Day One 2 is out 1 , and I’m very happy to say that the team there has offered an easy way to keep Slogger working with it. If you’re not familiar with either, check out Day One on the App Store and
A quick search on this blog will reveal I’m a long-time fan of TaskPaper . The plain-text task manager has provided the simplest form of portable project management I could ask for. TaskPaper 3.0 has
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The DevMate Mac Dev Survey results - BrettTerpstra.com
DevMate recently asked 679 Mac developers about their experiences selling inside and outside Apple’s App Store. The results of the survey are enlightening, and of special interest to anyone currently
A better Hyper key hack for Sierra - BrettTerpstra.com
Update: Karabiner elements can once again do the Hyper Key modification on its own, see my post A Hyper Key with Karabiner Elements, full instructions .
TableFlip: the cure for Markdown table editing - BrettTerpstra.com
I was a beta tester for TableFlip , an app for editing Markdown (MultiMarkdown) tables painlessly, and I’ve been waiting excitedly to talk about it for quite some time.
Setapp: Sustainable recurring revenue for Mac developers - BrettTerpstra.com
We’re seeing more and more Mac apps switching to subscription-based models. It reminds me of premium channels on my Apple TV: I cut my cable a long time ago, and was happy to have the option to add
Best of 2016: Mac productivity - BrettTerpstra.com
Welcome to 2017, I hope you had a pleasant ending to a horrible, awful, very bad year. 2016 was an interesting year for me 1 . That said, my love of apps hasn’t diminished.
Welcome to round two of this year’s top picks from my own workflow! The last one was for productivity apps, and this one focuses on creative apps, encompassing audio, video, design, brainstorming,
Best of 2016: Mac apps for nerds - BrettTerpstra.com
Welcome to part 3 of my “Favorite Apps of 2016” series. This installment focuses on Mac utilities and developer tools. If you’re not a power user or a coder, there will probably be fewer apps of
Pi Fest starts today! It’s a software sale event geared toward researchers, scientists, and students. Developers from around the world have teamed up for this 10-day promotion. These are all high-
SearchLink and Markdown Service Tools updates - BrettTerpstra.com
I’ve just updated the SearchLink macOS Service to fix a recent issue with plain text not being run through a default search. Version 2.2.5 is up, please contact me if you have any issues.
A Hyper Key with Karabiner Elements, full instructions - BrettTerpstra.com
Yesterday I posted excitedly about full Hyper key functionality being available in macOS 10.12+. I included a snippet of a config file that has apparently led to some confusion, so I’m elaborating
Tagging files from the macOS command line - BrettTerpstra.com
Let’s address the headline first. This post is about the tags on files that Apple started supporting in Mavericks. Up until iOS 11, they didn’t work on iOS devices, so they eventually became “Finder
Sideshow (Sidecar 3.0) for Simplify - BrettTerpstra.com
You may or may not recall my Sidecar jacket for Simplify , the macOS controller for Spotify and iTunes (and others). Sidecar is my “Minimalist Yet Huge” version, and I still use it every day.
Add favicons to Safari tabs with Faviconographer - BrettTerpstra.com
Last month John Gruber mentioned a widespread complaint about Safari’s lack of favicons in tabs. I agree. So did Daniel Alm (developer of Timing ), so he put together a helper app to do it.
Another year, another new operating system, another update to the Mail Vacuuming script that I first posted in 2012 . It’s an AppleScript that performs the simple task of optimizing the database that
Cardhop for Mac: contacts done right - BrettTerpstra.com
Flexibits just released their new Mac contact management app, Cardhop . I’ve been beta testing this app for a bit and it immediately became as much a part of my workflow as Fantastical (not
Last week I started having issues on High Sierra that I couldn’t resolve. Hours spent in Activity Monitor, Console, and surfing StackExchange sites led me to no further clues. The primary issue was
Universal Mac organization with Unclutter (and it's 40% off!) - BrettTerpstra.com
Unclutter has been around for a while now, and it’s just as intriguing to me as it was when it was released. It’s a utility that combines clipboard history, interim file management, and a notepad all
A few tips for podcast editing in Logic - BrettTerpstra.com
I’ve been editing podcasts in Logic for a few years, but have only recently learned a few tips that made me realize I’ve essentially been doing it wrong the whole time. I’m sure Logic veterans will
12StarApps - Discounts on apps from EU indie devs - BrettTerpstra.com
After posting about App Santa 2017 , Daniel Alm (developer of Timing ) let me know about 12★Apps , a sale on apps from indie developers in the European Union.
Can you feel the nervous excitement? It’s that time of year again. You know, time for Brett’s Yearly Top Apps Lists . Here’s the first list of apps I loved using in 2017, starting on iOS. You’d
Best of 2017: working on macOS - BrettTerpstra.com
As usual, I’ve found myself unable to write up the complete 2017 macOS list in any reasonable timeframe, so I’m once again splitting it into parts. This year’s categories will be “Working,” “
Best of 2017: Nerding out on macOS - BrettTerpstra.com
Welcome to my favorite part of the roundups: nerd stuff. Don’t worry, there’s cool stuff for everyone here, and I saved the real hardcore nerd stuff for the bottom for the truly adventurous.
Deckset 2.0 is more of a great thing - BrettTerpstra.com
I first wrote about Deckset back in 2014 . Since then I’ve continued to love it as an alternative to Keynote, using it whenever I can for presentations. At CMD-D last summer, I hadn’t expected to be