BBEdit to MarsEdit (AppleScript)
You can never own too many text editors. Okay, I can never own too many text editors. I recently splurged on BBEdit, the venerable HTML and text editor for the Mac. There’s something pleasurable about...
View ArticleTECHSHOW “Mac Mastery” Downloads
In addition to attending great sessions and meeting interesting people, I presented two sessions at the ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago last week. One of them, Mac Mastery: Top Mac Workflows Used By Real...
View ArticleHomeRun – Customize your HomeKit Complications on the Apple Watch
Ryan Christoffel writing for MacStories: First, HomeRun now provides the option to set different complications to appear on your watch face throughout the day during select time periods. You can, for...
View ArticleMake Your CAPS LOCK Key Do Double Duty As a Modifier Key and Caps Lock
Your Caps Lock key might be underused on your Mac. If you’re a big automation geek, why not use it for something else, in addition to its built-in functionality? Karabiner Elements is a Mac tool that...
View Article10 Years of 40Tech
I must not be big on anniversaries, because I completely missed the 10 year anniversary of this site. A “Coming Soon” post went live on May 28, 2009, with the first substantive post going up on June...
View ArticleDEVONthink 3 Review, From a Lawyer’s Perspective
Readers of this blog know how important DEVONthink is to my workflow. I use it as a central repository on my Mac for almost every piece of information in my professional and personal life, including as...
View ArticlewatchOS 6: The BirchTree Review →
Matt Birchler at BirchTree: watchOS 6 is not a massive update to the platform, and you will likely use your watch in largely the same way you always have, but there are some new apps, nice usability...
View ArticleDark Mode on 40Tech
It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve finally implemented dark mode on 40Tech. I started working on this a few months ago, and it was my use of dark mode on iOS in bed at night that spurred me to take...
View ArticleiOS Meeting Templates Shortcut
When I meet with new clients, I typically take typewritten notes in the Drafts app on my iPad, using a template/checklist of topics I’ve created. In the past, I generated this checklist in Drafts via...
View ArticleAirPods Pro First Impressions From a Non-Audiophile
Here’s my super quick first take on the AirPods Pro: Fit and Comfort As you probably know, you can change the size of the tips. If the default tips pass the Fit Test, you will still want to try the...
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