Viewing photos in Microsoft Teams is basic functionality. However, it is not always that easy to use. In this blog, I will give some practical tips to better deal with photos

In case you’ve missed it previously, SearchLink is my macOS Service for doing web searches and inserting Markdown links in your writing without ever switching to your browser. I use it daily, and it’

The Elgato Stream Deck is a USB peripheral that gives you a grid of customizable buttons that you can assign to actions on your computer, like controlling Hue lights or muting your audio in Zoom. You can assign individual actions to physical buttons, and an LCD display allows you to customize the appearance of each button with an icon or text that you specify. So instead of trying to perform finger gymnastics to hit the right keyboard shortcut in the middle of a video call, you can just press a physical button instead.

In this episode, Rose and David explain some of their favorite small automation tools and how they work.

I share about a new recommended digital bookmarking tool: Raindrop.io, which Dave and I switched over to recently, from Pinboard.in.

The search engine giant offers some pretty nifty games on the side, including crosswords, jigsaw puzzles, coloring books, and a whole lot more.

The last time I talked about Bunch I had just added a command in the Bunch beta for running macOS Shortcuts. After working with a user on Sunday, I made it a bit more useful.

When an instance of an OmniFocus repeating task has a tag, and that instance is completed, the next instance of the task will also have the tag. Depending on the tag in question, this may not be th…

How to quickly install and setup Minimal Mistakes for use with GitHub Pages. h/t Rob Parke

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In a previous post I detailed some ways for creating open, accessible curriculum and my specific goals / requirements. I have now implemented a system for a new class so I wanted to do describe my …

Creating transparent backgrounds for your images, trimming videos, and converting file types -- it’s all possible with Picsart Quicktools.

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I’m a big advocate for the hyper key. This idea was first introduced to me by Brett Terpstra and involves mapping Shift-Control-Option-Command to the caps lock key. Using the hyper key opens your keyboard up to a ton of new easily triggered shortcuts. Historically, I’ve done this remapping with Karabiner Elements. However, this remapping just... Continue reading →

Combinations! Lately, a lot of the best Mac automation tools have become conversant with each other. In this episode, Rose and David discuss the best ways to make automation apps work together.

Apple Notes has become incredibly powerful on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. You can organize your notes, scan documents, search inside attachments, and much more. N...

I’ve been working on the RSS Feeds. Now there are three of them. The Main RSS Feed This feed gets you everything. It includes the MacSparky Labs posts as well, but you’ll only see content in those posts matching up with your membership level. The Main Feed Without MacSparky Labs Posts I publish a lot... Continue reading →

It was promised some time ago, and after a long wait 1 BetterTouchTool has added Stream Deck support , and it’s awesome. It’s a beta feature, but I’ve already found it to be an amazing extension to

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Having Fun with Twine Go to the live slides (link below) and play some Twine games as we go along so you can experience it! Slidedeck: slides.lauragibbs.net/twine Laura Gibbs (@OnlineCrsLady) for OULIPOtoAI. May 2022.

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It’s a simple canvas for adding, organizing, and sharing information, and can be used for almost any purpose, from gathering ideas in a meeting to mapping out elements of an upcoming project.

Telling an app to `activate` via AppleScript only brings the app’s frontmost window forward in MacOS 12.

This is part 1 of 5 in a series of posts for Building Connected Courses: Feed WordPress 101 »» Basic Concepts of Syndication «« – and what to think about even before y…

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Sometimes you want total control over what you consume on a website, without an algorithm or newsletter telling you what's important. RSS feeds let you make your own choices about what you want to read.

alright, this is going to be somewhat longer. also it is not so much for folks already using DevonThink, but for those thinking about moving over from evernote in the light of the recent massive feature & performance loss in the evernote clients as part of their move to the electron platform in version 10 of their software. also as a disclaimer: while I have migrated my data and processes over I am still learning (a lot), so my information on devonthink is likely an underestimate as I have just...

Derek Schauland introduces DEVONthink for the Mac -- a database management application that helps you store, organize, and search many types of data in one handy app.