I have been promising this review to Allison for 6 months and I don’t think Allison ever thought she’d see it. First, the problem to be solved. I wanted a good, quality set of headphones that I could use for things like watching TV at night while others in my family are sleeping. I also […]
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Time Out with Time Out
It all started with a trip to the doctor; I don’t even remember what for. Had I noticed the red splotch on my back? No. We should consult with a skin specialist. OK. It’s benign but could become a problem, we should remove it. OK. We’ll have to cut it out. Ohhhkay! I was sitting […]
Continue readingStreaks by Jill from the North Woods
Streaks Showing Rings for Exercise Hey everyone, this is Jill from the Northwoods. If you listen to me here or on my podcast, you know I love productivity. I love productivity books and applications. I also like habit tracking. A lot of times, when I fail at my habits it tends to be because I […]
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Security Bits — 10 July 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇪🇺 The Digital Markets Act (DMA) & Digital Services Act (DSA) have both moved one step closer to going into effect, having been approved in the European Parliament. The final step is formal approval […]
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Grammarly Desktop Corrects Me Everywhere I Type
Grammarly Suggestions Come Up On Hover Over Red Line I’ve been using the Grammarly plugin for browsers for ages. Its job in life is to watch what you’re typing and look for typos, punctuation mistakes, grammar errors, and even to let you know what tone you’re setting in your writing. Grammarly is a freemium service […]
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Moom macOS Window Management – Something for Everyone
Sometimes when I’m noodling what to talk about on the show, I bring up Launchpad and just scroll through all of the pages of pretty app icons for inspiration. I’ve been podcasting about tools for the Mac and iOS for so very long that this is normally a fruitless effort. But this week as I […]
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Tiny Mac Tips Part 3 of X
Jump to Tips Customize Finder Toolbar Window Title Icons View Path Bar Copy Between Tabs Tap to Click, Secondary Click, and Three-finger Drag Command-Drag a Window App Switcher Welcome to Part 3 of my Tiny Mac Tips. This is an ongoing series I started in order to teach my dear friend Jill from the Northwoods […]
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Keyword Search Video Tutorial on ScreenCastsOnline
In February I told you about a really nifty, free Safari extension called Keyword Search. I was so enamored with this tool to vastly speed up my web searches for specific sites I visit often, that I decided to do a video tutorial about it for ScreenCastsOnline. I had so much fun recording this one […]
Continue readingTiny Mac Tips – Part 2 of X
Jump to Tips The Magic Option Key Drag Folders into the Sidebar Why Do Some Apps Launch at Login? Focus Mode Everywhere Copy and Paste Between Devices Screenshare Right from the Finder Quickly Get to the Top/Bottom of a Page Group in Finder Opening Unsigned Apps I’ve started a series of Tiny Mac Tips for […]
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