The fantastic Typinator deserves to be included here:
"The Mac text expansion space is crowded: TextExpander, Espanso, aText, PhraseExpress, and even Raycast Snippets all compete here."
Tried the new Tuna launcher.
tunaformac.com
It has good potential, but w/o docs or good videos on how to use it not ready to be used as the main launcher yet for me. Also, it froze once and had to force quit it.
Can the Dock Star docks be docked to the right edge of the screen with autohiding?
Are you talking about using AI for coding?
It also has some useful features like auto hide tabs and auto blur tabs + Tree style tabs.
One of the recent updates of Waterfox has fixed Raindrop.io's Firefox extension not working in Waterfox.
I don't need anything else showing in my Mac dock.
File manager: Bloom
Notes: NotePlan
AI: Claude
Code editor: Zed
Browser: Helium
This is with Sidebar app via Setapp. Lets us right click on specific app icons in the dock and set them to never show.
My first Firefox extension got its first 5-star rating and its first comment.
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
Being a fan of single key keyboard shortcuts introduced by Opera back in the day (which to this day I use in my browsers, thanks to Vimium C), put together a few small workflow improvements in the Bricks editor.
brickslabs.com/custom-keybo...
Things Quick Entry with Autofill does not autofill the page info in Helium browser.
Bug report: github.com/imputnet/hel...
Workaround: github.com/srikat/Thing...
Got Claude to update a macOS clipboard manager app for me.
The second item will be active by default so I can just hit return to paste it. Also, just press numbers to paste an item instead of Command-pasting.
github.com/srikat/Flash...
Try the compact tab mode a try.
bsky.app/profile/srid...
Not sure what they have done, but Helium browser feels so light and fast.
I also like the compact tab mode.
Vibe coded my first Mac app for quickly taking notes after hovering on the notch.
Tried Unfriction. Didn't like it. Looks like it's vibe-coded. Marketing is great though.
unfriction.app
Antinote, SideNotes and Unclutter are better imo.
@amerpie.lol Cost aside, which is better?
AppCleaner
Pearcleaner
CleanMyMac's uninstaller
One of the fastest ways of switching open apps in Mac is using Applight.
seungwoochoe.github.io/applight/
x.com/srikat/statu...
Tab Stash extension for Firefox is phenomenal!
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
via share.google/a9BdYD1Oj6bn...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Those waiting for official vertical tabs implementation in Helium Browser may want to use this extension in the meantime:
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/verti...
Recent purchases:
Yoga 7i 2-in-1 (16", Gen 10)
Intel Ultra 7 258V, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2.8k OLED 2-in-1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jasl...
Logitech MX Keys Mini (Universal)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0_r...
Dell U3225QE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_q5...
Installed Linux Mint on a 8yo ThinkPad Yoga X1 and it is running smoothly.
The funny thing is Microsoft said it's not possible to update to Windows 11. I wiped Windows completely, installed Linux, installed Windows 11 in a virtual machine and it runs fine.
Opera browser looks pretty nice.
Vibe coded Vim-like single key shortcuts in Safari using Hammerspoon.
c: close tab
z: go back
x: go forward
a: switch to previous tab
s: switch to next tab
u: copy URL
v: view source
r: reload page
Need to test some more. Atm, some of the above characters are getting eaten up when typing fast.
If Bricks had something like this, I would have retired by now 😔
