Category: Apps

  • The Task Managers I Recommend

    The Task Managers I Recommend

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    While I’ve centralized my work on a single task manager, that doesn’t mean that I recommend my choice for everyone. In fact, I tell my wife **not** to use the task manager I use daily. It’s simply too much for her to manage. Let’s take a look at the task systems I recommend and dive…

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  • Task Manager iOS 14 Widget Home Screen

    Task Manager iOS 14 Widget Home Screen

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    iOS 14 has every nerd rethinking their Home Screen. Even my father-in-law saw my photo widget and asked me to add one to his Home Screen a few days ago. Every day I’ve got a message with a photo that he loved and wouldn’t have seen without the Photos widget. Today we’re going to take…

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  • Apps That are Better on iPad

    Apps That are Better on iPad

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    I regularly get asked why I reach for my iPad as much as I do. What apps and tasks are “better” or “easier” on iPadOS? Today I’m going to walk you through the apps that make me long for my iPad when I’m on macOS. If I’m trying to do any of the tasks that…

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  • Keep It Quick Look – Best iPad Note App?

    Keep It Quick Look – Best iPad Note App?

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    [Keep It](https://reinventedsoftware.com/keepit/ios/) by Reinvented Software is a great iPadOS/iOS and macOS note taking application. One of it’s excellent features is that it’s a native app on all platforms and they have feature parity. If you’re looking for a research app on your iPad, this is an excellent choice.

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  • Exporting vCards from your iPad

    Exporting vCards from your iPad

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    While iOS makes it easy to share your contact information with other iOS users, it doesn’t make it easy to export a universal format that you can send to anyone regardless of the device they’ll receive your contact information on. Today we’ll look at a way to export a vCard from your iOS device without…

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  • Clickup Quick Look and First Impressions

    Clickup Quick Look and First Impressions

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    In my video on my ideal timeblocking project management system a bunch of people recommended ClickUp. Today I’m going to take a look at the application for the first time. All I’ve done is create my account and watched some videos on what others are doing with ClickUp. [Try ClickUp](https://curtismchale.ca/clickup)

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  • Task and Project Templates in TickTick

    Task and Project Templates in TickTick

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    One of the crucial features in a task manager is the ability to build out the same types of projects easily. I don’t want to try and remember all the steps in my writing and video projects. I want a system that let’s me run a Shortcut, or provides some way to have project templates.…

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  • SetApp on iOS

    SetApp on iOS

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    Recently SetApp updated their application to support iOS apps. Today I’m going to walk you through the initial set up of SetApp on my iPad, along with installing an application. SetApp is a library of applications for macOS. It’s the first place I stop when I’m looking for an app to do anything. Now it’s…

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  • iOS 14 Features I Can Use Today

    iOS 14 Features I Can Use Today

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    While there are no ground breaking features in iPadOS and iOS 14, that doesn’t mean there are not things that improve the functionality of your devices with this update. ### iOS 14 Widgets My favourite feature by far is the new widgets available in iOS 14. Specifically, I love the new Photos widget as it…

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  • Find Glyphs on macOS with Glyphfinder

    Find Glyphs on macOS with Glyphfinder

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    One of the things I have to do regularly as I write is find the proper glyph for ⌥ or ⌃ or ⎋, which is actually fairly time consuming. Today I’m going to show off an application that helps you find glyphs faster on your Mac called Glyphfinder. ## Links – [Setapp](https://go.setapp.com/invite/curtis3) – [Glyphfinder](https://www.glyphfinder.com )…

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