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https://macmost.com/e-1627 When you use iCloud Drive, your files are stored on your Mac, Apple’s iCloud Drive server, and also any other Macs using iCloud Drive with your Apple ID. When you save or modify a new file, it is automatically mirrored on the server and your other Macs. If you wish to save storage space on a Mac, you can turn on the Optimize Mac Storage option to have some files automatically offloaded from that Mac, even though they will still be represented by an icon and can be reloaded by simply attempting to access the file.

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https://macmost.com/e-1626 You can resize a window in the Finder and almost any app by clicking and dragging on the edges or corners of a window. You can use the Option key to drag opposite sides or all sides at once. The sides of a window will stop at the edges of the screen. You can also double-click a corner or edge to move that side to the edge of the screen or fill the entire screen without going into full screen mode.

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https://macmost.com/e-1625 You can adjust the volume and brightness on your Mac and iOS devices in various ways. On a Mac, you can use modifier keys along with the function keys for fine adjustments. You can also use the sliders in System Preferences. In iOS on the iPhone and iPad you can use the Control Center to make fine adjustments to volume and brightness.

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https://macmost.com/e-1624 If you need to rotate video a small amount to correct a camera tilt or create a special effect, you can’t do it with iMovie or QuickTime Player. However, you can use Keynote to rotate video. This involves a small Keynote project with just the video, plus a rotation, and then an export. You need to make adjustments to avoid leaving blank corners.

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https://macmost.com/e-1623 If you have video recorded in the wrong orientation, you can rotate it after you add it to the iMovie timeline. You can also change the original file by opening it in QuickTime Player, rotating it, and saving a new version. If you need to rotate video in Photos, you’ll have to export the video, rotate it in QuickTime Player, and then import the new version back into Photos.

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https://macmost.com/e-1622 You can do a lot with Workflow, including taking selected text and running it through Workflow actions. In this example, we’ll take selected text on a web site, run it through Workflow where it will translate it to French, and then speak the translated text with your iPhone’s French voice. You can also provide other text, or even pre-translated text to the actions for a handy travel helper.

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https://macmost.com/e-1621 An alternative to using Spotlight or the Finder to search for files is to use the Find command in the Terminal. You can search for files by name and refund the search by location, time and other factors. While not useful for everyday file searches, this could be used to search through large libraries of files for particular results.

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https://macmost.com/e-1620 If you turn on the right options on your iPhone and Mac, you can receive and place phone calls via the FaceTime app on your Mac. These calls can be from or to a non-Apple ID number or even a landline.

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https://macmost.com/e-1619 Smart quotes will allow you to type the same double and single quote keys on your keyboard but get different curly quotes in the correct direction in your text. It uses the character before the quote to determine which character to show. You can turn this feature off and on and use Undo to get straight quotes in individual cases.

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https://macmost.com/e-1618 You can export a still frame image from a video many different ways with the software that comes with your Mac. If you are already in iMovie, you can use the sharing function to export an image from the current frame in the timeline or a library clip. In Photos you can save a frame in a video to your Photos library as a picture, and you can also copy the current frame and paste it into another app. The easiest way is with QuickTime Player where you can copy the current frame and then paste it into Preview or any other app that handles images.

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