MacMost Newsletter Issue #743 for March 30, 2023

Masking Images With Shapes In Keynote and Freeform

You can easily mask images with basic or complex shapes in Keynote, Freeform, Pages and Numbers. You can also use multiple shapes in a mask by first uniting them. You can also use text as a mask by choosing the image as the color fill for the text.
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25 Useful Safari Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know

Learn some keyboard shortcuts to speed up your Safari browsing experience.
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How To Batch Process Images With Mac Preview

If you need to change several image files at once, adjusting their sizes and maybe exporting in a new format, you can do it with Preview on your Mac.
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Dealing With Reverb In a Home Office

I moved to a new office this week and the audio properties of this room are very different than my last. I'm working to reduce the reverb (echo) and while doing so, discovered that measuring reverb is both harder and easier than I thought.

A Look at Google Bard

Google Bard is their competitor to ChatGPT. Similar in many ways, one advantage to Bard is to knows what is going on in the world today, not 6 months ago.

Clean Up the Right Side of Your Menu Bar

The right side of your Mac's menu bar can get crowded with lots of menu bar icons from system settings or third-party apps. Learn how to remove some and access the same functions almost as easily.
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MacMost Shorts This Week

Type To Siri: YouTube
Silence Unknown Callers: TikTok, YouTube, Instagram

The Tech Enthusiast Hour Podcast:

AI-generated voices. Are they good or evil? Replacing a landline with a geeky VOIP service. Subscribe at iTunes...

MacMost Recommendations

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