The iPad is a great device for kids, for both education and entertainment. But sometimes a toddler and and iPad don't mix! You can keep your iPad kid-friendly with the built in Guided Access feature. Jared Apperson shows you how.

Sandro Cuccia shows you how to use the power of templates in Apple's iWork apps for the Mac to create professional-looking documents and presentations. These techiques will work with Pages, Keynote, and Numbers.

In many ways, Apple's iCloud Photo Stream service makes every iPhone photographer's life simpler. A good understanding of Photo Stream's "ins-and-outs" is needed to derive the most benefit from the service. In this article, Sandro Cuccia attempts to demystify the workings of Photo Stream.

Sandro Cuccia took a trip to Italy recently. In this how-to, he explains how he managed his photography workflow  on this trip using only iOS devices instead of traditional camera gear.

Melissa Holt's a big fan of Apple's Numbers program, and in this tip, she'll cover one of her favorite tricks for interpreting data—the filtering feature. Use it to find only cells that match your specified criteria, so you can know what your largest expenses are. Or how many times you spent more than $50. Or how much you spent on your cat. Hey, you can never spend too much on your cat, but it's still good to know.

Find My Friends is a great solution from Apple to allow friends and family to easily share their locations with one another. But did you know that you could use Siri to make finding your friends even easier? Jared Apperson shows you how.

Two readers ask Nancy Carroll Gravley questions about the Dock and Passwords.

OS X looks great, but sometimes you need to give your Mac a little personality, or maybe you just need some quick visual cues for your folders files. Sandro Cuccia shows you how to engage in a fun, but Apple-sanctioned method for customizing your Mac desktop icons.

Sandro Cuccia revisits Preview in OS X. He shows you how to have the latest Mountain Lion version of this versatile app easily scan and store one or more signatures for later insertion into any PDF document.

If you're like Michael, you probably have lots of apps running on your Mac at any given time. Using the Application Switcher is a great way to jump between open apps, but there's a lot more than meets the eye. There are four other keys that, when combined with Command and Tab, will help you deal with running multiple apps better than ever.