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Get snappin' with your Mac

Get snappin' with your Mac

Use window tiling to make the most of your desktop.

Lewis Wallace
March 22, 2025

This week’s new how-to will teach you a quick and easy way to bring some order to your Mac’s desktop. It shows you all the ways you can snap and tile windows on your Mac, a feature added in macOS Sequoia.

The how-to includes animated GIFs to show you what tiling is all about, but there’s also a video version that makes it easier to visualize the concept.

Also in this edition of The Weekender:

In his review of the new iPad Air, die-hard Mac fan D. Griffin Jones puts the tablet to the test to see how it stacks up against his beloved Mac mini.
Just three simple tips will help you take the best iPhone photos possible.
Ed Hardy’s review of a new 2TB external SSD, which he calls “one of the fastest drives I’ve ever tested,” soared to the top of Cult of Mac’s popular posts this week. I had no idea so many people cared about flash drives.
Speaking of popular, howzabout that Severance season finale? Read our recap to relive the thrills, then rejoice that Apple already green-lit a third season of the mind-bending sci-fi show. That’s not too surprising, actually, considering Severance sits at the top of the streaming charts.
We got lots of juicy Apple rumors and leaks this week, including one that gave us our best look yet at the entire iPhone 17 lineup.
If you own an iPhone that doesn’t come with MagSafe, a magnetic sticker is a great workaround. Here’s our roundup of the best MagSafe stickers.
And finally, Cult of Mac Deals rolled out some cool new products and some sizeable price cuts this week, including an iPad 7 for just $130, a 10-inch CarPlay screen for just $65 and an all-in-one AI subscription that hooks you up for life for just $30.

Enjoy your weekend!

— Lewis Wallace, managing editor

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How-tos

How to use window snapping and tiling on the Mac

You can quickly organize your Mac desktop with window snapping and tiling. Simply throw the two apps you’re working on side-by-side.

Run every version of Classic Mac OS in your browser

Thanks to Infinite Mac, you can boot up every major release of Mac OS from the 1980s and '90s right in your web browser.

3 tips to take better pictures with your iPhone

If you know the camera basics, you won’t need the latest and greatest. Here are our top iPhone photography tips.

News

Take your best look yet at the whole iPhone 17 series

See the latest iPhone 17 dummy design leak that hints at a fresh look for Apple's smartphone series coming in autumn 2025.

Plus, more Apple rumors:

New Siri boss tasked with turning around floundering AI upgrade

Development of the AI-enhanced Siri is now under the management of an Apple executive who already launched a major product for the company.

All part of the plan: Apple TV+ loses $1 billion a year

The news that Apple TV+ loses money to the tune of $1 billion a year sounds bad, but it's pretty much on track with expectations.

Plus, more Apple TV+ news:

AirPods 4 help Pedro Pascal beat deep freeze in Spike Jonze's Someday [Video]

The new Spike Jonze short film "Someday," starring Pedro Pascal, is an evocative ad for AirPods 4 with noise cancellation. Have a look.

iPhone 16e’s C1 modem holds its own against iPhone 16’s Qualcomm chip

A detailed Speedtest report shows Apple's C1 modem inside the iPhone 16e can hold, and even surpass, the iPhone 16's superior Qualcomm modem.

EU lays out its demands for iPhone interoperability

Third-party accessories should get additional access to iPhone thanks to new EU interoperability regulations. Apple isn’t happy, though.

Deals

One laptop screen? Cute. Two? Now you're in business.

With a 13.3-inch 1080p display, Mobile Pixels' Duex Plus DS gives you crisp, clear visuals in a lightweight laptop screen extender.

Plus, more Apple gear and accessories from Cult of Mac Deals:

Price cut: $30 lifetime subscription gives you access to ChatGPT, Mistral AI and more

Get an AI tool that brings top AI models like ChatGPT, Mistral AI and more together in one interface. Enter 1minAI, the all-in-one AI tool.

Plus, more software and services from Cult of Mac Deals:

Easily add wireless CarPlay for just $65 with this 10-inch touchscreen

Essgoo's 10-inch, telescopic-mount, wireless CarPlay screen makes it easy to add a full-HD touchscreen to any car in seconds.

Plus, more gear from Cult of Mac Deals:

Reviews

M3 iPad Air: Can it convert a stubborn Mac user? [Review]

Apple’s midrange tablet can do it all. Our review of the M3 iPad Air finds the tablet fast, powerful and remarkably capable.

Thrilling ‘Severance’ finale keeps some of its secrets [Apple TV+ recap]

Our "Severance" season 2 episode 10 recap sees a dangerous last stand against Lumon and a compelling twist ahead of season three.

Tiny external SSD shows terabytes of storage don’t have to be expensive [Review]

Whether you call the PNY Pro Elite V3 an SSD or a flash drive, it’s undoubtedly small, very fast and compatible with a variety of computers.

Add MagSafe to iPhone 16e on the cheap

Missing MagSafe? A MagSafe sticker is the answer. A simple add-on improves charging and opens the door to many useful accessories.

3 reasons to watch gripping ‘Dope Thief’ on Apple TV+

Love gritty crime dramas? We give you three reasons to watch "Dope Thief" on Apple TV+. For one thing, it's like "The Wire" of Philadelphia.

EarFun brings massive value with new noise-canceling headphones [Review]

Our hands-on review of the new EarFun Wave Life noise-canceling headphones finds good sound quality, solid features and fantastic value.

Setups

Look bad on video? Try this weird lighting trick.

This M4 Mac mini setup stands out not because of the powerful little desktop or the gorgeous-but-distracting display wallpaper, but because of

Get into mechanical gaming keyboards with this $40 pick

If you're curious about an affordable mechanical keyboard for gaming or other uses, check out what this MacBook Pro user relies on.

Turn your M4 Mac mini into a small-but-mighty 'Mac Pro'

In this setup, a Mac mini stand dresses up the little desktop machine as Apple’s high-end computer.