Quick Tip! Pin Your Chats in Messages for Faster Access
A new feature of Messages in both iOS 14 and macOS 11 Big Sur is the option to pin up to nine conversations at the top of the conversation list for easy access. No longer do you have to worry about them scrolling out of sight. On an iPhone or iPad, touch and hold a...
Four Easy Ways to Reduce Zoom Burnout
Why are video calls so exhausting when all you’re doing is sitting around and talking? Here’s the word from Stanford University researchers, along with advice on making those non-stop calls less tiring.
Intuit Stopped Updating the QuickBooks Online Mac App; Time To Switch to a Web Browser
If you’re using QuickBooks Online with the service’s Mac app to manage your business’s accounting, you may have seen a message like the one below announcing that Intuit has stopped updating the QuickBooks Online app. This doesn’t affect your QuickBooks Online account, which you can and should use via a Web browser at qbo.intuit.com now. […]
How to: Paste Text So Its Style Matches the Surrounding Text
When you copy text from a Web page, PDF, or word processing document, macOS usually includes the associated formatting, so the words you paste may end up in 68-point blue italic if that was what the source text looked like. That’s often undesirable. More commonly, you want the text to take on the styling of...
How-To: Manage Your Apple Purchases and Subscriptions on the Mac and iPhone
Ever had a hard time figuring out what you’ve bought from Apple or canceling a subscription for an app or service you no longer use? Read this article to learn how to manage your purchases and subscriptions.
Quick Tip: A Shortcut to Create an Instant Slideshow from a Folder of Images
<img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/a-quick-shortcut-to-create-an-instant-slideshow-from-a-folder-of-images.jpg">You probably know that you can select an image in the Finder and press the Space bar to preview it in a Quick Look window. And you may know that you can use the arrow keys to preview other files in the same folder without closing and reopening the Quick Look window. But did you […]
How-To: Keep Your Mac Quiet at Night and During Presentations with Do Not Disturb
<img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/keep-your-mac-quiet-at-night-and-during-presentations-with-do-not-disturb.jpg">We’re all accustomed to the Do Not Disturb feature on our iPhones since they’re with us for most of the day and often spend the night next to the bed. But Apple long ago added Do Not Disturb to the Mac as well, and it’s useful for muting your Mac at night to eliminate unnecessary […]
Avoid Mail Quotas, Improve Performance, and Reduce Clutter By Archiving Your Damn Email
Would you be distraught if you lost your email? Do you need to reduce server usage to stay under a mail quota? Or perhaps you need a copy of a previous employee’s communications. The answer is email archiving, and you can learn more about it here:
Make Editing Easier with Show Invisibles
Ever wondered if there’s a way to see the spaces, tabs, and returns that are typically invisible in your word processing and page layout documents? There almost certainly is—read on for our guide to the most popular Mac apps.
For The Love Of Pete! Stop Storing Confidential Files in Online File Sharing Services
Seriously. Stop doing this one thing!
