MacMost Newsletter Issue #759 for July 20, 2023

9 Alternative Ways To Use the Safari Smart Search Field

You can use the field at the top of the Safari window to do more than just type a website address or start a web search. You can also use it to search your bookmarks or history, switch to tabs and more.
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10 Ways To Right Click on a Mac

Right Click on a Mac is referred to as the secondary click and is used to bring up context menus. On an Apple trackpad a two-finger click is how you usually do this, though you can customize it. There are also a variety of other ways to perform a secondary click.
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iOS 17 Standby Mode

With iOS 17 you'll be able to use your iPhone as a handy clock and information display while it is charging at night.

Single Tables, Filters and Categories in Mac Numbers

Dividing up your data among multiple tables across different sheets can make it difficult to perform calculations and organize. But by using filters or categories you can easily manage your data in a single table. You can also use Pivot Tables in some cases.
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Be Careful Using Hide My Email Everywhere

Hide My Email is a great privacy feature of Apple's iCloud+ service. But using it to sign up for sites means your ID is now unique and unusual. This can be a problem if you need to get support from that site or reset your password.
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Should You Use an Admin Or Standard Account?

Often Mac users create a second Standard account to use every day instead of using their Admin account. Is this necessary or better?

Give ChatGPT a Better Personality

You can ask ChatGPT to respond in a style based on a profession or a specific person, real or fictional. This usually injects some humor in the answers. But it also can be useful to tailor the answers to a knowledge level.
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