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Why the Dock is the worst part of macOS
The Dock has been at the bottom of every Mac screen since 2001. It is also one of the worst interfaces for actually getting work done. Here is the case against it.
Why I switched from Keyboard Maestro to something I actually use every day
Keyboard Maestro is one of the most powerful apps ever made for Mac. It is also the kind of app you spend a weekend setting up and then slowly stop using. Here is what changed when we tried a different approach.
The problem with keyboard shortcuts nobody talks about
Keyboard shortcuts are faster than using a mouse. Studies have shown it repeatedly. So why do most people only use a handful of them? The answer is not laziness. It is memory.
Muscle memory is faster than search. So why does every launcher use a search bar?
Every app launcher on Mac asks you to type. But there is a faster way to reach things you use every day, and it has nothing to do with how quickly you can type.
Spotlight vs Raycast vs a radial menu: three different philosophies for launching apps
They all open apps. But Spotlight, Raycast, and radial menus represent fundamentally different ideas about how your tools should work. Here is what separates them.
TextExpander is great. But do you really need a subscription for text snippets?
TextExpander has been the gold standard for text expansion on Mac for years. It is also $40 a year for a tool that runs in the background and pastes text. Here is an honest look at whether that makes sense for most people.