Billion dollar industry changer: New cars should come with a pattern of random little single point dents in the hood and roof as standard. Like distressed jeans. Market it as “each car is unique.” Then minor hail damage is no longer an expensive insurance claim and hassle to fix.

🧭 Mac Safari Tip 🧑‍💻 You probably know that you can switch search engines in Mac Safari in Safari, Settings. 💁‍♀️ But did you know you can simply press the spacebar with the address/search field selected, and then a menu appears for you to switch easily?

Here's today's MacMost tutorial: 10 Reasons Why You Should Be Using iCloud Photos If you aren't yet using iCloud Photos, watch to find out why I love it so much and consider it to be one of the best parts of the Apple ecosystem. youtu.be/IE-x3hl3Ze0 #macOS

🍎 Mac Tip 🙈 If you don't need to see your external drives, connected devices and network drives on your Mac Desktop, you can easily remove them. Go to Finder ▶ Settings. You can always find them later in the Finder by using the left sidebar or the Go menu.

Just posted this: How To Batch Process Images With Pixelmator Pro At first, Pixelmator Pro doesn't seem to have any batch processing features. But in fact it uses Shortcuts to allow you to do some powerful batch processing. youtu.be/etF2Ki02jPk #macOS

New MacMost video: 19 Ways To Use Copy And Paste On Your Mac Beyond the Basics We all use Copy and Paste for text. But here are some other ways you can use Copy and Paste on your Mac such as moving files, applying styles, new image documents, and text from images. youtu.be/nCqqAXFUw5o #macOS

Tomorrow is DeCAF (Denver Comics & Arts Festival) at a great new location a block from the Denver Art Museum. So many great local and national artists selling their comics directly. I’m a sponsor and will be around too. Check it out if you are in the area! Free to attend. www.coloradocomics.org

Did you know Apple has a web page that shows the status of all iCloud and Apple online services? Useful for when things aren't working and you wonder if it is just you, or everyone. Bookmark it. www.apple.com/support/syst...

New MacMost video: How To Troubleshoot Formulas In Mac Numbers It can be frustrating to deal with errors or wrong answers in spreadsheets. But Numbers provides many ways to help you troubleshoot problems. youtu.be/HQMA1Hu9K60 #macOS

Here's today's MacMost tutorial: Learn How To Use Stage Manager On Your Mac In 5 Minutes Stage Manager is one way you can manage lots of windows on your Mac's desktop at the same time. Learn the basics and give it a try. But it isn't for everyone. youtu.be/DLXhnL0Xoos #macOS

My video for today: How To Erase and Reformat A New Drive For Your Mac macmost.com/how-to-erase...

In November 1984 Apple bought every ad space in Newsweek to feature the Macintosh. It was the "what it can do" ad to accompany the "brand" ad on TV (the famous "1984" spot). You can see it all right here: archive.org/details/News...

NextDoor: Here are the notifications I want to receive from you: • None. • (end of list) Why do you make me go through endless menus to turn off each one? Why do you then reset them all to "yes" every year or so and make me do it again?

Just posted this: 5 Ways To Convert Audio Files On Your Mac If you need to convert audio files from one format to another, you have a variety of ways to do it with things that are built-in to macOS. youtu.be/riZwkM2dEx8 #macOS

Here's today's MacMost tutorial: 10 Weird macOS Features That Are Somewhat Useful (2026) There are some strange and hidden features in macOS. Here are 10 that are also somewhat useful. youtu.be/fAxVVdokzJc #macOS

Just posted this: Learn How To Use and Customize Keyboard Shortcuts On a Mac In 5 Minutes A quick start guide to finding and using keyboard shortcuts and how to create your own and modify existing ones through System Settings. youtu.be/12_s6k_mCOg #macOS

Here's today's MacMost tutorial: 10 Ways To Clean Up Your Mac Menu Bar If the right side of your Menu Bar is too cluttered, here are some techniques for cleaning it up by shrinking, removing, reorganizing or relocating the items there. youtu.be/s_hrS2Qkvlo #macOS

Just posted this: 10 Tips For Cropping In the Mac Photos App The cropping tool in Mac Photos can be used to remove portions of a photo or recenter it on what is important. youtu.be/gOdy6r-4f1o #macOS

Today’s MacMost video: Creating An Index Of Illustrations In Pages Documents You can use the Table Of Contents functionality in Pages for more than just a basic table of contents. You can also use it as an index to content like images, illustrations, tables and charts. youtu.be/ZOlvkH06qL0 #macOS

Just posted this: How To Have Your Mac Speak Text To You You can easily have your Mac read selected text out loud. You can select the voice and speed. You can add a keyboard shortcut and have it highlight text so you can follow along. youtu.be/-G4ZArobKps #macOS

New MacMost video: How To Use Mac Quick Look In 5 Minutes Quick Look is a powerful previewing tool built right into macOS. You can use it to view and sometimes work with files without opening them in an app. youtu.be/H_zWrbmIUXo #macOS

Posted today: How To Create Simple Customizable Photo Slideshows On Your iPhone By using the free Keynote app you can build simple video slideshows and only enhance them with transitions and text that you like. youtu.be/-QaLP_AubF8 #macOS

New MacMost video: How To Highlight Text In Mac Screenshots The screenshot tool in macOS does a lot of things very well, but highlighting text isn't one of them. But you can still do it using many different techniques. youtu.be/7OXj5BWMFcY #macOS

Check out my latest video: Learn How To Use Numbers In 5 Minutes If you are looking for a quick way to get up to speed with Mac Numbers, this tutorial takes you through the basics in just 5 minutes. Learn how to store data, sort, filter, and how to use formulas. youtu.be/WYrAInDRu3g #macOS

Check out my latest video: How To Prepare Your iPhone For An Emergency Set up the Medical ID and Emergency SOS features of your iPhone today so those features are ready to help you when you need them. youtu.be/0W8KOCF1SFA #macOS

New MacMost video: My Favorite Apple Products From the Last 50 Years Happy Birthday Apple! Here's a personal look back at some of the best Apple products. youtu.be/F1g5CeADt2w #macOS

Here's today's MacMost tutorial: Project: Import Stocks With a Shortcut The Stocks app has no way to import a list of Stocks, but you can use Shortcuts to do it. Learn some Shortcuts skills with this simple project. youtu.be/BrOUjosGPsM #macOS

Check out my latest video: Using Freeform For Visual To-Do Lists And Kanban Boards You can use Freeform to manage your tasks in a very different way than you would in Reminders or Notes. You can create kanban boards or place tasks on a quadrant chart or matrix. youtu.be/KNSmBT7hvzU #macOS

I was a Mac Pro user from 2008 to 2021. When the Mac Studio came out it was so obviously exactly what I and many others needed that I never even considered the new Mac Pro. It is so easy to expand storage with Thunderbolt and really not necessary to have PCIe slots anymore. Today was no surprise.

New MacMost video: What's New In macOS 26.4 Here are 9 new features and changes you'll find in macOS 26.4 including Apple Creator Studio Content Hub support in Freeform, battery limit settings, and new Emoji characters. youtu.be/SLQPyOT5gJo

Check out my latest video: MacBook Neo Vs iPad The new low-cost MacBook is making many people wonder if they should get the MacBook Neo or an iPad. They are actually very different in many ways, but mostly in that only one is a Mac and runs macOS and Mac apps. youtu.be/luMF-BI1EBo #macOS

A new feature of macOS 26.4 is "Subtitle and caption settings are easier to find when viewing media, with real-time preview available directly from the captions icon." For the life of me I cannot seem to get anything like that to show up: Safari, TV, QuickTime Player. Anyone know how to see this?

Just posted this: Learn How To Use Spotlight In 5 Minutes Get up to speed on macOS Spotlight quickly with this guide. Learn the basics plus a few critical tips to get the most from Spotlight on your Mac. youtu.be/SqPykBY-rMc #macOS

Here's today's MacMost tutorial: How To Fix These 20 Mac Finder Annoyances There are many small ways to customize and use the Mac Finder that may get rid of small annoyances. Check out these settings and techniques. youtu.be/Z4sOc9vaRIk #macOS

Here's today's MacMost tutorial: 15 Tips For New MacBook Neo Users If you just bought a MacBook Neo here are some tips for using it, including some unique features that make it different from other MacBooks. youtu.be/7IJvHE08edE #macOS

New MacMost video: Project: Creating a Photo Collage Template In Pixelmator Pro Learn some Pixelmator Pro skills by building a photo collage template. Add placeholders for photos with frames, shadows and masking. Save the file to make it ready to be used over and over. youtu.be/fKaXs6k3NRk #macOS

Here's today's MacMost tutorial: MacBook Neo Full Review Here's my full review of the new MacBook Neo. How is the MacBook Neo different than other MacBooks? How does it perform and what are the downsides? Is the MacBook Neo right for you? youtu.be/5NX0Qwm--Ig #macOS

👨🏻‍💻 Working on a general "review" type video for the MacBook Neo this morning. I don't usually do reviews like that, but I've just been getting a lot of questions so I thought it may help to have a general video like that. 🤔 Let me know if you have any questions about it!

Just posted this: How Well Does the MacBook Neo Perform? Watch as I use the MacBook Neo to work with documents, open files, push it to the limit with browser tabs, build and export audio and video, and more. youtu.be/ovrfeTgw5vM #macOS

This didn't make the cut for my upcoming video, but I played a bit of Cyberpunk 77 on my MacBook Neo today. Runs fine, even with screen recording going at the same time.

New MacMost video: Using Multiple Displays With Your Mac You can easily connect multiple displays to your Mac. Once you do, there are many ways to set them up and arrange them, and many options for how you can work. youtu.be/SWuORZGn9Jc #macOS

Here's today's MacMost tutorial: 15 Ways the MacBook Neo Is Different From Other MacBooks The MacBook Neo isn't just a cheaper version of the MacBook Air. It has some fundamental differences that make it a unique part of the Mac lineup. youtu.be/tI1KMbW73Ds #macOS

Here's today's MacMost tutorial: How To Move Your Mac Photos Library To An External Drive If your Photos library has outgrown your internal drive, you may want to consider moving it to an external drive. You can do this even if you are using iCloud Photos. youtu.be/rVs6ES115v0 #macOS

Just posted this: Apple Introduces New Affordable MacBook Neo Apple is trying to compete in the low-end affordable laptop market with a MacBook that uses an iPhone process and costs as little as $499 for students. youtu.be/rgvyOeVV5L4 #macOS

Just posted this: Tips For Searching For Files By Date Learn how to search for files on your Mac by date using the created, modified, last opened and date added properties of your files. You can search for files on a specific date, in a range or using combinations. youtu.be/099tDFy-fgc #macOS

💻 OK, so MacBook Neo ordered (Indigo, 512GB model, in case you were wondering). 🤗 Looking forward to doing real-world benchmarking to see how the A18 Pro and 8GB of RAM holds up. 🤔 Curious as to whether it will supplant my M2 MacBook Air as my laptop Mac.

New MacMost video: How To Safely Turn Off iCloud Drive If you want to turn off the iCloud Drive Desktop & Documents function, or turn of iCloud Drive completely, here is how to do so safely without losing any of your files. youtu.be/tUtPUFUfuJk #macOS

New MacMost video: How To Protect Your Mac From Malware You can protect your Mac from malware by following three simple rules. youtu.be/4ebOFPd755A #macOS

One thing that would make my life better right now is if I could put my YouTube channel in “weekend mode” and only accept new questions and comments M-F. But why not just stop checking them on weekends you say? Then I play catchup all Monday morning which is just as bad. #youtube

Here's the cleaned-up version of my live stream from today: Topic: Ways to Free Up Space On Your Mac If your Mac's drive is getting full, there are a variety of techniques you can use to clear out some space. No third-party apps are needed. macmost.com/live-ways-to... #macOS