#Apps 2018 Archive The Rest

The first was the 27-inch LG 4K display I bought in January. Instead, I concluded that 2018 would be the year to improve the way I already work by refining existing workflows and reevaluating how I get things done, including on the Mac.Live capture and offline analysis Standard three-pane packet browser Multi-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and many others.Three events led me to work on my Mac more in 2018. ThereвЂ™s a natural tendency to take on everything that crosses your path when you go out on your own, but IвЂ™ve seen too many people fall into that trap in the past. With the number of new things I took on in 2017 and the transition to indie life, I made the conscious decision to step back and settle into my new life. Whether you're a buThat process continued into 2018.

Instead, IвЂ™ve fine-tuned existing workflows and added new apps for specific tasks.Below, IвЂ™ve broken down the 49 apps I use roughly by activity and function. I used a current-generation 9.7-inch iPad some, but it couldnвЂ™t compete with my LG display.As 2018 comes to a close, the changes IвЂ™ve made havenвЂ™t been dramatic despite the extra time IвЂ™ve spent in front of my Mac. 1 I decided to hold out for the new iPad Pros, but that meant writing for four of the busiest months at MacStories without a good iOS work solution. For it, we produced seven extra episodes of AppStories that were released in the span of one week, which kept me in front of my Mac recording and editing for long periods of late May through June.Third, just after WWDC, I destroyed the screen of my iPad Pro thanks to the trunk hinges that invade the interior of the 2016 Honda Accord.

ItвЂ™s also the source of many of the links in the MacStories Weekly newsletter that we create each week for Club members and ideas for AppStories episodes and other writing.The RSS client landscape on the Mac has seen better days. RSS is where many of the news stories on MacStories originate. A lot of that occurs in Safari, but thatвЂ™s not the only source I use, nor is it how I manage the research I collect.Reeder. Throughout 2018, much of my writing workflow has remained the same, but itвЂ™s been expanded with the addition of new apps that have made my writing life better overall.Every story involves some degree of research. Research and editing are part of the process and involve their own specialized apps. However, writing involves much more than typing.

DEVONthink played a major role in researching my history of App Store gaming and other App Store anniversary coverage. ItвЂ™s not clear if that includes both the iOS version 2 and Mac version, but I hope itвЂ™s both because RSS readers on the Mac need more attention.DEVONthink. The app also features a long list of third-party app integrations that allow me to send links to Safari Reading List, Yoink, Keep It, Instapaper, Things, Ulysses, and more.In August, the developer of Reeder announced that version 4.0 is in the works. I appreciate its simple, three-pane design and the reader-friendly customizations that are available. Except for a handful of new features and bug fixes, the app has remained largely the same for three years.Still, of all the options available on the Mac, Reeder remains my favorite.

I also used DEVONthinkвЂ™s powerful search features to find materials in the collection and find new, related material on the web.DEVONthink is perfect for this sort of big, unwieldy project. When I was finished, I had several hundred highly-organized, annotated articles covering the App StoreвЂ™s history, which I used as reference material while I wrote. As I went, I cleaned up and further categorized articles and highlighted passages with information I wanted to cite in my stories. Once I was satisfied with the ground IвЂ™d covered, I began reading what IвЂ™d saved and chasing down other leads. That too was dumped into DEVONthink.

All of that gets stored in Keep It with a вЂresearchвЂ™ tag and a tag that identifies the project. Research materials for most writing projects consist of a mix of links, text, documents, and screenshots. ThatвЂ™s why I began using Keep It on FedericoвЂ™s recommendation. Although I found DEVONthink indispensable for a project the scale of our tenth-anniversary coverage, itвЂ™s more than I need most days. That said, if you need to organize and search a lot of data, you canвЂ™t go wrong with DEVONthink.Keep It. Unfortunately, not all of the functionality available on the Mac works on iOS in DEVONthink To Go, including the highlighting functionality, which left me tied to my Mac more than I wanted to be for this project.

Apps 2018 Archive The Rest

I started using Ulysses in early 2016 and havenвЂ™t looked back. I still use Notes for its sharing feature and as temporary storage for links and other information as I come across it, but if I have several disparate bits of information about a topic, it usually ends up tagged in Keep It where I can find it all again easily.Ulysses. These are all things that Notes could handle, but I like the addition of tagging and saved searches that Keep It offers. Periodically, I go through and delete old materials that I donвЂ™t think are worth keeping and archive the rest.Organizing MacStories research and other reference materials in Keep It.Keep It has also become a place for reference materials, manuals, notes on long-term projects, recipes, and links to gear I may buy.

The app isnвЂ™t finished, but the early going is very promising. Now, a Mac version is on its way and in a beta that anyone who is a pro subscriber to Drafts 5 on iOS can try. IвЂ™ve used Drafts on iOS for a long time but was always held back from using it as much as I wanted by the lack of a Mac app. Best of all, the features that are most important to me are all available in the iOS version and sync is fast and reliable.Drafts for Mac (beta). Still, Ulysses is a comfortable writing environment that IвЂ™ve made my own with a theme I like and the fonts I prefer. Placeholder boxes for images donвЂ™t convey information that distinguishes one from another and previewing the HTML of a document requires too many steps.

When Apple discontinued its affiliate program for apps, it eliminated 90% of the affiliate revenue I earned. ThereвЂ™s no one way I use Drafts, but by tagging notes and using workspaces, I keep a collection of templates and other text organized by each of the major areas of work I do.Blink for Mac. Other times, I use it as a scratchpad for temporarily storing ideas, lists, and tasks. Longer email messages often start in Drafts too. One big category is templates I modify each week to prepare the metadata for AppStories, along with its show notes, the AppStories link post that will go on MacStories, and promotional materials for the show and its sponsors. Instead, Drafts has become the home of everything else.

I pulled that from the App Store when Apple discontinued affiliate linking.Less well-known is that I was less than 24 hours away from launching a Mac version of Blink when Apple ended app affiliate linking.

Apps For Mac 2018