Sandy Writtenhouse

With her BS in Information Technology, Sandy worked for many years in the IT industry as a Project Manager, Department Manager, and PMO Lead. She then decided to follow her dream and now writes about technology full-time.

How to disable videos and Live Photos autoplay in Apple Photos app

Live Photos on iPhone Zebras

When you’re browsing through your pictures in the Photos app, you might notice that Live Photos and videos automatically play. And while this can be convenient if you’re just reliving some memories, it can be distracting if you’re looking for something in particular. If you’re someone with motion sickness, it can even cause extra discomfort. So, here’s how to deactivate the autoplay feature for videos and Live Photos in the Apple Photos app.

30+ keyboard shortcuts for Automator on Mac

Mac's Automator keyboard shortcuts

Automator on Mac is a terrific tool for creating workflows, applications, and other automations that can speed up tasks and make life easier. In order for you to focus on the workflows you’re creating, take a look at this list of keyboard shortcuts for Automator on Mac.

How to combine portrait and landscape pages in a Word document

Word Mix Portrait Landscape Pages Document Mac

Some recently asked on Twitter how to add a landscape page to a portrait document in Pages. Unfortunately, the answer is, you can’t. Why not is a mystery. But if you have access to Microsoft Word, you can mix page orientations there.

This is convenient for many types of documents. You may want to insert a table or spreadsheet of data, include a landscape-view, full-page image, or create a brochure or pamphlet that requires both portrait and landscape pages.

If you’re willing and able to open your document in Word, here’s how to mix portrait and landscape pages in one document.