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REPLACING LOGITECH CONTROL CENTER WITH BETTERTOUCHTOOL

2022-09-15
Long time, no post! Hi diehard readers. I hope this is a little reward for not
cleaning up your RSS feeds. I really enjoy using Logitech mice, which is good
because almost no one else makes multi-function mice for macOS anymore. The MX
Master 3 for macOS is a well designed, comfortable mouse with a lot of buttons
and scroll wheels. Unfortunately the Logitech control center software is
extremely bad. Over the past year I’ve been noticing mouse lag so extreme that I
decided to give up on Logitech.
Read more…


THE CALDIGIT TS4 AND OWC THUNDERBOLT DOCKS

2022-03-28
Portable Desktops This is a short comparison of two excellent Thunderbolt docks
for the Macbook Pro. The OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock is currently $360 on Amazon.
^spacegrey The CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 dock is currently backordered for $380
at B&H Photo. ^spacegrey: Strangely the Space Grey version of the dock is almost
$100 more. Thanks, Apple. My top requirement for any dock is that a single cable
connects it to the Macbook.
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RECIPROCALS OF PRIMES

2022-03-15
My guilty pleasure is watching YouTube videos about obscure math. Holy cow


CHRONOSYNC 10 RELEASED

2022-03-06
I’m still a big fan of ChronoSync for Mac and the new version 10 looks really
great. The application is now M1 native and provides more convenient connections
to iCloud and support for bootable backups on Big Sur and Monterey. I like Time
Machine for convenience of file recovery but I’m always a little wary of it’s
longevity. ChronoSync just makes a copy of files on my NAS and external disks.
Read more…


ROLL YOUR OWN

2022-03-02
Modern web tools provide some amazing solutions. Stories like this remind me why
the first step in solving most problems is to try to build it myself. Nelson
Minar: For anyone wondering how Goodreads could have simply lost all my data,
I’m wondering too! It bespeaks contempt for users. And terrible system design,
services should not be able to lose data irrecoverably. The specific bug is
related to my removing Twitter API access to Goodreads last week (they stopped
supporting Twitter login months before).
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FRIENDS OF DAVE INTERVIEW

2022-02-24
A couple of weeks ago I sat down with my friend David Sparks to talk about nerdy
stuff. I always love talking with Dave because he’s exactly as nice as he
sounds. We talked about Keyboard Maestro, Shortcuts, and plenty of Star Wars. If
you haven’t tried MacSparky Labs, I can tell you it’s pretty great. It comes
with member-only posts as well as insightful webinars.


MACSPARKY LABS

2022-01-05
What a great start to a new year. David Sparks is going all-in on MacSparky. He
makes such great stuff and his new MacSparky Labs is an awesome idea. I’m
constantly impressed by the quality of David’s work. Not to mention, he’s
actually an incredibly nice person that just loves all of this nerdy stuff. Go
subscribe to MacSparky Labs. It’ll be a joyful part of 2022.


SAFARI TAB SWITCHING

2021-12-20
My latest obsession is with improving my personal UX. Now that I spend most of
my time on a Mac instead of bouncing between Windows and Linux, I’ve noticed a
huge improvement in the pace of my work. When I do run into something
inefficient, I jot it down and try to fix it. Lately I’m frustrated with Safari.
I typically have several Safari windows open, each with a different group of
related tabs.
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HOTKEY MEMORY

2021-12-19
I have a confession: I can’t remember all of my hotkey combinations and I waste
a lot of time repeating mundane tasks. Between macOS, Keyboard Maestro, Moom,
Alfred, and every little app shortcut, I simply can’t keep them top of mind.
Here’s what I can remember at this moment: CMD-Opt-T opens the Todoist quick
entry panel. Ctrl-Opt-M opens Moom in grid layout mode to move a window.
CMD-Opt-Arrow moves a window around a 2x3 grid on my screen (via Keyboard
Maestro).
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WAYWARD TITLE MISSES THE POINT

2021-12-13
Someone needs to check in on CBS Boston. Here are two recent titles from their
office: Horse And Its Owner Stopped Inside Doors Of Plymouth Walmart 92-Year-Old
Injured In ‘Unprovoked’ Attack At Quincy Center MBTA Station Each one of these
titles make me wonder what world the CBS writers live in. Perhaps they live in a
world of violent nonagenarians and unruly gangs of horses.
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RECENT POSTS

 * Replacing Logitech Control Center with BetterTouchTool
 * The CalDigit TS4 and OWC Thunderbolt Docks
 * Reciprocals of Primes
 * ChronoSync 10 Released
 * Roll Your Own

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