![]() ![]() Any text you want to quickly write, store, or find instantly later. I use it to store all kinds of notes, random information, ideas, logs, snippets of text, drafts of things I’m writing, lists of all kinds. Notational Velocity – tiny program that’s incredibly well-written and so useful.I have it set to run in the background - in Preferences, uncheck “Show TextExpander in Menu Bar”, and check “Hide TextExpander icon in Dock” and “Launch at login”. I have shortcuts set up for signatures, my address, my phone number, html or Markdown code that I use often, and so on. For example, if there are emails you send routinely, you can have shortcuts for them so you don’t have to retype them. ![]() It will expand a snippet of text that you choose into a larger snippet of text. TextExpander – great utility that I use many times a day but forget I’m using it.You can back up your keychain in Dropbox, so you have access to it anywhere, even if your computer crashes. In the past, I had the same base password for almost everything (modifying it depending on the website I was using), but now I have secure, random passwords for all different sites, ensuring that my bank accounts and email are secure if someone gets one of my passwords. It’s a password manager and more - it remembers and generates secure passwords for all my logins everywhere (there’s a 1Password Chrome extension that I use to autofill my passwords into web login forms), but also remembers software license keys, passport numbers, credit cards, rewards program numbers and more. 1Password – I don’t know how I lived without this before.Easy syncing and backup of all your important files, easy way to share files and photos with people. Dropbox – this is a pretty popular app, so it won’t surprise anyone, but it’s one of the first things I install on a new computer.I now use Launchbar because it learns your usage better. ![]() For awhile I used the excellent Quicksilver, but when development stopped on that program I switched to the built-in Spotlight to launch apps. It’s basically an application launcher, though it can do a lot more.
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