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How to turn your old MacBook into a glowing light

I was not always such an Apple fanatic, but using my early 2008 15-inch MacBook Pro was a first-time conversion experience. In honor of that, I could not convince myself to ship off the device to e-waste. Holding a special place in my tech heart, I wanted a way to immortalize my shift to Apple fanboy status, which ultimately lead both my personal and professional career in a different direction.

Taking the LCD panel out of the monitor shell and unhinging the keyboard allowed for a permanent ambient glowing Apple logo for my office, which is HomeKit controlled. I call it the MacBook Lamp.

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.