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  • Managing a Video Library On Your Mac (MacMost #1961)

    Managing a Video Library On Your Mac (MacMost #1961)

    https://macmost.com/e-1961 Instead of storing your videos in the Photos app with your pictures, consider storing them as files in a folder in the Finder. You can place this folder on your iCloud Drive, on your local drive only, or on an external drive. You can organize them using file names, subfolders, tags and comments. You…

  • Use Hide Instead Of Minimize On Your Mac (MacMost #1960)

    Use Hide Instead Of Minimize On Your Mac (MacMost #1960)

    https://macmost.com/e-1960 Many people overuse the minimize button to get applications and windows out of the way. In most cases, it is more efficient to use the Hide command to simply hide the app. Hidden apps can be quickly and easy brough back and you won’t clutter your Dock with minimized windows. Today using tabs in…

  • Building an Automator Script To Snap Windows Into Position (MacMost #1959)

    Building an Automator Script To Snap Windows Into Position (MacMost #1959)

    https://macmost.com/e-1959 If you would like to precisely position your application windows without using any third-party tool, you can build a versatile script in Automator to snap windows to portions of your screen. You can give yourself multiple options such as the Left Third, Right Two-Thirds, corners or anything you can come up with. Then you…

  • How To Figure Out What Is Taking Up Space On Your Mac (MacMost #1958)

    How To Figure Out What Is Taking Up Space On Your Mac (MacMost #1958)

    https://macmost.com/e-1958 When you Mac’s hard drive is almost full, you can investigate and figure out what is using the space by simply using the Finder. There is no need to buy a third-party app to manage your hard drive. You start at the top and view all of your folders, digging down to see what…

  • Frequently Asked Questions About MacBook Batteries (MacMost #1957)

    Frequently Asked Questions About MacBook Batteries (MacMost #1957)

    https://macmost.com/e-1957 Many MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air owners want to know how to properly use and maintain their batteries. But there is a lot of bad information online. Learn what to expect from your MacBook’s battery, what you should and shouldn’t do to prolong battery life, how to tell if there is a problem,…

  • Hide Desktop Icons With an Automator App (MacMost #1956)

    Hide Desktop Icons With an Automator App (MacMost #1956)

    https://macmost.com/e-1956 If you have a cluttered Desktop, you may want to occasionally hide the icons. You can do this with third-party apps or Terminal commands. You can also write a very simple shell script in Automator and save it as an app. Then you can toggle the Desktop on or off with a simple click…

  • Creating Text Links In Mac Pages (MacMost #1955)

    Creating Text Links In Mac Pages (MacMost #1955)

    https://macmost.com/e-1955 You can set up bookmarks in a Pages word processing document and then create links in other text to jump to those bookmarks in PDF readers. With a new feature in Pages 8.1, you can also create links in page layout documents to jump from text to a specific page in the document. FOLLOW…

  • Filtered Row Insertion, Sheet Links and Other New Features of Numbers 6.1 (MacMost #1954)

    Filtered Row Insertion, Sheet Links and Other New Features of Numbers 6.1 (MacMost #1954)

    https://macmost.com/e-1954 The new version of Numbers makes things easier for those that use filters. You can also link text to other sheets in the same document and there is better performance and calculation precision. Numbers also gets the same text fill improvements as Pages and Keynote, as well as inline images and face recognition for…

  • New Text Fill Options In Pages and Keynote (MacMost #1953)

    New Text Fill Options In Pages and Keynote (MacMost #1953)

    https://macmost.com/e-1953 The new versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote allow you to fill text using a gradient or an image. You can use linear or radial gradients of two or more colors, change the angle and other options. You can fill with an image stretching that image to fit the text or tiling it across…

  • How To Zoom In With iMovie (MacMost #1952)

    How To Zoom In With iMovie (MacMost #1952)

    https://macmost.com/e-1952 You can use the Ken Burns cropping effect to zoom in to a portion of your video in iMovie. However, this cropping effect will continue over the entire length of your clip. To zoom in starting at a certain point and then to stay at the same zoom level for a while afterwards, you…