Drafts

Me, writing for MacStories: Drafts 5 was recently updated to version 5.4, which brings a host of new features. While there is support for iOS 12's Siri shortcuts and all that they have to offer, there are also other important features that have improved the app's capabilities significantly. It’s a really great release. And I … Continue reading Drafts 5.4: Siri Shortcuts, WordPress, and More →

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Drafts 5.5 is now available in the App Store bringing enhancements and more customizability to the use of Markdown in Drafts, along with other fixes and improvements, details below. Drafts for Mac is coming soon. Drafts Pro subscribers can try a preview release now. Learn more. If you are using the Mac beta already, please update to the latest version along with the installation of this iOS update for compatibility with the new Markdown features. Markdown Updates Drafts 5.5 brings significant ...

Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.

Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.

Task management is a very personal choice. Every person has their own idea of how they’d like to organize their life, which is why there seem to be as many task managers as there are people. I’ve tried a bunch of them— Reminders, Clear, Due, Wunderlist, Trello, Things —and through that journey I’ve found 2Do … Continue reading Move Your Thoughts to 2Do →

Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.

Drafts 5.6.0 is now available in the App Store. NOTE: A new Mac Preview Build is available today as well. Workspace improvements Workspaces learned a few new tricks in this release: Workspaces can now optionally load action groups in the action list and extended keyboard when applied. This is useful when a workspace is configured for working draft of a particular syntax, or project, and you want the related actions handy. Workspaces can now optionally switch the selected list tab (inbox, fla...

Last week, Drafts released version 5.6. While it is not as big as some of the other releases before it, it does bring some important enhancements to the app. Adding Shortcuts It is now easier than ever to add a specific shortcut to run in Drafts. A new interface is presented when adding a shortcut, … Continue reading Drafts 5.6 →

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‎Drafts is where text starts. Quickly capture text and send it almost anywhere! Drafts turns text into action with almost limitless possibilities – it’s a quick notebook, handy editor, and writing automation tool, all in one. Capture all of your text in Drafts and send it to other apps without the e…

For many years, Drafts has been the place on iOS where text starts. But for all of those years, there has been a missing component: a macOS counterpart. That ends today. Drafts for Mac has finally been released to the public. Last time there was a major release, I wrote the Macstories Review. But when … Continue reading Drafts for Mac →

Let's take a look at iPadOS 13, the newest OS release for the iPad. I’m very excited about the changes to iPadOS, and did this deep dive into all of them. Reminders Video: https://youtu.be/ZAb15WxvwJs Shortcuts Video: https://youtu.be/vglurf_3Mds Matthew Cassinelli’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MatthewJCassinelli External Storage Video: https://youtu.be/xEp7nPNLXcI Mouse Support for iPad Video: https://youtu.be/DwKnDTspjYo Logitech MX Master 3 Review: https://youtu.be/sqoD5ReoyhU Thank you for watching, be sure to like and subscribe if you like what I’m doing here.  * Twitter: Twitter.com/chris_lawley * Email: christopherlawley0@gmail.com * Website: theuntitledsite.com * Podcast: aslabofglass.com

Drafts 15 has been released to support both iOS and the new iPadOS 13. And as it is with the major releases, I had the opportunity to write about it over at MacStories. I encourage everyone to go read it there, but wanted to offer a couple of highlights: Enhanced Shortcuts Support: the support for … Continue reading Drafts 15 →

Journaling has been something that has been difficult for me to get into. I’m still not great at it. I often forget to do it, and then when I remember, it’s cumbersome to make it happen. I’ve never kept a physical journal for any length of time, mainly because I’m not sure what I’m supposed … Continue reading Rolling Your Own →

‎Drafts is where text starts. Quickly capture text and send it almost anywhere! Drafts turns text into action with almost limitless possibilities – it’s a quick notebook, handy editor, and writing automation tool, all in one. Capture all of your text in Drafts and send it to other apps without the e…

I’m often asked what different uses I have for Drafts, my everything-text app of choice. I have a variety of core use cases which I use Drafts for every day: even with my posts and large reviews, journaling is by far the highest volume of content I create. I’ve journaled for a while. And while … Continue reading The Payoff of Developing Foundational Journaling →

One of my favorite times every year is right around the beginning of August. Not because of the weather – summer where I live – but rather it’s when beta season is in full swing. Apps are putting polish on features, the full update scope is set, and everything starts to feel stable. And there’s nothing better

When Drafts for Mac first arrived, I knew there were great things to come – not that it wasn’t an excellent app already! But since that time, Drafts for Mac has evolved. What was previously a functional app is now functional, automatable, and more importantly a flexible tool that can mold to fit your workflow.

Every year, users talk about the ways their favorite apps could get better, but it’s not written about publicly or not communicated early enough to developers to include the refinements in the next release. But for iOS, the tech community talks about the improvements for iOS at length, and occasionally, we even see an awesome … Continue reading Drafts 5.0: A Wish List →

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In this episode, David and Rosemary get Tim back on the show to talk about recent updates to Drafts and how he's using it to customize his workflow and how other people can take advantage of them too!

In my second appearance on Automators (part of the Relay FM network),1 I’m back to talk with David Sparks and Rosemary Orchard once again about Drafts. We dive in on some of the new stuff from version 26 which introduced custom themes and syntaxes. We also touch on a few other updates from the first … Continue reading Appearance: Automators Episode 73 →

Well, hello. It is with heavy hearts (and overtaxed livers) that we tell you we just don’t have it in us anymore to keep on going. It’s time to take Fundamentally Broken out behind the woodshed and put it down humanely. Go ahead now, turn away. You don’t need to see this. The past year … Continue reading Fully Broken →

Even though Seth and I no longer have a podcast, we still talk nearly daily about a lot of things. One of them is Drafts, and how we are using it for small life improvements here and there. Journaling is one of them, and it has become a part of standard practice for me. I … Continue reading On This Date →

‎Drafts is where text starts. Quickly capture text and send it almost anywhere! Drafts turns text into action with almost limitless possibilities – it’s a quick notebook, handy editor, and writing automation tool, all in one. Capture all of your text in Drafts and send it to other apps without the e…