A simple shortcut for adding date stamps to text documents.

This is a somewhat different sort of Shortcuts Essentials story. I’ve got a handy shortcut to share, but I want to cover a broader observation about Shortcuts on the Mac and the ways it can be incorporated into your day-to-day workflows. One of the fundamental differences between Shortcuts on the Mac and Shortcuts on the...

Read-later apps have been dominated by Instapaper and Pocket for a long time, but that’s changing with Matter and perhaps the upcoming app Readwise has announced. There’s more to the read-later app story, though, with many other options available on the App Store that are worth trying. Articles+ Articles+ is the most full-featured option of...

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Screen Sizes is an incredible reference tool for designers and developers to get details such as display resolutions, aspect ratios, widget sizes, and more, about Apple’s devices. It’s also a very neat progressive web app when installed on the Home Screen. I have bookmarked this and I think it will come in handy a...

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Quick Capture: Fast Notes Here’s how I would pitch the latest app by developer Philip Davis: imagine if the original version of Drafts came out in 2022 and supported all the modern ways to enter text on an iPhone. Quick Capture is an extremely simple fast-entry utility for text that supports traditional keyboard input,...

[[unplugged_artwork]] This month, Federico and John are ready for winter to end, Federico on trips to his local dog park, plus John gets some Pokémon Legends: Arceus tips and is upset about Nintendo closing its eShop for 3DS and Wii U. Show Notes: Pokémon Legends: Arceus Nintendo Closing 3DS & Wii U Shops In 2023,...

Keyboard-driven app launchers have been a staple of the Mac for a long time. Like a lot of people, my first exposure to these apps was via Quicksilver, an app that was popular in the early 2000s and is still available today. In the years since, I’ve switched between LaunchBar and Alfred, both of which...