“Show Window Title Icons” (also called proxy boxes) is an option hidden away in Accessibility, but has a lot of uses. Go into System Preferences > Display and check the box “Show Window Title Icons”. They’re interactive and allow for things like dragging and dropping, and right-clicking to access dropdown menus. If you open any…
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Automatically populate regular email fields, capitalise acronyms and add standard phrases and paragraphs in documents with a snippet in TextExpander. What Is A Snippet And How Does It Work It’s simply a short set of keystrokes which expand into a longer phrase, sentence or paragraph. Their use is only limited by our imagination. Some practical…
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File Retrieval: How about retrieving your standard report template with one click rather than going into nested folders on your Mac or on your network. I do this using Keyboard Maestro. Using Keyboard Maestro, keyboard shortcuts can be set up to retrieve any type of file, wherever it is on your system. All you need…
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What is Hazel? Hazel is a small utility whose power lies in its ability to monitor folders and take action when specific events occur in relation to those folders. Among other things I use it to automatically deal with regular incoming documents, keep my folders tidy and automate regular tasks on my Mac. Some Simple…
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What is Shortcuts?? It’s part of the Mac OS operating system, so it’s free!! It’s a successor to Automator, which still exists but is expected to be phased out over time. It enables you to perform simple and more complex tasks with little or no programming experience. Use the Shortcuts app to access Voice Control…
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Working in a Regulated Industry? Are you operating in an area where you are subject to regulatory oversight. Have you encountered problems with your regulator when they want to review specific emails relating to a particular matter when you might have many hundreds if not thousands of emails. Finding specific email(s) can easily become an…
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Letter writing and/or document production is still a large part of many businesses, particularly professional service firms. What if the outline of your letter can be substantially automated. That would leave you the writer to focus on the important parts of the communication. Well, it can be by creating a letter macro using free or…
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