Category: Productivity
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I Don’t Use the macOS Dock
I don’t use the macOS Dock. I mean that almost literally. It exists because Apple apparently insists that it exist, but I’ve banished it to the far side of the farthest monitor in my triple-monitor setup, set it to automatically hide, and then mostly forgotten about it. Occasionally I’ll summon the Dock to Force Quit…
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My Obsidian Workspace
I finally found the missing pieces to building a working, productive interface to my digital notebook and personal knowledge management (PKM) system, Obsidian. Here’s my set up: Theme: PLN (customized with Style Settings and Notebook Navigator) Plugins:
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I Converted a 171-Page Book Into an Online Course Without Touching a Single File Manually
I’ve been teaching people how to use AI effectively for a while now. One of the things I keep coming back to is the difference between using AI and delegating to AI. Last week I had a chance to put that distinction into sharp relief. The Task I had a completed book—InDesign Masterclass: Text Techniques,…
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Restore Access to the Hidden MacOS or OS X Library Folder
Apple hid the Mac OS X Library folder from users, but you can get it back.
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Count Characters and Words within Selected Text with Keyboard Maestro
A simple Keyboard Maestro macro to display the character count and word count of selected text anywhere and everywhere on your Mac. For professional and amateur writers, copywriters, journalists, and many others.
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Truly Muting Email Conversations in Gmail
Gmail (and Mail in Google Apps for Business) offers the ability to mute conversations and keep them out of your way… But only if they’re certain types of conversations. The mute function fails to work on arguably the most annoying of conversations. Here’s a way to fix it so that mute actually mutes any thread.
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Everyday Automation: Changing the Case of Text Within Code List Items
Learn how to quickly change case or other transformations on parts of code list items without touching the other parts. The example in this tutorial converts country names—both instances of each country name in 202 list items in either the HTML or JavaScript versions—from ALL CAPS to Title Case without altering the case of the…
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Count Characters within Selected Text with Keyboard Maestro
Instantly transform selected text into HTML list items wrapped in tags with this easy, efficient Keyboard Maestro macro.
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Convert to HTML Unordered List with Keyboard Maestro
Instantly transform selected lines of text into a bulleted HTML unordered list with this super easy, efficient Keyboard Maestro macro.
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Instant HTML List Items with Keyboard Maestro
Instantly transform selected text into HTML list items wrapped in tags with this easy, efficient Keyboard Maestro macro.
