Apple seriously need to reward Gary one day. He must've done a lot more to explain the thoughtful intricacies of their software, than anyone else. And made them a lot of extra business.
Such a timely video Gary. As an elder guy, I find some tech tricky to use. I spent an hour or so trying to get something to work on pages at the weekend but got so frustrated that I stopped and haven't gone back. But after just watching this video, I am going back to it as soon as I've sent this message. Thank you
Gary, congrats on reaching 400K subscribers. Your content is superior to so many channels and you certainly deserve all your success. Keep up the great work!
I'm 70. I actually love the changes, and look forward to them. It keeps me interested and my brain active. So I embrace the changes openly.... Except for AI. Nothing will get me to embrace that sort of pernicious control, even though I was excited by it initially.
Old guy here, pushing 70, but I've never gotten tired of learning new things on the computer. Now retired, but doing consulting and building custom reports and spreadsheets for my customers. I'm a Windows guy, but I recently bought a MacBook Pro just to try learning the Apple ecosystem. These are great tips, and I would add, just read what you see on the screen. A good app or OS will provide helpful text for learning or dealing with errors, and just reading the help messages and tutorials will take you a long way in understanding.
I was one of those guys who resisted numbers because I used excel. However, I decided to try it instead and Gary's videos were an excellent help to shorten the learning curve. I have converted most my current spreadsheets to Numbers, at least the active ones. About the only thing I haven't yet figured out is the very useful ctrl-d in excel to copy the cell above. But I can live with that. Thanks, Gary for all your excellent videos.
A difficult change for me was transitioning from macOS 8/9 to macOS X. I found it so much easier to customize using resedit and just messing with the preferences back then. Changing the mouse or watch was so simple, and pretty much everything was named appropriately so you knew what it was meant for. X veered a bit towards windows in my opinion. Now you need a subscription for photoshop or excel which is ridiculous. Thanks to your videos, I've learned how to use numbers more efficiently and though I feel like a noob sometimes, I'm learning new things from you constantly. Thank you so much for your help.
Excellent video. Many important take-home points here. I will be surprised if word doesn’t spread that this is an important “must watch” video. Many thanks!
Gary, not ‘only’ a great teacher and highly skilled Mac specialist, but also a technology focussed philosopher. And all this and consistently without ad breaks, messages from a sponsor, background music or repeated pleas to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE.
What you say at around 8:10. I've been using the Mac since OS 8, when I bought a G4 Cube ( which I still have ). It was a very steep learning curve from Win98. Back then I found David Pogue's series on "missing manuals" to help me get going on the Mac, but pretty soon I didn't need them, after I think Cheetah. I just tinkered and explored. But I wish you had been around then, Gary. I have learned at least one new thing a week, and usually more, from your direct and well explained content. I usually recommend to people I meet who are new to the Mac to find your channel and search the back catalogue. They usually thank me later. We're never too old, or too experienced, to learn.
I love Apple products, especially when you achieve something accidentally and then spend hours working out how you made it happen. Gary is such a motivator. To make one experiment more and more. Love all his videos, even watch those that don't appear to be applicable to me. Thank you once again.
OK, I really like that last UA-cam because you were talking just the way I like to think! We call you Luigi because you look like a Mario brother. Thanks for being there.
Thank you Gary for talking to us. These tips you share are life lessons as well. You have all the hallmarks of a great teacher;- knowledgeable, understanding, approachable, soft-spoken, humble and generous with their time. 1. I love these kind of videos, which you make once or twice in a couple of months where you simply talk to us while encouraging us with valuable tips. (Request you to make it a regular once a week/month feature) 2. Thank you for making Cliptools. 3. I wish after every software update, there is a feature under help in menu bar showing "Whats New" in this upgrade/update pointing us to the new features. Take care 🙏 Your subscriber.
Regarding 3, there often is. For instance, in Pages go to the Help menu and you'll see a What's New section. Same for other apps. For macOS, Apple does maintain a page for each, like support.apple.com/en-us/109035 This could be a good topic for a video! Thanks.
Another great video. So many times you suggest something and after i try it it becomes a favourite, like hot corners I now use every day. On the matter of less useful things I wish programmers would stop giving six ways from Sunday to do some things, and I find that an Apple Pencil would be wasted on me as I’m terrible at drawing
How timely-I just today followed your video on Extract Parts of PDFs With Preview and was successful. Redacting images and reducing a pdf in size. I am over 75 and still learning and willing to make mistakes!
Thanks Gary, the problem is that sometimes, (eg Ventura/ Sonoma Preferences settings layouts) can seem retrograde and not improving, but worsening the experience.
I love change and learning new things. My problem is that change doesn’t happen fast enough. I lose patience, move on to something else and suddenly have to juggle a lot of stuff.
Excellent advice! I use command Z all the time in Logic Pro and didn’t know it applied to Mac as well? How many command Zs can you use in a row and is it adjustable? Thanks man, you have the best stuff!
I used to take user manuals to bed and read them, cover to cover. Something would jump out at me - I can do THAT? And I’d jump out of bed and go try it. I miss manuals.
@@macmost I know I know. But it's an example of old tech, new tech. It's like a hardbound dictionary where you go to look up a word, and then you see other words near it that you didn't know existed, and you accidentally learn something.
Can't it be both? If a feature is going to encourage people to buy a new Mac to take advantage of it, then it would need to be something people want. I wouldn't want Apple (or anyone) to only add "truly necessary" features. There should be some that only some people want, some that are fun, some that are innovative or experimental, etc.
Please help anyone: i made attendance table with numbers app, but the problem is i had to make a sheet for every month and it’s unpractical.i want to have a drop down list for “months “ so i can choose the month i want . What formula should i use
I have a Numbers file in ALL caps and I need it in Caps and lower, how can i do this and export the edited file with out it reverting back to the original file
What, exactly, is in all caps? The file name? Some data in the file? Explain a little more, but since this is off-topic, please use the form at macmost.com/ask
Thank you for getting back to me. It is a customer list, and all names, emails, and addresses are in caps. I want to sync this file with a mailing app and prefer the addresses in lower case/and caps. In the past I figured out how to convert from caps to lower case and caps, but when I saved it and synecd the file it reverted back to the original "All Caps
@@neilstagner1961 OK, so you are determined to ask the question here, where the topic has nothing to do with this, not at macmost.com/ask like I asked? Sigh. 😑 If you have the names in column B, then say with row 2, create a new column C and use =PROPER(B2) in C2. It will convert "FIRST LAST" to "First Last." Then paste throughout column C. Then copy all of column C. Then select all of column B and use Edit, Paste Values. Now you can get rid of column C and B now has proper capitalization. Repeat for other columns as needed.
Swift is the main programming language used to build iOS, iPadOS and macOS apps in Xcode, Apple's software development tool. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_(programming_language)
I do enjoy my Apple products and have the whole suite but I cannot cope with the complexity and the never ending updates. I really wish Apple would take a year off and just let those of us who need it really get to grips with the hardware and software. I spend too much time learning about new features and not enough time using them :-)
Apple is fairly accomplished at moving in the right direction. Many change-haters might have gained that habit using the Microsoft Office suite decades ago. They proved that software designers could be complete nitwits, creating a version of Word so bad it cost them millions of users, just insanely bad. Apple has its fails but they’re kinda rare. Think iPadOS’s Files and Reminders. Their desktop apps are pretty universally outstanding.
Apple seriously need to reward Gary one day. He must've done a lot more to explain the thoughtful intricacies of their software, than anyone else. And made them a lot of extra business.
According to a rumor I just started, Apple gave Gary a Ferrari by way of thanks.
Such a timely video Gary. As an elder guy, I find some tech tricky to use. I spent an hour or so trying to get something to work on pages at the weekend but got so frustrated that I stopped and haven't gone back. But after just watching this video, I am going back to it as soon as I've sent this message. Thank you
Gary, congrats on reaching 400K subscribers. Your content is superior to so many channels and you certainly deserve all your success. Keep up the great work!
I'm 70. I actually love the changes, and look forward to them. It keeps me interested and my brain active. So I embrace the changes openly.... Except for AI. Nothing will get me to embrace that sort of pernicious control, even though I was excited by it initially.
I do exactly that with your videos. Try it out, even if I don't think I'll need it.
Old guy here, pushing 70, but I've never gotten tired of learning new things on the computer. Now retired, but doing consulting and building custom reports and spreadsheets for my customers. I'm a Windows guy, but I recently bought a MacBook Pro just to try learning the Apple ecosystem. These are great tips, and I would add, just read what you see on the screen. A good app or OS will provide helpful text for learning or dealing with errors, and just reading the help messages and tutorials will take you a long way in understanding.
This is great life advise in general
I was one of those guys who resisted numbers because I used excel. However, I decided to try it instead and Gary's videos were an excellent help to shorten the learning curve. I have converted most my current spreadsheets to Numbers, at least the active ones. About the only thing I haven't yet figured out is the very useful ctrl-d in excel to copy the cell above. But I can live with that. Thanks, Gary for all your excellent videos.
A difficult change for me was transitioning from macOS 8/9 to macOS X. I found it so much easier to customize using resedit and just messing with the preferences back then. Changing the mouse or watch was so simple, and pretty much everything was named appropriately so you knew what it was meant for. X veered a bit towards windows in my opinion.
Now you need a subscription for photoshop or excel which is ridiculous. Thanks to your videos, I've learned how to use numbers more efficiently and though I feel like a noob sometimes, I'm learning new things from you constantly. Thank you so much for your help.
Excellent video. Many important take-home points here. I will be surprised if word doesn’t spread that this is an important “must watch” video. Many thanks!
Gary, not ‘only’ a great teacher and highly skilled Mac specialist, but also a technology focussed philosopher. And all this and consistently without ad breaks, messages from a sponsor, background music or repeated pleas to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE.
What you say at around 8:10. I've been using the Mac since OS 8, when I bought a G4 Cube ( which I still have ). It was a very steep learning curve from Win98. Back then I found David Pogue's series on "missing manuals" to help me get going on the Mac, but pretty soon I didn't need them, after I think Cheetah. I just tinkered and explored. But I wish you had been around then, Gary. I have learned at least one new thing a week, and usually more, from your direct and well explained content. I usually recommend to people I meet who are new to the Mac to find your channel and search the back catalogue. They usually thank me later. We're never too old, or too experienced, to learn.
Gary, Thanks for this video I have to remember to take a break.
great tech embracing philosophy Gary, thanks as always for your timely videos!
Thank you!
I love Apple products, especially when you achieve something accidentally and then spend hours working out how you made it happen. Gary is such a motivator. To make one experiment more and more. Love all his videos, even watch those that don't appear to be applicable to me. Thank you once again.
Great advice!
Thanks very much, Gary, for this informative video! It is exciting, sometimes challenging, but important to keep up with the ever evolving technology.
OK, I really like that last UA-cam because you were talking just the way I like to think! We call you Luigi because you look like a Mario brother. Thanks for being there.
Thank you Gary for talking to us. These tips you share are life lessons as well. You have all the hallmarks of a great teacher;- knowledgeable, understanding, approachable, soft-spoken, humble and generous with their time.
1. I love these kind of videos, which you make once or twice in a couple of months where you simply talk to us while encouraging us with valuable tips. (Request you to make it a regular once a week/month feature)
2. Thank you for making Cliptools.
3. I wish after every software update, there is a feature under help in menu bar showing "Whats New" in this upgrade/update pointing us to the new features.
Take care 🙏
Your subscriber.
Regarding 3, there often is. For instance, in Pages go to the Help menu and you'll see a What's New section. Same for other apps. For macOS, Apple does maintain a page for each, like support.apple.com/en-us/109035
This could be a good topic for a video! Thanks.
Great video, Gary. But I still miss windowshading!
Thanks for the motivation.
Thanks gray,,,We all need to understand new tech or at least find the new things we could use..
Fantastic video for this old school tech geek. Try it out throw it away or hopefully keep it. Thank you
Another great video. So many times you suggest something and after i try it it becomes a favourite, like hot corners I now use every day. On the matter of less useful things I wish programmers would stop giving six ways from Sunday to do some things, and I find that an Apple Pencil would be wasted on me as I’m terrible at drawing
I'm also bad at drawing. My Apple Pencil rarely gets used 😞
A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary! 👏❤️
Such great information, thank you for producing so many useful videos,
Best of the Web... macmost rocks. I point all my mac buddies there and you should, too.
How timely-I just today followed your video on Extract Parts of PDFs With Preview and was successful. Redacting images and reducing a pdf in size. I am over 75 and still learning and willing to make mistakes!
Great Video Thank You.
Great tips. Thank you for sharing.
Leveling up , I like it.
Thanks Gary, the problem is that sometimes, (eg Ventura/ Sonoma Preferences settings layouts) can seem retrograde and not improving, but worsening the experience.
Wonderful video as always. keep up the good work sir. I appreciate your efforts. Thanks a lot.
I love change and learning new things. My problem is that change doesn’t happen fast enough. I lose patience, move on to something else and suddenly have to juggle a lot of stuff.
I saw an Einstein quote that said #4 as well.
Excellent advice! I use command Z all the time in Logic Pro and didn’t know it applied to Mac as well? How many command Zs can you use in a row and is it adjustable?
Thanks man, you have the best stuff!
Not adjustable, but apps usually have a large limit or just go back to the point when you last opened the document.
@@macmost Do you mean that all apps use command Z to undo something?
@@chucksaeger7500 Pretty much, yes. Look in the Edit menu in any app and it is usually the first item.
5 star again
Yes learn to use an app before you need it. I wished I could remember this simple rule.
I used to take user manuals to bed and read them, cover to cover. Something would jump out at me - I can do THAT? And I’d jump out of bed and go try it. I miss manuals.
support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/welcome-mh43558/mac
@@macmost I know I know. But it's an example of old tech, new tech. It's like a hardbound dictionary where you go to look up a word, and then you see other words near it that you didn't know existed, and you accidentally learn something.
"Hey Gary, awesome video! However, sometimes the upgrades seem more like a selling point for new machines rather than something truly necessary."
Can't it be both? If a feature is going to encourage people to buy a new Mac to take advantage of it, then it would need to be something people want. I wouldn't want Apple (or anyone) to only add "truly necessary" features. There should be some that only some people want, some that are fun, some that are innovative or experimental, etc.
@@macmost youre right! But bells and whistles are necessary to sell, that’s what I don’t like!
Please help anyone: i made attendance table with numbers app, but the problem is i had to make a sheet for every month and it’s unpractical.i want to have a drop down list for “months “ so i can choose the month i want . What formula should i use
Off-topic, so please use macmost.com/ask and include more details. What is an "attendance table," for instance? How would choosing a month change it?
2:29 I know some people who bought Apple products but never bother to explore their devices.
I have a Numbers file in ALL caps and I need it in Caps and lower, how can i do this and export the edited file with out it reverting back to the original file
What, exactly, is in all caps? The file name? Some data in the file? Explain a little more, but since this is off-topic, please use the form at macmost.com/ask
Thank you for getting back to me. It is a customer list, and all names, emails, and addresses are in caps. I want to sync this file with a mailing app and prefer the addresses in lower case/and caps. In the past I figured out how to convert from caps to lower case and caps, but when I saved it and synecd the file it reverted back to the original "All Caps
@@neilstagner1961 OK, so you are determined to ask the question here, where the topic has nothing to do with this, not at macmost.com/ask like I asked? Sigh. 😑
If you have the names in column B, then say with row 2, create a new column C and use =PROPER(B2) in C2. It will convert "FIRST LAST" to "First Last." Then paste throughout column C. Then copy all of column C. Then select all of column B and use Edit, Paste Values. Now you can get rid of column C and B now has proper capitalization. Repeat for other columns as needed.
@@macmost I apologize I didn't catch the last line.
What is this ‘Swift’ of which you speak?
Swift is the main programming language used to build iOS, iPadOS and macOS apps in Xcode, Apple's software development tool. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_(programming_language)
@@macmost many thanks for replying.
I do enjoy my Apple products and have the whole suite but I cannot cope with the complexity and the never ending updates. I really wish Apple would take a year off and just let those of us who need it really get to grips with the hardware and software. I spend too much time learning about new features and not enough time using them :-)
Apple is fairly accomplished at moving in the right direction. Many change-haters might have gained that habit using the Microsoft Office suite decades ago. They proved that software designers could be complete nitwits, creating a version of Word so bad it cost them millions of users, just insanely bad. Apple has its fails but they’re kinda rare. Think iPadOS’s Files and Reminders. Their desktop apps are pretty universally outstanding.
THANKS GARY, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE CHANGES , even though it’s not always easy 🤗👍💚💚💚
and in life more broadly, try new music, sports, social media, etc. Give your political opponents’ arguments careful consideration.
✔️👊🏿
Who has time to be an application archaeologist? 😛
Professional software engineers and designers? Too bad Microsoft didn’t get the memo!
Great advice ! Thanks