Every year around this time I like to publish this post. It’s easy to write, and I like to think that it will somehow be useful to a reader or two. I know I always enjoy discovering the apps that are used by the people that I read. Here’s my list for 2023: My Hardware: … Continue reading The Mac apps I’m using – 2023 version
2022 is nearly here. It’s the time of year that I evaluate the apps that I’ve been using and decide which apps I will use for the coming year. I find that writing this out helps me better evaluate the apps that best fit my workflows. For the last 7 months, I’ve been using an … Continue reading My favorite Mac Apps for 2022
Every year towards the end of December I evaluate the apps that I’ve been using and what I will use for the next year. I find that writing this out helps me better evaluate the apps that best fit my workflows. Once I complete my evaluation, I summarize it in a post on this blog. … Continue reading My 2021 Essential Mac Apps
I installed Big Sur on my 2015 MacBook Pro the other day. One area that I wanted to customize was the menubar. There is so much blank space between the icons, it’s a gigantic waste of space and looks awful. Even after installing Bartender 4 to organize my menubar I wanted to move some items … Continue reading Toggle Control Center with a keyboard shortcut in Big Sur
Each year towards the end of December I summarize in a post, on this site, the Mac, iPhone, and iPad apps that I will be using for the next year. This is always one of my most popular posts. This year instead of a separate article for Mac apps and another for iPhone and iPad … Continue reading My 2020 Must-Have Mac, iPhone, and iPad Apps
This article is an annual tradition: towards the end of December I summarize My Must-Have Mac Apps that I will be using for the next year. This is always among my most popular posts. I’m sharing my 2019 must have apps in hopes you’ll discover a new app or two that will improve your workflow … Continue reading My 2019 Must-Have Mac Apps
Visible 1Password: For my passwords Copied: For syncing clipboards. Fantastical: For quick access to my calendars. Screenfloat: For taking or accessing screenshots. TunnelBear VPN: For private browsing. Bartender 3: For hiding the menu bar items that I don’t want to see. Hidden Alfred: For efficiency and productivity. Keyboard Maestro: For efficiency and productivity. PopClip: For … Continue reading My Mac Menu Bar – June 2018
My Must-Have Mac and iPhone Apps for 2017 was one of my most popular posts. In making this a tradition I’m sharing my 2018 must have apps in hopes you’ll discover a new app or two that will improve your workflow or make you more productive. During 2017 I tried a lot of different apps. … Continue reading My 2018 Must-Have Mac Apps
I have collected my share of menu bar utility apps on my Macs. Some of them I like to see all the time and others I only need to see occasionally or not at all. Bartender 3 lets me organize my menu bar apps by hiding them, rearranging them, or moving them to the Bartender … Continue reading How I organize my Mac menu bar apps
Since I started following Dr. Drang’s blog I have learned some great Mac tricks. Some I use everyday. Here’s a new one. Keep your screen awake without having to install one of the popular apps like Caffeine or Amphetamine. Dr. Drang explains how to do this with a terminal command. No new app needed. Dr. … Continue reading Tip – Caffeinate by Dr. Drang
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