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I accidentally closed some important Safari tabs on my ipad. Is there a way to retrieve them as I really can’t remember how to access some of them? Tap on the tabs button in Safari to display all currently open tabs and then long-press on the ‘+’ icon. A menu called ‘Recently Closed Tabs’ will then appear and you can select any that you accidentally closed to re-open them. I often keep far too many windows open on my Mac desktop. Is there a way to keep it relatively uncluttered while still having access to all of my numerous open windows?

There is a very clever, very hidden tip for doing just that! If your desktop becomes horrendously congested with open windows, click on the ‘Windows’ option in the Finder menu bar and then you will see an option called ‘Merge Windows’. Select this and all of your open windows will be merged into one. You can still access the windows that you need from the one remaining open one simply by clicking on the tabs at the top of the window. It’s a great way to free up some muchneeded desktop space to continue working.