Finer Things in Mac

Finer Things in Tech is obsessed with productivity and polish Browse bite-sized tips from writers and submitted by readers to get more out of your Mac, iPhone and iPad, PC, the web, and more coming soon! Run by David Chartier var z = document.createElement("script"); z.type = "text/javascript"; z.async = true; z.src = "http://engine.carbonads.com/z/12879/azcarbon_2_1_0_VERT"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(z, s);

[finertech]

📱💻 Finer Tech Newsletter #46 ⌚️📺 WWDC 2018, find features, edit photos

[finertech]

I’m moving all blogs to @finertech

Hi all you lovely folks. I’m publishing more on the site, the newsletter, and here on Tumblr these days. But, I need to simplify things, so please follow @finertech if you don’t already.

Running separate Tumblrs is too time consuming, so I’m going to publish and link everything here on @finertech. I’ll separate some major topics by tags like #Finer iPad, #Finer Mac, #Finer iPhone, #Finer Watch, and #Finer TV if you want to follow or block anything specific.

As always, thanks for reading.

[finermac]

Please update your Finer Things in Tech RSS feeds—they're moving! by David Chartier

Finer Things in Tech is getting a CMS overhaul, and all the feeds are changing. Please (re-)subscribe and tell all your friends and maybe even some strangers too!

[finermac]

Yosemite: Mail can share your link in four different formats by David Chartier

Mail gained some useful link sharing options in Yosemite.

[finermac]

ChronoMate time tracker knows when you're away by David Chartier

This time-tracking utility for Freshbooks can catch when you’re idle, help you bill clients properly, and keep you on task.

[finermac]

Yosemite: Use Preview to quickly remove location info from photos by David Chartier

Smartphones usually embed location info when you shoot photos. Preview in Yosemite gained a fast, simple tool for removing it.

[finermac]

I love how Launchpad is full of stars when you wipe your Mac, start over, and re-download everything from the Mac App Store.

[finermac]

How to stop Mac, iPhone, iPad from ringing for phone calls.

[finermac]

Apple often sneaks animation and even entire speeches into its icons, and OS X Mavericks’ standard hard drive icon is the latest I’ve seen.

[finermac]

Need an iOS app's icon for a blog post or just want to keep some inspiration around? The new iTunes 12 has a really simple way to grab it.

[finertech]

iOS, Mac App Extensions offer some hope for walled gardens

[finermac]

I've been hunting for an alternative to Pinboard for my bookmarks, and Stache for Mac, iPhone, and iPad has been a really good option so far. Right now there's a snag with importing your bookmarks from Pinboard, though, so I detailed how to work around it until the companies publish a fix.

[finertech]

Finer Things in Tech 3.0 is coming

I’m bringing long-form writing, a new paid membership option, and an all-new design to Finer Things in Tech. Get the details and a sneak peek, and sign up for the featured articles newsletter to get all this incredible new writing delivered straight to your inbox.

[finermac]

Constantly moving and resizing your Mac windows is a chore. Moom from Many Tricks is one of my favorite utilities for having your chores done for you.

Bonus points: it can move all your apps and windows automatically when you connect a second display.

[finermac]

Alfred is a powerful productivity utility. This is just one of many of its user-extendable tricks.

[finertech]

I have some great stuff coming to Finer Things in Tech. This new batch of newsletters is just the first step, let me know what you think!

[finermac]

You know those digital booklets that come with albums you buy from iTunes? Turns out there's an easy way to get them into iBooks for Mac and iOS.