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In this lesson from our full tutorial on the new features in macOS 26 Tahoe see how to use the Journal App that is now available for free on the Mac. This joins the Apple Journal App that has been available on iPhone for a couple years. View the full macOS 26 What’s New Tutorial […]
In this free lesson from our full “iPhone Camera” tutorial see how to shoot bursts on your iPhone in order to capture fast action or the elusive moment that an entire group is all smiling with eyes open at the same time!
In this video learn to use the four new features that are built into Spotlight in macOS 26 Tahoe. We cover the Application Launcher, File Search and Filter, Shortcuts, and Clipboard History. All four are great features that make what was already a powerful tool in macOS even better. If you’d like to try a […]
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