![]() Fantastical is also good, but I’m not crazy about its related contacts app (CardHop), so I use Bus圜al because it integrates with the superior Bus圜ontacts. Bus圜al: A better/prettier calendar program than the one that comes with Mac.I don’t love it, but it’s good with tags and group emails. Bus圜ontacts: Everyone needs a contacts app that’s easier to use than the really poor one that comes with the Mac.(There are other apps that do this, this is the one I’ve used for years.) ($14.99 one-time) I use it constantly, especially when doing data entry. Copy ’em with helper app: If you copy and paste a lot, this holds the last X number of things that you copied, so you can paste them without having to copy again.Magnet: A handy little app that snaps and resizes your windows around the screen.But I’m starting to worry about its privacy policies. Dropbox: Still works better than iCloud as a way to back up and sync your documents everywhere.Alfred: It’s like the Mac’s spotlight feature on steroids.(“ammlo” is so much easier than “Andrés Manuel López Obrador.”) Also for bits of HTML code, my address and phone number, my email signature, and much else. TextExpander: I haven’t typed my name in years, I just type “aaaa” and TextExpander instantly puts in “Adam Isacson.” Why have to remember today’s date when I can just type “dddd.” I have snippets for Latin American countries and leaders.All I have to know is that one master password to open the vault. I don’t know the passwords to any of the sites or services I use: 1Password generates them and saves them, and I just copy and paste. 1Password holds all of my logins and passwords behind a single password that only I know. ![]() 1Password: A password manager is the first thing I install on a new computer, so that I can install everything else easily.Since I spend about two-thirds of my waking hours doing something at a computer, I don’t mind spending a few hundred dollars a year to make that experience less unpleasant and more efficient, while supporting developers. Still, a lot of these apps charge money to use them, at times as a subscription. I like inexpensive or free apps that do one thing really well.So a lot of these apps favor keyboard shortcuts and automating things, but that often means a steeper learning curve. I like apps and sites that let me keep my hands on the keyboard, rather than distracting me with a lot of clicking or fiddling around.I’ve been in that ecosystem since 2006, so I don’t really know what many of these apps’ Windows or Linux equivalents are. I use a Mac, so this list is Apple-centric.Here’s the list that I’m sharing with her. Coming off my own setup experience, I thought I’d write her up a list of the apps I’ve found useful, and that she might find useful as a university student. My daughter, a senior in high school who’s applying for college right now, is getting a similar model computer for Christmas. (I’m using it right now.) That gave me a good look at the software and services I’m using most lately. My new laptop computer arrived on Friday, and I decided to set this one up from scratch instead of migrating from the old one.
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