The layers, distributions, shape editing, duplication are for me as a corel power user very simple. I might even say that they are exactly the same. Useful and easy tool.
@richardsnation46098 ай бұрын
Transforming from IBM/PC to Mac/Apple. I am so glad that I found you. You have been so informative on the YT videos that I have just recently come across. Getting my Mac Air this weekend and I’m so glad that I can get so much knowledge from your videos. Thank you Gary. 👍🏽
@AlwaysBolttheBird3 ай бұрын
You must be as old as me to call it an IBM PC haha. Usually the young ones just say windows
@loisskiathitis89268 ай бұрын
A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary!👏❤️
@KasSommers8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this. I've seen Freeform sitting in my apps for a while, but had no idea what it was.
@ehsan8316 күн бұрын
excellent tutorial thank you
@DeadNinjaSyndrome2 ай бұрын
I always learn something new from your videos. Thank you. I am a Linux/Windows user who switched to Mac recently.
@stephenbridges27918 ай бұрын
Cool. Apple never ceases to amaze me with their innovative ideas. It's a shame I didn't have this back when I worked. I would have used it, probably daily. I've been trying to find excuses to use it.
@helenparis32754 ай бұрын
probably the best tutorial I have ever seen
@HenryCalderonJr8 ай бұрын
Thank you I never knew what this was for…. I am new to the Mac environment. I ourchased a Reburbished mar air 13 2019 with 16/512gb capacity for 537.00 with a 1 year warranty and I am learning and very impressed even though it is intel based. thank you again your videos are very helpful and did add Sonoma and it works great!
@fridgebanana8 ай бұрын
Gary's content is so good
@chillydoog8 ай бұрын
Thanks again for another extreemly helpful video
@artprojectsnz8 ай бұрын
Great simple Ap that has a lot of uses…and can look as good as you are able to make it! Cheers Gary
@victrolux8 ай бұрын
thanks … a particularly wonderful lesson! Will be supporting you soon.
@Slave-Of-Christ8 ай бұрын
Great content as usual. Audio sounds great! Good work!
@EricKinkead8 ай бұрын
Good video. I followed along while watching it on my iPad Pro..
@seattlebeard8 ай бұрын
Delighted to hear you explain yet another mysterious icon in my dock. Don't know if I'll ever need it, but thank you. :o)
@JohnBarrow19618 ай бұрын
I found it very useful, Thanks, Gary.
@garywagner24668 ай бұрын
Interesting. I wondered what that app did. Now I know. Thanks for posting.
@AnilAtluriWord8 ай бұрын
Good tutorial Gary. Thanks.
@Hedgehog-ji1bm8 ай бұрын
Very good video. Freeform is still very young. Visio on PC is a better tool - but as a Mac user, I am happy we finally have something similar on the Mac platform.
@johnhunter41812 ай бұрын
Omnigraffle is the Mac's answer to Visio.
@DeeptiMail-xv9bp3 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot. Useful video.
@kimcramer7 ай бұрын
Hi Gary! Love your videos... this was great as I am using freeform more and more. Looking for a keyboard shortcut to create a text box. Is there anyway to quickly add text to a board I am working via Mac shortcut? I'm loving it for brainstorming but I want to quickly add new thoughts as separate text boxes that I can individually move around the board. I know I can tap the text box at the top but was hoping for a quicker shortcut
@bobcat66538 ай бұрын
Very useful, thanks!
@lorensims48468 ай бұрын
Interesting! I've had this app for a while now but didn't know what to use it for. Having started on the Mac in the very early 90s with PageMaker, FreeHand, and Photoshop, this looked like little more than a digital scrapbooking app. I'm still not sure it's not that. I use Pages to do most of the stuff you demonstrated. Actually, I usually use Pages mostly for making signs. I'll tuck this one in with my iWork apps, sort of like Libre Draw in Libre Office.
@clasqm8 ай бұрын
I guess it's an app for people who create org charts.
@dsbennett8 ай бұрын
Introducing Gary, the Talking User Manual. 👍
@nicolemartinezsanchez89214 ай бұрын
Thank u🎉
@RameshKumar-ng3nf8 ай бұрын
I love freeform. Its free in apple ecosystem . But one major downside, the application is still not stable . While working in freeform for long time, i experienced its very buggy and keeps hanging up during works. I have M2 mac mini, M1 ipad pro , still hanging up. I tried uninstalling the app and reinstalled again. Still the same. Got frustrated and finally moved to Nebo paid app which a infinite canvas and its works super smooth without lags.
@Pawel-rv1ek8 ай бұрын
Yes it made my lose my note with no option to recover. Totally unacceptable.
@humunbeing6 ай бұрын
great sir
@darkhorse19857 ай бұрын
Wow! How annoying Apple haven't made it easier!!! ...Thanks for the good video
@pat89888 ай бұрын
Looks like Powerpoint Lite! If you're familiar with Powerpoint, then this will be familiar.
@nicfarrow8 ай бұрын
More … It seems to do almost everything the same as Keynote, minus the animations.
@wiwingmargahayu68318 ай бұрын
yeah old macbook would be amazing for me Sir
@TechWorldTut8 ай бұрын
Interesting
@lizcreaser70207 ай бұрын
Great video thanks. Im struggling to print my boards. Id like to make posters by printing several pages and sticking them together but can't seem to find a way to do it. Any ideas?
@macmost7 ай бұрын
File, Print.
@jackdelane2 ай бұрын
If im using an ipad how do i get it to draw perfect curves? The curve tool seems to actual be for connections and snaps so much its hard to place where you want it.
@macmost2 ай бұрын
Use the Shape tool, select Basic, and then use the curve tool at the top.
@TLaslam8 ай бұрын
We can do same with word.
@yeahdope5 ай бұрын
Is there a way to evenly distribute a bunch of selected images you've imported without them overlapping? Whenever I drop a group of images they automatically are added to the board diagonally and already overlapping so when using auto-align it just makes them overlap again
@macmost5 ай бұрын
Just make sure the leftmost one and the rightmost one are spaced far enough apart so there is enough room to distribute them.
@yeahdope5 ай бұрын
@@macmost ah! Amazing, thank you so much for the response! You’ve just saved me a load of time
@WilliamDague7 ай бұрын
I have yet to find any info on how to create a curve between various points using freeform on my Mac
@macmost7 ай бұрын
Many ways. For instance, select two objects then choose Insert, Connection Line.
@thomaskarl61978 ай бұрын
When sharing, do all others have to have a Mac or Apple device with FreeForm?
@macmost8 ай бұрын
Depends on the type of sharing. If you share a PDF, then anyone can open the PDF. But if you want them to be able to open it in Freeform or collaborate then they need Freeform.
@SherKhan01228 ай бұрын
I don’t see anything fundamentally new in this app. Maybe the infinite canvas. Is there any functionality that isn’t already in Pages? I guess the shape-shifting thing is new as well as the pen drawing tool.
@macmost8 ай бұрын
Ease of use and design? I mean there's nothing new in the Calculator app when compared to Numbers or Excel, but I wouldn't want to open those up to just add a few numbers. Sometimes it is about having a set of tools presented in a convenient way.
@leozay558 ай бұрын
How to set the border to 11x8.5" letter size page? Thank you. It's a very nice compact presentation!
@sundaynightdrunk8 ай бұрын
You would do that when you print the file. File > Print, set Paper Size to US Letter, and set Scale to Fit, or set Scale Zoom to something appropriate for your board.
@macmost8 ай бұрын
Pick a pixel-per-inch amount. Could be anything, like maybe 100. (Or maybe 300 or 1000). So then create box that is 1100 wide and 850 tall. Put that behind everything else and maybe Lock it. Then draw on top of that to keep things in your 11x8.5-sized box.
@leozay558 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for the reply! I've found only two (indirect), related to the subject, settings: 1. Arrange - Constrain Proportions 2. You can see W and H point numbers wile stretching the box corner. Is there the way to preset desired pixel-per-inch and proportion numbers?@@macmost
@ziabo6 ай бұрын
great! Can anyone tell me how to move canvas on a Mac without Magic Mouse or Trackpad? I have external Logitech mouse and keyboard. Thank you!
@macmost6 ай бұрын
How do you usually scroll vertically and horizontally with the mouse you do have? Use that same technique.
@ziabo6 ай бұрын
@@macmost thanks. Usually there is dedicated tool in the app, like Hand in photoshop. Press H + mouse button and move the hand. There is no Hand tool in freeform
@chaosxz91395 ай бұрын
Hi, want to ask how to reduce Freeform PDF size in iPad ? Understand Mac have the option, but could not find that at iPad.
@macmost5 ай бұрын
The best way would be to figure out why the size is large (maybe large images) and work from there (reduce the image size in an image editor before importing).
@chaosxz91395 ай бұрын
@@macmost thanks, second question, is it possible to save Freeform in PDF with few pages, rather than in one page PDF?
@macmost5 ай бұрын
@@chaosxz9139 Yes. Print and then click the PDF button. Then scale as you like to have it save over many pages. But Freeform really isn't meant for PDF creation like this. Pages is the app you want to use.
@HJ-su7px8 ай бұрын
HI there I watch your videos every time useful but sadly in Korea no one use iWork or notes etc.. is USA using iwork etc ... in company for office work?
@macmost8 ай бұрын
Sometimes. In a lot of companies you can use what you personally want. You don't need to use the same apps as others.
@HJ-su7px8 ай бұрын
@@macmost indeed, but i dream there is a using iwork for office and cominictate with facetime and memorize with reminder. so.., i wonder that kind of company is exist in USA
@macmost8 ай бұрын
@@HJ-su7px Yes, there are definitely companies in the USA that use all Apple products and work in Pages, Numbers, Keynote, FaceTime, etc.
@HJ-su7px8 ай бұрын
@@macmost Thanks That's a information for me
@peeyushsharma84088 ай бұрын
All I want it do is import tables from Numbers, or even better, connect a editable Numbers file to a Freeform board.
@macmost8 ай бұрын
That would be useful. But first there needs to be a way to connect tables across Numbers documents themselves. That's something missing from Numbers right now.
@peeyushsharma84088 ай бұрын
@@macmosttrue, this would be so powerful.
@deadbydead8 ай бұрын
For some reason freeform have serious sync problems with latest updates ... The apple cloud system sometimes is unusable
@macmost8 ай бұрын
I'd contact Apple Support about that. That isn't a problem others are experiencing so it could be an issue with your iCloud account.
@deadbydead8 ай бұрын
@@macmost hi think this is an issue with advanced data protection
@macmost8 ай бұрын
@@deadbydead Ask support and see.
@PandorasCrate08 ай бұрын
How is this not Scapple?
@CanonPaulHamilton8 ай бұрын
Are there any decent templates for news sheets?
@macmost8 ай бұрын
There are no templates.
@AkhileshYadav-qj8hq8 ай бұрын
Hi gary,how to clear swap memory usage without restarting
@macmost8 ай бұрын
A little off-topic for this video. In short though, you don't. There's no need to manually try to mess with your memory usage. Unless there is a problem, don't worry about it. If there is a problem, quit some apps or close some browser tabs you aren't using at the moment.
@AkhileshYadav-qj8hq8 ай бұрын
@@macmost I’m sorry for the interruption.now i have swap used for around 245mb and it is decreased to 89mb. Should i leave it or should I restart my mac
@macmost8 ай бұрын
@@AkhileshYadav-qj8hq Those numbers aren't what you should be looking at. Look at Memory Pressure instead. See kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbqporanxM7Ul5s.html
@AkhileshYadav-qj8hq8 ай бұрын
@@macmost ya but should i leave it or should I restart my mac everytime it uses swap
@justendeavor2 ай бұрын
Why cant i use mywacom tablet to draw on my macbook pro?
@macmost2 ай бұрын
In Freeform? There's no drawing function on the Mac version.
@justendeavor2 ай бұрын
@@macmost Even on macos15 there is no drawing version? Wich app for notes with wacom you recommend for macbook?
@macmost2 ай бұрын
@@justendeavor Sorry, I don't have a Wacom tablet so I'm not the right person to ask.
@lawrenceatkinson8 ай бұрын
❤🎉
@bento34258 ай бұрын
hi, can u show me a tutor how to insert ms word document on pages ?
@macmost8 ай бұрын
Insert? Not sure what you mean by that. Like a Word doc inside a Pages doc? Or do you just want to convert? If so, just open it in Pages.
@bento34258 ай бұрын
@@macmost so, everytime i try to insert a document into Pages, all i get is the thumbnail of the document. any solutions ?
@macmost8 ай бұрын
@@bento3425 Not sure what you are trying to do, exactly, but how about opening the Word document, copy the part you want, then paste into the Page document.
@bento34258 ай бұрын
yeah, but the document I'm trying to insert has this barcode that I can't copy, and I need to include that barcode for authenticity purposes 😢 @@macmost
@artysanmobile8 ай бұрын
Freeform has a long way to go before it actually serves the need it suggested when released. It retains the ‘toy’ UI that is so maddening about Apple software where, rather than having the freedom to draw what I want, I must go to new menus to choose from lists of goofy options that are just a distraction from the job at hand. As a constant user of Pages, I was really excited by the name “Freeform” thinking it would be fast and, well, free. I thought it was going to be a timesaving gift to the relatively advanced user. Far from it, it is just another time-wasting toy. So disappointed.
@blakelyhall81918 ай бұрын
Please excuse my ignorance I am an apple newbie, but may I ask what was the need that was suggested at time of release?
@MaiElizabeth8 ай бұрын
The very fact that it's infinite is what bothers me the most. Without limitation of space, I can’t focus.
@bobp37388 ай бұрын
Agree completely. I thought it was going to be like Visio and got pretty excited, but no.
@leozay558 ай бұрын
I'm, actually, very happy with Freeform. It's perfect for Scrapbooking, I think!😃
@eyediom36948 ай бұрын
I’m finding using NUMBERS by removing or moving a default table far more useful. Particularly to access the same file on macs or iPads with older operating systems that aren’t supported
@phillipebrall99308 ай бұрын
It is a very powerful app with no purpose. Apple has created this to please their higher level creatives, but marketing has failed to even try to sell itv to us. I like using it, but I am yet to find a purpose to do so.
@macmost8 ай бұрын
Like all apps, it isn't for everyone.
@fmphotooffice55138 ай бұрын
...solutions in search of problems. MacOS team saw Google Jamboard on a lazy day. ...just as pointless.