Less known macOS apps you will legitimately want to use every day

Re:Less known macOS apps you will legitimately want to use e... by timrichard on Friday October 01, 2021 @05:16PM (#28723466)

Just glancing at my menu bar for any that might be less known...

Jettison is great for ejecting and optionally remounting external disks when you put the Mac in and out of sleep.

Turbo Boost Switcher is useful for getting the Mac to run cooler and prolong battery life. Mine is nearly always plugged in at my office, so I use it when I don't want the fan to get loud (like when recording with a microphone).

I'm not sure if BetterTouchTool qualifies as "less known", but it's really useful. I use it to launch new iTerm windows and various apps on the f16..f19 keys on the Magic Keyboard. I also use it to extend other applications with macros. It would be great if Obsidian had Emmet-like facilities to expand abbreviations, so you can set up BetterTouchTool to expand expressions like "h4" followed by the tab key into "####". Things like that really speed up markdown entry.

https://stclairsoft.com/Jettison/

http://tbswitcher.rugarciap.com/

https://folivora.ai/

https://emmet.io/

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Re:Less known macOS apps you will legitimately want to use e... by mrzool on Friday October 01, 2021 @10:09PM (#28725350)

Is typing 'h4<tab>' really faster than typing '####'? Do you also prefer, say, 'h2<tab>' to '##'?

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Re:Less known macOS apps you will legitimately want to use e... by timrichard on Saturday October 02, 2021 @01:04PM (#28730170)

That was one example that came to mind.

Clearly (?) the shortcut can be only a character or two and the text it expands to can be as long as you like.

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