The MacMost Newsletter: Issue 763 August 17, 2023
7 Pie Chart Alternatives in Numbers Pie charts can represent a simple comparison between a set of values. Here are some other chart variations that you can use to also represent a simple visual comparison.
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Watch at YouTube Creating a Spinning Newspaper Effect You can easily create a spinning newspaper special effect for your video projects using a one-slide Keynote presentation. You can export it as a video and import it into iMovie or any other video editing app as a clip or an overlay.
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Watch at YouTube LaunchPad Icon Size and Space You can adjust the amount of space available for app icons in LaunchPad by using a pair of Terminal commands.
Extracting Text From Images With Live Text on a Mac You can use Live Text to get text from a photo on your Mac in a variety of different apps and situations. You can simply copy the text and paste it elsewhere, or you can take quick actions from text like addresses, dates and phone numbers.
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Watch at YouTube How To Make Text Larger In Individual Apps On an iPhone If you have trouble reading text in some iPhone apps but not others, you can customize the text size in many apps on an individual app-by-app basis. You can do this in the Settings app or using Control Center.
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Watch at YouTube Sonoma/iOS 17 Personal Voice A new feature coming to Mac and iPhone soon is Personal Voice. This is where you can go through a process and record your voice. It then becomes a Siri-like voice you can use in Live Speech to type-to-talk. This can be used in place of a microphone in most apps if you can't speak or are in a situation where you can't use a mic.
Creating Custom Memories in Photos If you enjoy the Memories feature of the Mac Photo app you don't need to wait for Memories to be automatically created, you can make your own. With either your custom Memory or an automatic one, you can also export the video to share or use in projects.
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