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Recently, I wrote a bunch of Zotero tutorials that went (mildly) viral on #AcademicTwitter. Thought I'd put them all together so folks can find them easily.So, here goes 👇Zotero 101: A meta-thread 🧵Retweet to share it with your friends/colleagues.— Mushtaq Bilal, PhD (@MushtaqBilalPhD) September 22, 2022

Canva has over 75M users worldwide.But most people don't know how to unlock its full potential.Here's 10 Canva tricks you'll wish you knew sooner (I promise):— Syed Huq 🎮 (@_SyedHuq) September 17, 2022

It’s been two years since Widgetsmith took the App Store by storm. The app, which was created by long-time indie developer David Smith, lets users create custom Home Screen widgets. Then, shortly after the app’s release, it went viral when TikTokers discovered it and dropped Dave and his app squarely in the center of the

Teleparty (formerly Netflix Party) lets you watch TV together with your friends. Have a watch party on Netflix,Youtube,Disney Plus,Hulu,HBO,and Amazon Prime!

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Curious or have questions about Apple's iOS 16? Here's a collection of CNET advice articles to help you learn your way around the new operating system.

The Omni Group has written its own flavor of JavaScript to automate its apps. These new automations will work on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. In this video, I take one of the Omni Group’s new JavaScript automations that can assign and adjust defer and due dates in OmniFocus. I then use a Keyboard Maestro trick to combine... Continue reading →

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Every academic knows that the BEST software for citation and reference management is Zotero.BUT many folks don't know how to take notes and annotate PDFs in Zotero.Here's how to get started 👇Zotero Annotations 101: A step-by-step guide with visuals 🧵— Mushtaq Bilal, PhD (@MushtaqBilalPhD) August 30, 2022

I’ve long imagined a tool that would enable a teacher to help students learn how to write and edit. In Thoughts in motion I explored what might be possible in

Viewing photos in Microsoft Teams is basic functionality. However, it is not always that easy to use. In this blog, I will give some practical tips to better deal with photos

In case you’ve missed it previously, SearchLink is my macOS Service for doing web searches and inserting Markdown links in your writing without ever switching to your browser. I use it daily, and it’

The Elgato Stream Deck is a USB peripheral that gives you a grid of customizable buttons that you can assign to actions on your computer, like controlling Hue lights or muting your audio in Zoom. You can assign individual actions to physical buttons, and an LCD display allows you to customize the appearance of each button with an icon or text that you specify. So instead of trying to perform finger gymnastics to hit the right keyboard shortcut in the middle of a video call, you can just press a physical button instead.

In this episode, Rose and David explain some of their favorite small automation tools and how they work.

I share about a new recommended digital bookmarking tool: Raindrop.io, which Dave and I switched over to recently, from Pinboard.in.

The search engine giant offers some pretty nifty games on the side, including crosswords, jigsaw puzzles, coloring books, and a whole lot more.

The last time I talked about Bunch I had just added a command in the Bunch beta for running macOS Shortcuts. After working with a user on Sunday, I made it a bit more useful.

When an instance of an OmniFocus repeating task has a tag, and that instance is completed, the next instance of the task will also have the tag. Depending on the tag in question, this may not be th…

How to quickly install and setup Minimal Mistakes for use with GitHub Pages. h/t Rob Parke

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In a previous post I detailed some ways for creating open, accessible curriculum and my specific goals / requirements. I have now implemented a system for a new class so I wanted to do describe my …

Creating transparent backgrounds for your images, trimming videos, and converting file types -- it’s all possible with Picsart Quicktools.

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I’m a big advocate for the hyper key. This idea was first introduced to me by Brett Terpstra and involves mapping Shift-Control-Option-Command to the caps lock key. Using the hyper key opens your keyboard up to a ton of new easily triggered shortcuts. Historically, I’ve done this remapping with Karabiner Elements. However, this remapping just... Continue reading →

Combinations! Lately, a lot of the best Mac automation tools have become conversant with each other. In this episode, Rose and David discuss the best ways to make automation apps work together.

Apple Notes has become incredibly powerful on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. You can organize your notes, scan documents, search inside attachments, and much more. N...

I’ve been working on the RSS Feeds. Now there are three of them. The Main RSS Feed This feed gets you everything. It includes the MacSparky Labs posts as well, but you’ll only see content in those posts matching up with your membership level. The Main Feed Without MacSparky Labs Posts I publish a lot... Continue reading →

It was promised some time ago, and after a long wait 1 BetterTouchTool has added Stream Deck support , and it’s awesome. It’s a beta feature, but I’ve already found it to be an amazing extension to

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