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My automation workflow chain for getting quick reviews of media onto my website.

Using Raycast script commands to automate updating my Cool Site Spotlight.

Use alternate ssh configs to execute remote commands for ssh connections in Visual Studio Code.

Raycast Notes is a great context-based scratchpad that verges on having slightly too many features.

My 2024 entrant in Robb Knight's App Defaults, inspired by Hemispheric Views 097 Duel of the Defaults.

BBEdit is not my choice of code editor or writing app, but for logfile analysis, it's the best.

A tip for making your first SuperDuper! drive copy.

Here's a funny little UI quirk in SuperDuper! (which I love, by the way).

I created a Raycast Script Command to take the contents of my latest Reads post, reformat it, and mail it to unsuspecting family members.

Raycast has extensions, and I use some of them. Here they are!

A version of my Sessions Raycast script command using Moom layouts instead of Raycast Window Management layouts.

Mac window management tools are a dime a dozen, but Moom 4 stands out for its versatility and for being fun to use.

Using Raycast script commands to automate workflow sessions.

It's Yet Another Raycast Script Command, this time one for tranforming blog post image links to match image file locations in Astro.

Need a screenshot of a long web page? CleanShot X has a function for that.

CleanShot X has Text Recognition using OCR technology, a handy tool I use all the time.

The answer to my own question about ChatGPT for macOS supplanting Raycast Advanced AI is a simple one.

I'm genuinely baffled by Apple's approach to font size with respect to screen resolution.

Mario Guzmán has made some beautiful apps over the years, and QuickTune tops the list.

One advantage of Raycast AI is its AI Commands functionality.

Is OpenAI trying to Sherlock Raycast AI with its new macOS desktop app? Maybe.

Raycast and ScreenFloat both contain some pretty amazing search features that use text recognition to find matching text in images.

Custom Links is a pretty cool automation feature in TextBuddy for automatically transforming specific text patterns into clickable links.

The various methods used to obtain a GNU/Linux or Unix operating system’s uptime, plus a fun entertaining bonus.

ScreenFloat is my current choice of screenshot utility for the Mac because of its functionality and customizability.

Raycast script commands are great for all kinds of scripted tasks, and I'm increasingly using them for tasks related to my website.

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the Mac turned 40. And what a glorious 40 it is.

Rethinking how I write blog posts on the Mac.

Sometimes it's nice to have apps automatically open links in a different browser, which is why the ability to quickly change default browsers is handy.

My 2023 entrant in Robb Knight's App Defaults, inspired by Hemispheric Views 097 Duel of the Defaults.

Warp is a modern, macOS convention-friendly terminal. One of its nicer features is Blocks, which allow for deeper work on command output.

Rogue Amoeba just added a Whisper powered transcription feature to Audio Hijack, and I am going to give it a try.

Raycast comes with a basic, easy to use, and well designed Clipboard History feature.

Some very basics of Raycast in the first in a series of articles on Raycast.

Part 2 of a series on podcasting setups and workflows. This is the software I use for recording podcasts.

Raycast compared to Spotlight and Alfred.

Part 1 of a series on podcasting setups and workflows. This is the hardware I use for podcasting.

Fastmarks and Safari bookmark descriptions are a poweruser bookmark search combination supreme.

Editing Safari bookmark descriptions and the (more interesting) backstory of why I stumbled across how to do it.

I now have automatic image processing for my Friends with Brews images that happens automatically when I drop images in a folder, and I love it.

Drafts now has access to the OpenAI API for ChatGPT

Mac and iOS users have some great options for ChatGPT tools.

While debugging a broken LaunchAgent script, I discovered a great utility.

Automating displaying my IP address in my menu bar.

ChatGPT doesn't always get programming right.

A hyper addition to my podcast workflow that keeps my Mac awake at all times.

Bunch is an amazing little automation tool for controlling work environments on your Mac.