Address Book/Contacts
Create Smart Groups in the Contacts Application
Easily Share your Address Book Contacts with Others
How to See What Groups a Contact Belongs To in Address Book
How to set a custom ringtone for a contact
Protect your Mac Contacts Data by Archiving It
Send a Message or Email Directly from the Contacts app
Sync Google Contacts with Your Mac’s Contacts Application
Apple Apps
Convert Temperatures using Calculator
Create Links to an E-mail Message in the Notes App
Create a New Reminder from an E-mail Message
Getting Started with Automator
Location of the iWork Templates folder
How to Fix Capitalization in TextEdit with the Transformations Feature
How to Share a Reminders List with Others
How to stop Apple Pay from displaying when you double-tap the Home button
How to Use Tables in the Apple Notes App
Manage the PDFs on your Mac with iBooks
Make a Video Call on your Mac with Facetime
Preview Fonts on your Mac using Font Book
Quickly Find an Application in LaunchPad
Turn TextEdit into a Word Processor by Inserting Tables
Use Calculator’s Advanced Functions
Using the Notes Application in Mountain Lion
Save Loads of Time by using Apple’s Services
Apps – Productivity
5 Professional Project Management Applications for the Mac
Automate Your Mac to Run Scheduled Tasks
Bean – A Powerful Word Processing Alternative for the Mac
Cobook – a Slick Contact Management App
Dispatch – An Action-based Email App
Fantastical – a Handy and Flexible Mac Calendar
GrowlVoice – a Handy Google Voice Utility for the Mac
Hazel – An Essential Mac App that Does Your Filing For You
Never Forget an Appointment using the Due App
Netnewswire – an excellent RSS Reader
PaperKarma – Reduce Unwanted Junk Mail
Paprika – an Excellent Recipe Manager for iOS and Mac
Postbox – A Powerful Alternative to Apple Mail
Review of DevonThink – an Excellent Document Manager
Schedule a Task With Keyboard Maestro
Speed Up the Loading of Your Applications Folder
ToDoIst – A Powerful Yet Streamlined Task Management System
Track your Time and Expenses with the OfficeTime App
Trello – a Flexible Visual Project & Task Management Tool
Two Excellent Software Applications to Clone Your Mac
TTimer – a Simple Timer Application
Use Coffee Break to be More Productive
Using the Command + L keystroke combination
Why Implementing a Text-Based Workflow using nvAlt is a Good Idea
Calendar
Add or Edit a Calendar Event Without Using Your Mouse
Adding a Quick Calendar Event in Mountain Lion
Quicklky Hide All Mac Calendars Except for One
Finder (macOS)
10 Keyboard Shortcuts to Quickly Navigate your Mac’s Finder
5 Ways to Eject an External Drive from your Mac
6 Ways to Hide an Application on your Mac
Add the Hidden Library Folder to the Sidebar
Always Display the Scroll Bars is OS X
Automatically Close All Documents when Quitting an Application
Change File Associations for just a Single File
Change File Associations using the Get Info Window
Choose Which Columns Display in the Finder Window
Color Code Finder Items using Labels
Combat Screen Clutter using Full Screen Mode
Compress Files Quickly into .Zip Format
Create an Impromptu Slideshow Using a Keyboard Shortcut
Create your own All My Files in your Mac’s Sidebar
Create Stationery Pad Documents
Cut and Paste (Move) Finder Items
Cycle Through All Open Windows on your Mac using a Keyboard Shortcut
Displays the Size of All Your Folders in the Mac Finder Window
Exclude Categories of Items from your Spotlight Searches
Expand all Finder Subfolders with One Mouse Click
Finding Files from the Finder Window in Mac OS X
Finding Files on your System using Spotlight
Find the Path of a File from the Spotlight Results List
Hide All Finder Windows Except for One
Hide All Open Windows on your Mac
Hide an Application and its Windows from View
How to Access Recent Folders & Recent Files on your Mac
How to Add Custom Icons to Your Folders and Drives
How to Add Folders and Files to the Finder Toolbar
How to Add Keyboard Shortcuts to Mac Services
How to Easily Compress Files into Zip Format
How to Insert the Apple Logo in Documents
How To Lock A File Or Group Of Files
How to Navigate Folder Hierarchy in Lion
How to Turn Off AutoCorrect in iOS and your Mac
How to View Two Windows in Split View on your Mac
Keep Folders on Top When sorting in Sierra
Limit Spotlight Searches on Your Mac
Limit Spotlight Searches on Your Mac – Part 2
Maintain Privacy by Excluding Files and Folders from Spotlight Searches
Moving and Copying folders & files using the Folder Proxy icon
Navigate Menus Using Only Your Keyboard
Obtain the Path of a Spotlight Preview Search Item
Obtain Information for Multiple Files in the Get Info Window
Organize Files on your Mac using Tags
Print a List of Files in a Folder on your Mac
Print from Chrome Using the System Dialog
Print to PDF using only Two Keystrokes
Quickly Encrypt an External Disk from the Finder
Quickly Hide the Toolbar in Finder and Application Windows
Revert Back to Color-Coded Finder Buttons
Restore Deleted Files or Folders in Mac OS X
Restore the “All Files” Folder back to the Sidebar
Save Hours of Time with Mac OS X’s Services
Save Mouse Clicks by Creating a Menu Keyboard Shortcut
Set Save Folder Without Having to Drill Down
Sorting the Contents of a Folder in Mountain Lion
Stop Showing Warnings before Emptying the Trash
Switch to a Minimized Application Window
Temporarily Display the Dock when in Full Screen View
Toggle the Display of the Finder Toolbar & Sidebar
Turn Off Those Annoying Desktop Sounds on Your Mac
Using Keyboard Shortcuts from the Save As Dialog on your Mac
Use emoji Characters for a File or Folder Name on your Mac
Use the Get Info Window in OS X
Using the Slide Show Feature in Quick Look
When a Mac File Is Actually A Folder
Work faster by using Typing Shortcuts
Working with Finder Tabs on your Mac
Gmail
How to enable Gmail’s Auto-Destruct Confidential Mode
iOS
A Perfect iPad Stand from Amazon Basics
Connect your Mac to your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot
Create a Mix of Ambient Sounds with the Nozio App
Find Great Last Minute Deals of Hotels, Flights & Car Rentals using the Priceline iOS App
How to Add Onto a Recording in the Voice Memos App
How to Automatically Download iOS Purchases or App Updates
How to control the volume of your iPhone’s alarm
How to Quickly Delete all Pictures from your iPhone
How to Make Your iPhone More Secure
How to Sign PDFs in the Dropbox app
How to Turn off PIcture in Picture in iOS
Marvel Unlimited – a Subscription Services for the Comic Book Aficionado
Tune Your Musical Instrument using the Pano Tuner App
How to Use the Magnifier Feature in iOS
How to Turn Off AutoCorrect in iOS and your Mac
Naturespace – an iOS app to Help You Relax
Receive Text Messages on Your iPad
SnagFilms – Watch Independent Movies on your iOS Device
Spark for iPad is Finally Here – and it’s Fantastic!
Streaks – an Elegant Habit-building App
Symbolay – an iOS App to Insert Symbols in your Text Messages or Documents
The Posing App – the Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Photographers
Take Photos in JPEG Format Instead of HEIF
Track your Steps with Pedometer++
Transform Your Photos into Cartoons with ToonCamera
Turn off App Store Auto-Renew Subscriptions
Why I Consider IMDB an Essential iOS App
iCloud
Disable iCloud Save and Close Dialog Boxes
Display iCloud Files in the Finder
Easily Share Your iCloud Documents with Others
Only show iCloud Dialog Boxes for Specific Applications
Quickly Jump to iCloud from Finder using a Keyboard Shortcut
iTunes/Apple Music/Music
Displays iTunes Songs that are not in any Playlist
Guide to Using the iTunes Match Service
How to Add Missing Artwork in iTunes
How to Skip Certain Songs when Shuffling in iTunes
How to Unsubscribe from Apple Music
Looking for an iTunes Alternative? Give Ecoute a Try!
Manage Your iTunes Library with Doug’s AppleScripts!
Manually Adding Artwork in iTunes
Navigating in iTunes with your Mouse
Never Pay Full Price for an iTunes Gift Card
Spotify – a Solid Alternative to iTunes
Save Text to an iTunes Audio File
Switch Media Types in iTunes on your Mac using Keyboard Shortcuts
Syncing your IOS device with iTunes via Wi-Fi
Transfer your iTunes Library from your iPhone or iPod to your Mac
Turn off App Store Auto-Renew Subscriptions
Using iTunes Match to Upgrade Your Library
Using Multiple iTunes Libraries
Vox – Another Excellent iTunes Alternative
Mac Mail & Messaging
Create Tasks from Email Messages in Apple Mail
Display Two Hidden Address Fields in Apple Mail
Knowing When to Reply To or When to Redirect a Message
How to Attach an Image to a Text Message in Messages
How to Change the Default Email Client on Your Mac
How to Display the Hidden Priority Field in Apple Mail
How to Retain Formatting when Pasting in Apple Mail
Never Miss an Important E-Mail when using the VIP Feature
Save Time by Using Data Detectors in Apple Mail
Save Tons of Time in Apple Mail by using the Favorites Bar
Set Notification Preferences for New E-mail Messages
Specify the Format for Apple Mail Messages
Toggle the “Read” Status of Messages in Mail
View and Remove Previous Recipients in Apple Mail
Microsoft Office
How to Backup your Microsoft Word or Excel for Mac Macros
How to Insert Special Characters or Symbols in Microsoft 2011 Documents
How to Print Two-Sided in Microsoft Word
Standard Toolbar Disappears in Excel 2011
Misc
Cool off your Macbook with a ventilated laptop stand
Traveling with the iPad – A Cautionary Tale
Upgrade to an SSD Drive to Speed Up a Sluggish Mac
OS X/macOS
11 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts When Working with Text
Another Way to Force a Mac Application to Quit
Access the Recently-Opened File List Using your Keyboard
Automatically Add a Period When Double-spacing on your Mac
Bypass Gatekeeper when Installing Software in Mountain Lion
How to Cut & Paste Files and Folders in Mountain Lion
How to rearrange the icons on your Mac’s Menu Bar
How to Quickly Add Accents & Symbols to Letters in Mountain Lion
How to Quickly Close All Applications at Once on your Mac
How to turn off the Shake Mouse Pointer to Locate feature in macOS
Insert Special Characters Using Only the Keyboard
Save Time by using Global Hotkeys on your Mac
Mavericks Nearly Killed My Mac – and How I Fixed It
Manage Location Services in OS X
Modify Notification Center Settings in Mountain Lion
Quickly Find Menubar Commands on your Mac
Safeguarding Access to Your Contacts
Setting Up Your Mac’s Firewall
Using an External Monitor with a Laptop
Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Log Out of your Mac
Using the Hidden Save As Feature in Mountain Lion
Using the New Dictation Feature in OS X Mountain Lion
Using the New Reminders App in Mountain Lion
OS X/macOS System Settings
Add the Character Viewer to the Menu Bar
Add the Duplicate command to Keyboard Preferences in Lion
Choose Your Mac’s Startup Drive
Disable the Resume Feature in Lion
Display the Notification Center using a Keyboard Shortcut
Finding Files on your Mac using Spotlight
How I Was Able to Speed Up Lion
How to Disable Caps Lock on your Mac
How to display the Library folder in Mac OS X Lion
How to Get Rid of the Clutter on your Mac’s Desktop
How to Quickly Find your Mac’s Serial Number
How to Set a Firmware Password in Lion
How to Stop Dock Icons from Bouncing for your Attention
How to Stop Icons from Bouncing on the Dock
How to use the Mac F Keys as Standard Function Keys
Organize your Apps with Launchpad
Organize your Files with Lion’s New Arrange Command
Quick and Easy Screenshots in Mac OS X
Quickly Create a New Folder from Selected Files
Remap Modifier Keys in Mac OS X
Remove the Splatting Noice when Adjusting your Mac’s Volume
Stop Clicking in Mac Dialog Boxes – Tab Instead
Switch Speaker Devices from the Menu Bar
Syncing your IOS device with iTunes via Wi-Fi
Turn off Warning Messages When Emptying Trash
Use Lion’s AutoCorrect Feature
Use your Web Browser to set a Desktop Image
Photos
How to upload from iPhoto to Facebook
How to use Multiple iPhoto Libraries
Images uploaded from iPhoto not displaying on Facebook
Take a Timed Selfie with your iPhone
Use Your Flagged Photo Images as a Screensaver
Preview
Annotate PDF Documents in the Preview App
Apply Image Adjustments using the Preview App
Create an Image from the Clipboard using Preview
Crop an Image in Preview in 2 Easy Steps
Display Mac’s Built-in Magnifying Glass in the Preview App
How to Remove Location Information from Images
Insert One or More Pages into a PDF App in Preview
Insert Your Signature in Preview
Take Screen Shots using the Preview App
Quickly zoom in on any area of a document or image in Preview
Reduce an Image by a Specific Percentage in Preview
Using the Rotate button in Preview
Safari
10 Safari Keyboard Shortcuts You Can Use on Facebook
Add RSS Feeds to Safari in iOS
Change the Default Search Engine in Safari
Change Safari’s Default Search Engine to DuckDuckGo
Choose How Long to Keep Your History in Safari
E-mail a Link to a Webpage from Safari
How to Block Pop-Up Windows in Safari
How to Close All Open Tabs in Mobile Safari and Safari for Mac
How to Remove Plug-Ins in Safari
How to Save an Audio .MP3 File in Safari
How to Save a Safari Web Page to iBooks
How to See All of Safari’s Installed Plug-ins
Manage Safari History on your iOS Devices
Navigate Open Safari Tabs Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Quickly Fill In Forms using Safari’s AutoFill Feature
Read Web Pages Offline using Safari’s Reading List Feature
Specify a Minimum Font Size for all Web sites in Safari
Share a Web Page with Others in Safari
Stop Safari from Asking You to Allow Push Notifications for Websites
Suppress Pop-Up Ads in Safari with Glimmerblocker
Take Control Of Your Top Sites In Safari
How to use Reader View in Safari
Use Safari’s Download Windows to Manage Downloads
Ways to Share a Web Page in Safari with Others
System Preferences
4 Mac Features To Make It Easier To See Your Screen
Control Your Mac Using Menulets
How to Add and Remove Login Items
Time Machine
Back up to Multiple Time Machine Disks
Exclude Files and Folders from Time Machine Backups
How to Encrypt a Time Machine Disk
Utilities
Activity Monitor – Change the appearance of its Dock icon
Assign the Spotify Play/Pause Action to a Keyboard Shortcut using Automator
BetterZip – A Powerful File Archiving Tool
Capture Any Text in a Sticky Note With One Keystroke
Change Location of Dropbox Folder on your Mac
Delete Orphaned Files with AppCleaner
ForeverSave – an Excellent File Versioning Utility
Find a Stolen or Lost Mac with Find My Mac
Get Weather Alerts in your Mac Menubar
Grab – A Nifty Utility for Capturing Your Screen
How to Automatically Save Screenshots to Dropbox on your Mac
How to Erase Free Space on your Hard Drive
How to Install Windows 10 using VMWare Fusion 5
How to Install Windows 8 using VMWare Fusion 5
Import Photos from your iPhone with Image Capture
The Importance of Creating an Emergency Stick
Insert Special Characters and Symbols into your Documents
MacDVD Ripper Pro – Rip & Convert DVDs All from One App
Make Markdown Even Easier with Markdown Services
Make Writing on the Web Easier by using MultiMakdown
Monitor your Outgoing Connections with Hands Off!
Organize your Menu Bar apps with Bartender
Protect your Privacy with Little Snitch
Quickly Access Your Cloud Files with CloudMounter
Share Dropbox Files and Folders on your Mac with Just a Mouse Click
Take Screenshots of your Mac using the Terminal Application
Sample Any Color on your Screen with DigitalColor Meter
Send to Kindle – a Nifty Little App for Kindle Users
Soulver – An Easy Yet Powerful Visual Calculator
Speed up File and Folder Management with Default Folder X
Use 1Password Smart Folders to Stay On Top of Password Maintenace
Use Name Mangler to Batch Rename your Files
Zoom In on Specific Portions of your Mac’s Screen
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