on the iPhone and iPad) and OS X (on the Mac) let you view open Safari tabs on all your iCloud-connected devices—meaning, for example, you can use your iPhone to see which Safari tabs you have open on your Mac. Neat, right? But here’s a nifty little...
