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How to Create a New Calendar and Schedule a Calendar Event on a Mac

The Calendar app in macOS includes maps, weather, and travel time to make setting up and sharing your events easy. It’s also easy to create a new calendar. Create a Calendar By default, macOS includes two calendars in the Calendar app – Work and Home. If you want to create a new calendar: Choose New Calendar from the File menu.Type a...

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How to Group Movies Together in the Apple TV App on a Mac

Recently, I took advantage of the price cut and bought the Sean Connery, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan collections of James Bond movies, as well as “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” with George Lazenby’s one and only appearance as 007....

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Set Up Face ID to Work With a Face Mask

In the course of a few months, most of us have become accustomed to wearing face masks when we're outside of our homes or businesses. If you own an iPhone X or 11, one thing is probably driving you slightly crazy about having to wear a mask — Face ID doesn't recognize you. Trevor Tan, a reporter with the Straits Times of Singapore, outlined a simple method of setting up Face ID so it works with or without a mask, and I'm happy to say that it works!

How to Type En Dashes, Em Dashes, and Hyphens on a Mac

We are all familiar with the standard hyphen symbol and know what it's called. It is primarily used to hyphenate words (hence its name) and often used as the minus sign (-) in math. But what about those dashes that appear more extended than a hyphen? What are they used for, and how do you type them? This quick little guide should help you out.

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