You can control your HomeKit accessories from your Mac using the built-in Home app. In this episode of Hands-On Mac, Mikah Sargent gives you a detailed explanation of the Home app, providing a complete walkthrough of the app, creating scenes, creating automations, inviting users, and so much more!

Control Home accessories on Mac

Host: Mikah Sargent

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If you've ever struggled to quickly and easily share files between your Mac, an Android device, a Windows PC, and an iPhone, you need LANDrop. LANDrop is a free and open-source utility that lets you use your local area network to quickly share files between devices. It works on macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS/iPadOS. In this episode of Hands-On Mac, Mikah Sargent shows you how to use the tool.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Reminders on macOS Sonoma (and iOS, iPadOS, watchOS) is a powerful, built-in application for managing to-do lists, reminders, and grocery lists. Mikah Sargent walks you through the features and settings of this first-party app on your Mac.

Reminders User Guide

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Apple has just launched a new tool for those looking to troubleshoot problems with their iPhones or Macs and take the repair process into their own hands. Apple Diagnostics for Self Service Repair provides a suite of testing tools you can use to determine what's going on with your iPhone or Mac. Mikah Sargent walks you through the process of putting an iPhone into diagnostics mode, running diagnostics, and understanding this new suite of tools from Apple.

iPhone 12 and later: Apple Diagnostics for Self Service Repair

Apple Silicon Mac: Apple Diagnostics for Self Service Repair

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Despite reports to the contrary, NameDrop — a contact-sharing feature introduced in iOS 17 — isn't a threat to your privacy. Mikah Sargent explains how to use NameDrop, debunks the reports that claim the feature can be used to skim your contact info, and shows you how to disable it if you choose.

Use NameDrop on iPhone to share your contact info - https://apple.co/4a2dS4S

Host: Mikah Sargent

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If you've found yourself in the annoying or awkward situation of the sudden appearance of fireworks, hearts, thumbs, and lasers during a video conferencing call, you're not alone! In macOS Sonoma, Apple introduced a new set of reactions that will autoplay when you perform specific gestures on camera. Mikah Sargent walks you through the process of disabling reactions in macOS Sonoma to save you from an awkward, confetti-cannon moment with your boss.

Use Reactions, Presenter Overlay, and other effects when videoconferencing on Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-us/105117#reactions

Host: Mikah Sargent

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You can use iCloud Keychain to create and manage Passkeys on macOS Sonoma. Mikah Sargent walks you through the process of creating a Passkey for login and using it to log in to your online accounts.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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With the launch of iOS 17 just around the corner, it's time to take a look at the exciting new features you can expect after you hit that update button. Mikah Sargent demonstrates several new features coming to iOS 17, including Contact Posters, Live Voicemail, audio message transcriptions, new features for Stickers, StandBy, interactive Widgets, improvements to autocorrect, and back-to-back requests to Siri.

iOS 17 makes iPhone more personal and intuitive

Host: Mikah Sargent

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macOS has dozens of built-in keyboard shortcuts that make it possible to skip out on mousing altogether. Discovering those keyboard shortcuts, however, can be a challenge. Mikah Sargent shows you macOS's preset keyboard shortcuts for editing and navigating document text. In no time, you'll be moving through and selecting lines, words, and paragraphs of text at the tap of a key combination.

Mac keyboard shortcuts

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Mikah Sargent guides you through the process of creating a bootable installer for macOS Ventura. We'll cover downloading the installer from the Mac App Store, formatting your USB drive, and creating the bootable installer. This is useful for those who want to do a clean install, or have a backup of their operating system. By the end, you'll have a functional bootable installer that can be used to install macOS Ventura on any compatible Mac.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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