One thing that never ceases to amaze me about macOS is the amount you can do with just a few keyboard shortcuts. In fact, Apple seems to have coded so many functions into various combinations of key ...

The takeaway: A recent social spat highlights the conflicting priorities between Microsoft and open-source projects such as VLC. The universal media player is having issues dealing with MP3 audio ...

Copy something, and the iOS 27 paste shortcut now pops up right above your keyboard, ready in a single tap. The new shortcut shows a live preview of your clipboard, meaning you’ll always know exactly ...

VLC Media Player is one of the most versatile and robust media players available today. It provides a plethora of features and functionalities that cater to every user’s multimedia needs. However, ...

iOS 27 is packed with new Apple Intelligence features, with Siri AI chief among them. But the Shortcuts app offers another standout AI upgrade in iOS 27 thanks to a new ‘describe a shortcut’ feature.

Describe a Shortcut translates natural-language requests into working automations, making one of iOS’s most powerful tools far easier to use. I am PCMag's Senior Writer for Mobile. I write about ...

Apple has leveraged AI to make its visual-scripting tool, Shortcuts, easier to use in iOS 27, in a reveal shown at its WWDC 2026 event. The Shortcuts app was largely built for power users who wanted ...

The Shortcuts app has always been an amazingly powerful automation tool for users who know what these very words mean. But now, it may finally become an approachable tool that delivers on its true ...

You might think that walking on laptops is an example of Mira doing something wrong. She disagrees. And, in any case, we've both learned a lot about how our computers work because of this. Every time ...

When I first started using an iMac all the way back in 2008, the operating system was a revelation compared to the Windows PCs I used in school and at the library. Everything seemed more intuitive and ...

Keyboard shortcuts have been a staple feature in Windows for decades, but most users only know the basics. At first glance, they don’t seem all that useful since you can also do these actions with ...

Android shortcuts can cut taps and save time every day. This guide covers 20+ hidden and simple tricks like cursor control from the keyboard, secret dialer codes, lock screen shortcuts, faster app ...