MacMost Newsletter Issue #736 for February 9, 2023

Announcing my latest course, Shortcuts: Automating Tasks On Your Mac. The course consists of four hours and 21 lessons of instruction that teach you how to create your own shortcuts in macOS Ventura.

Transform your productivity with the power of Shortcuts for Mac. Shortcuts lets you create automations that can control apps, process text and images, manipulate files and streamline your productivity tasks.

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-- Gary

10 Uses For the Copy Subject Function In macOS

The Copy Subject tool in macOS lets you lift the subject from the background of a photo or remove the background and leave the subject. You can use this to do a variety of things like make social media profile pictures, Contacts images, iMovie overlays, better presentation backgrounds and more.
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How To Summarize Articles and Videos With ChatGPT

You can use ChatGPT to take the text of a long article and summarize it for you. You can even more it easier to digest by asking for bullet points. You can do the same for any video using the transcript.
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What To Do Before Handing Your iPhone to a Cashier, Ticket-Taker or Police (Revisited)

Take a more detailed look at how to set up Guided Access in case you need to hand your iPhone to someone temporarily so they can see some information. Learn how this keeps you safe and in what situations you may need to use this.
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Cropping and Rotating Photo Files With Preview

The cropping tools in the Photos app are great, as long as the image is already in the Photos app. But what if you want to crop a photo that is just a file? The Preview app can do it, but the steps are very different.

How To Rebuild the Spotlight Index on Your Mac

The Spotlight index is used to let you search for files on your Mac. If searching is not working properly you can rebuild the Spotlight index.
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MacMost Shorts This Week

Comic Book Video Filter: TikTok, YouTube, Instagram
Create Your Own Custom iPhone Ringtones: TikTok, YouTube, Instagram

The Tech Enthusiast Hour Podcast: AI Search Is Coming

Microsoft and Google are racing to being chatbot AI to search. How will this change how we use the Web? Subscribe at iTunes...

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. Check it out. -- Gary

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