Category: Mac

17/3/2023 0 Comments

How to Redact Text in Preview on the Mac

I discovered a feature of the Preview app on the Mac recently - one that I had never noticed before.

It is the Redact feature - where you can securely 'black out' parts of a document so that it cannot be read, searched, etc. I will definitely be using that feature more in future, now that I know it is there!

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10/8/2022 0 Comments

Searching for a file on your Mac - using Search and Advanced Search

This morning I was looking for a video file on my Mac, and I know there are several versions of the video that I have recorded over time. I wanted the latest version, and decided to use the Search function to get to it quickly.

When Searching in Finder, I popped in a word from the name of the file and then added some extra search criteria, to limit the search results to files that have that word in the filename, and to only find video files. I then used various techniques (sorting by date, viewing the file's metadata, finding the file's location) to fine the file that I needed.

I figured it worth recording how I did this, for those of you interested in learning about Searching in Finder.

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28/6/2022 0 Comments

Could your MacBook be eligible for free service or replacement of its troublesome keyboard?

Last week, I visited an iTandCoffee client who was having problems with her 2018 MacBook Pro's keyboard. Certain keys were sticking and it was driving her crazy.

I remembered that, about three years ago, I was having the same problem with my own 2017 MacBook Pro. I had discovered during a visit to an Apple Authorised Repairer that my computer was eligible for the keyboard service program, which Apple had put in place after acknowledging deficiencies with the keyboard on that model of MacBook Pro. The entire keyboard of my own MacBook Pro had been replaced.

So we checked if that service program was still available, and whether her MacBook Pro qualified.

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21/5/2022 0 Comments

Great New features of the Notes app - Tags, Quick Notes, Mentions, Add Link

In the May 2022 User Group on Friday 22/5, one of the topics raised was about using the Quick Note feature that was introduced in iPadOS 15.

We had a look at this feature, the settings associated with it and then at the Tags feature that also arrived with iPadOS 15.

These new features are also available in the Notes app on the Mac, and I use them day in, day out, especially the Quick Notes feature.

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5/11/2021 0 Comments

macOS Monterey has arrived - and it seems pretty stable already

The newest version of the Mac operating system, macOS 12 Monterey, was released a couple of weeks ago on 25th October.

So the big question is - should you proceed with the upgrade to macOS Monterey? And what does it include?

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16/7/2021 0 Comments

A common misconception about your Mac and iCloud

I was contacted for help in relation to a MacBook that had been dropped and, as a result, had a screen that wasn't working.

When I asked whether there was a backup for the MacBook, the owner of the Mac thought that iCloud was backing up the Mac - which was definitely not the case.

Here's the truth about iCloud and Mac backups.

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27/6/2021 0 Comments

How to add a link to some text in an email - in Mac Mail and Outlook for Windows or Mac

When you want to sent a hyperlink to a web page as part of an email, it is nice to be able to put some text like "Click here to view the article" instead of what might be a very long-winded URL (i.e. the address of the web page).

Let me explain what mean. As an example, I have an link to a web page that has an interesting article about Women in Technology, and I want to send this article to a friend.

I could just copy and paste the following link into the email.

https://timeline.com/women-pioneered-computer-programming-then-men-took-their-industry-over-c2959b822523?gi=e05845aed6d7.

Alternatively, I can type the "Here is a good article about women in technology" and add a link behind the text so that it looks like this

Here is a good article about women in technology

Here is how to add the link to text in the email.

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15/6/2021 0 Comments

Quickly deleting files, folders and photos on the Mac - and how to delete characters to the right of your cursor position

One of the common questions asked during classes about the Mac relates to deleting files and folders - whether there is quick way to delete files, one that avoids having to drag the file/folder to the trash can at bottom right!

Just hitting the delete key on the keyboard doesn't allow such deletion.

Another common question is about how to delete characters to the right on Mac given that, unlike with a Windows keyboard, there are not separate keys for 'backspace' and 'delete'.

There is only the delete key, which deletes text to the left.

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12/6/2021 0 Comments

How do you export photos from Mac's Photos app to a folder, USB stick or external hard drive?

This question comes up very regularly from Mac users. Just this week, I assisted a client who needed to get her photos downloaded from iCloud Photo Library without turning on iCloud Photo Library on her Mac. (Here's a separate article describing how to do this.)

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31/5/2021 0 Comments

How to make Chrome your default Web Browser on the Mac

In a recent newsletter, I talked about why I choose to use Safari instead of Chrome - most of the time.

If you do want or need to make Chrome your default browser, how do you tell your Mac to always open links in Chrome instead of Safari?

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How to Redact Text in Preview on the Mac

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Great New features of the Notes app - Tags, Quick Notes, Mentions, Add Link

macOS Monterey has arrived - and it seems pretty stable already

A common misconception about your Mac and iCloud

How to add a link to some text in an email - in Mac Mail and Outlook for Windows or Mac

Quickly deleting files, folders and photos on the Mac - and how to delete characters to the right of your cursor position

How do you export photos from Mac's Photos app to a folder, USB stick or external hard drive?

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