Melissa Holt
The Mac Observer
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macOS: How to Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Open Bookmarks in Safari
If one of your bookmarks is a site you visit all the time, then depending on where it’s saved, Safari may have automatically assigned a keyboard shortcut to it. If that’s the case, you can use that as a quick way to jump to your favorite place! How it works is this: Whichever site (not … → Read More
How to Change the Accent Color in macOS Mojave
We’ve long had the ability to change the color that the Mac uses for buttons and menus and such, but for approximately forever, we’ve been limited to using either blue or graphite for those. Well, in macOS Mojave, Apple loosened its grip on us a bit, and now we can change those button colors to…pink, … → Read More
How to Use One Mac as a Time Machine Destination for Another
Did you know you can use one Mac as a Time Machine destination for another? We'll go over the oddness in its entirety in this article. → Read More
iOS: How to Find Your iPhone with Your AirPods
Got an Apple Watch? You can use it to ping a lost iPhone in your house. But did you know you can do that with your AirPods, too? Here's how. → Read More
Numbers: How to Refer to Cells in Other Sheets
In Apple's Numbers, you can have multiple sheets in a single document and use cells within each to calculate values in the others. Here's how → Read More
macOS: How to Use Substitutions in Text
We have a neat trick in Pages, Mail and TextEdit that'll let you change straight quotes to smart ones or hyphens to dashes in documents. → Read More
How to Always Insert Attachments at the End in macOS Mail
If you’re not a fan of Mail’s tendency to drop attachments into the body of your emails, then, well…at least you can right-click (or Control-click) on them and choose “View as Icon.” The resulting icon is much easier to drag around the body of your message, at least. There’s another option, though, and it’s to … → Read More
macOS: How to Use Smart Categories in Numbers
A recent update to Numbers, Apple’s spreadsheet program, brought us the so-called smart categories feature, which’ll let you view, organize, and track your data in new (and helpful!) ways. Here’s an example of what I mean: Let’s say I created this spreadsheet. I mean, I did, so let’s definitely say that. Now, I did absolutely … → Read More
How to Turn Off Siri Suggestions in iOS 12
Maybe this is just me. But because I hate talking on the phone so much (SO MUCH), I find Siri’s lock screen suggestions in iOS 12 to be particularly annoying. And a little bit shame-y sometimes, too. Yeah, I feel guilty enough about not returning phone calls already. I don’t need Apple’s assistant to help … → Read More
macOS: How to Resolve Permissions Problems after a Mac Migration
Melissa Holt shows us how to resolve premissions problems after a Mac migration, including tricks and tips to make it easier. → Read More
Three Quick Reminders Tips!
Reminders (on both the Mac and the iPhone/iPad) is a great little program; it’s so simple but so awesome. I’m constantly telling Siri stuff like “remind me tomorrow to take a shower” and “remind me next week to change my shirt” and “remind me when I arrive at home to finally brush my teeth.” Okay, … → Read More
How to Download the High Sierra Installer Under Mojave
For a long time now, if you needed an older macOS installer (such as Sierra or El Capitan), you could visit the App Store, go to your “Purchased” page, and re-download anything you’d used in the past. This was helpful if, for example, you had an older Mac that you wanted to troubleshoot or reinstall … → Read More
How to Set Up and Use Gmail Delegates
If you’re part of an organization that uses Gmail, then you may be interested to know about delegation within that service, which’ll allow you to add another Google user who can read and reply to your messages without having to know your password. This could be handy if you were going on vacation, say, or … → Read More
How to Turn Off 3D Touch (And Why You Might Want To)
You can turn off 3D Touch on your iPhone if you don't want to use the feature. Here's how to disable those pressure-based touches. → Read More
How to Add Application Shortcuts to Finder Windows
Here's how to add app icons to the Finder window tool bar on your Mac.You can launch apps and open documents. → Read More
watchOS 5: How to Silence Siri
When I got my new Apple Watch recently, I had a series of unfortunate stuff happen that meant I couldn’t restore from my old device’s backup (yeah, don’t ask). So I had to go through and redo all of my settings and such. Imagine my surprise when I invoked Siri for the first time on … → Read More
macOS: How to Check a Printer's Supply Levels
Within macOS, you can check your printer ink or toner levels without having to get up and walk across the room to the device. Here's how. → Read More
macOS: Quickly Add a Multi-Day Event in Calendar
Here's how to quickly create all day and multi-day events in Apple's Calendar app on the Mac. → Read More
macOS Mojave: How to Disable All Automatic Updates
One of the changes Apple made in macOS Mojave is that software updates work a bit differently. Read on to learn how it works. → Read More
macOS Mojave: Disabling the Screenshot Thumbnail
Here's how to use the new Screenshot app in macOS Mojave, and disable it's thumbnail feature, too. → Read More