The MacMost Newsletter: Issue #653 July 8, 2021
The 4 Basic Techniques Every Mac User Needs To Master Here are the four techniques that you need to master to use your Mac effectively. You need to learn the ins-and-outs of the Menu Bar, Drag and Drop, the Context Menu, and Copy and Paste. Each one is a basic skill, but also goes deeper. Learn to use these four tehcniques well and you can do much more with your Mac.
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Watch at YouTube How To Blur the Background Of a Photo On a Mac There are many ways to blur the background of a photo. Here are two methods that use the third-party apps Pixelmator Pro and Affinity Photo, and then two methods using built-in Mac apps Preview and Keynote.
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Watch at YouTube 10 Useful Numbers Cell Formatting Examples Often the solution to a problem in Numbers isn't to use a formula, but to use custom cell formatting. See some practical examples such as adding units, abbreviating large numbers, replacing 0 values with blanks, showing hexadecimal numbers and much more.
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Watch at YouTube How To Create a Keyboard Shortcut To Open a File In a Specific App Sometimes just having one default app to open a file type isn't enough. With documents like images and text files, you often open files in different apps in different situations. Instead of using the context menu to open the document, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to open the document in a specific app.
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Watch at YouTube Using Your Mac's Built-In Photo Filters Hidden on your Mac is a set of image filters that you can use on your image files. You can access them in an Automator action, which means you can easily build a simple app that will allow you to apply them to an image quickly. Access filters like blur, comic book, pixelate, neon, and so many more. You can even use this to quickly resize images.
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Watch at YouTube MacMost Recommendations I'm often asked about the software and gadgets I use to produce the MacMost videos and in my work as a developer. So I've compiled a list of the products I use and recommend.
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