Getting the Most from Ebooks, A Mostly Free Workflow
One of my passions over the past few months has been growing and curating my collection of ebooks. I've loved reading longer than I've loved...
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Universal Apps
2025
Digital Photo Frame App Makes Old Hardware Useful Again
I love it when I find an app that solves a problem I didn't know I had. I am always reluctant to get rid of...
Drafts Wins App of the Year at Mac Stories
Drafts, an app by Agile Tortoise (AKA Greg Pierce), remarkably won App of the Year for 2025 at Mac Stories, a full thirteen years after...
An Apple Disaster You Can Avoid
I've been on a small crusade for the past year to persuade people who have gone all in on the Apple ecosystem to diversify the...
AppAddict's Default Tech Stack, Third Edition
This is the third annual edition of my personal tech stack. In 2023, I saw many people talking about their default apps as a result...
Collections Database Hits a Sweet Spot
Collections Database is a user-friendly app by developer Matteo D'Ignazio, with an easy learning curve. It's not made for SQL experts or those who...
How My Self-Hosted Server Fits My Mac Life
When I retired in February, one of the first things I did was set up a home lab using the various components that I've been...
Redirect Web for Safari
I've recently been using Safari much more regularly than I have in years. I found quite a few helpful extensions that improve the experience. One...
Safari Extensions Worth Paying For and A Couple of Worthy Freebies
One of my current strategies to minimize the ability of tech companies, starting with Google, to use browser fingerprinting to extract information from my browsing...
PhotoSync to take Control Over Your Images
For anyone who wants to eliminate as much friction as possible in creating backups of their iPhone photos outside of iCloud, most people have long...
Stop the Madness Pro Extension for Safari, Chrome and Firefox
To preserve more of my privacy, I am now using different browsers on a rotating basis. This helps to cut down on fingerprinting to an...
Hop to Desk, a Free and Open-Source Encrypted Remote Access Solution
I have been using Chrome Remote Desktop when I need to remote into computers in my home when I am away. It's free, requires practically...
Syncthing - Free and Open-Source Cross Platform File Sharing
I first heard about the free and open-source file syncing app, Syncthing, when I started using Obsidian and may people were suggesting it as the...
Cool Tools for Mastodon
When it comes to the new breed of social media, I prefer the federated and independent nature of Mastodon over everything else. I want nothing...
Koofr - European Based Cloud Storage Provider with a Generous Free Tier
I am in the process of de-Googling. I already moved my email to Fastmail. I changed my default search engine to Kagi. I am moving...
Zotero as a Free PDF Library Manager
I recently crowd-sourced ideas for a better way to catalog, annotate and search my collected PDFs, mainly software and hardware user manuals with a few...
In Search of the Perfect Quotes App
I have collected quotes for years, using various apps, Obsidian Notes, spreadsheets and Google Docs. I am still in search of the elusive perfect, feature...
If You Need to Bake a Cake - Get Mela Recipe Manager
I've got cake on the brain today, for some reason... I've extensively tested four different recipe management apps, all available in the App Store: •...
Using Joplin as a Reference Tool
Joplin is a free and open-source notes app. It's available for Macs, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. You can pay for Joplin E2E encrypted synchronization...
Local Send - Easy to Set Up and Easy to Use
I am in the early stages of setting up a home network environment consisting of three Macs, a Windows 11 Thinkpad, an Ubuntu 24 Thinkpad,...
