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Craft & Note Taking Apps – Notes & Links

April 5, 2022 by Pete Bockenhauer
Craft logo with different colored shapes surrounding

Mini’app’les Advanced Topic Meeting – April 5, 2022

Craft & Note Taking Apps

  • Craft – Taking notes to the next level
  • Craft Help Center
  • Craft Slack Team
  • Craft eXtensions
  • Awesome stuff for Craft Docs
  • Free Video Tutorial: Craft – Apple Mac, iPad & iPhone Tutorials from ScreenCastsOnline
  • Notion – One workspace. Every team.
  • Bear – Private Markdown Editor for iPhone, iPad and Mac
  • DEVONthink, professional document and information management for the Mac and iOS
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

Mac Maintenance Apps – Notes & Links

March 15, 2022 by Pete Bockenhauer
Folder icon with screwdriver and wrench

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – March 15, 2022

Mac Maintenance Apps

  • Running Mac OS X Maintenance Scripts
  • Cocktail – A perfect mixture for macOS
  • OnyX – Operating system utilities for Mac
  • Setapp – The best apps for Mac in one suite
  • CleanMyMac X on Setapp – Free up space, protect, and speed up Mac
  • Gemini 2 – The Best Duplicate File Finder for Mac. Smart selection and fast scan.
  • coconutBattery
  • MacUpdater – keep all your apps up-to-date effortlessly
  • OmniDiskSweeper – Quickly find large, unwanted files and sweep them into the trash
  • FreeFileSync – Open Source File Synchronization & Backup Software
  • DriveDx – the most advanced drive health diagnostics and monitoring utility
  • TinkerTool – gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into macOS
  • Change Privacy preferences in Safari on Mac – Apple Support
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

Easy Steps to a Smart Home – Notes & Links

February 16, 2022 by Pete Bockenhauer
A HomePod, MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch showing the Home app.

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – February 15, 2022

Easy Steps to a Smart Home

  • Apple HomeKit
  • Philips Hue Smart lighting
  • Philips Hue White ambiance 1-pack E26
  • Philips Hue Smart light starter kits
  • HomeKit: The ultimate guide to Apple home automation | iMore
  • Thread smart home explained: Everything you need to know about the wireless protocol
  • Eve Room | evehome.com
  • Set up HomeKit Secure Video on all your devices – Apple Support
  • Aqara G2 Camera Hub
  • Apple TV & Home
  • Apple HomePod mini
  • What Is Zigbee?
  • Caseta by Lutron | Smart Light Switches, Controls & Dimmers
  • Home+
  • Home Widget for HomeKit on the App Store
  • WEMO
  • HomeScan for HomeKit on the App Store
  • HomeDevices on the App Store
  • eufy Video Doorbell
  • eufy Battery Surveillance Cameras
  • Every security camera with HomeKit Secure Video support 2022 | iMore
  • Matter | Smart Home Device Solution – CSA
  • Shane Whatley
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

How to Go Paperless – Notes & Links

January 19, 2022 by Pete Bockenhauer
Stack of papers and folders

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – January 18, 2022

How to Go Paperless

  • How to scan documents on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch – Apple Support
  • Fujitsu ScanSnap
  • ISO 8601 Date and time format
  • Alfred – boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more
  • Hazel – Automated Organization for Your Mac
  • How to Use Tags to Organize Files and Folders in macOS
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
  • VueScan Scanner Software for macOS
  • TextSniper on Setapp | Capture part of the screen and turn it into text
  • Powerful PDF Editing On Your Mac – PDFpen
  • PDF Editor and Reader for Mac | Free Trial | PDF Expert
  • Prizmo: Pro Scanning & OCR App for Mac — About
  • DEVONtechnologies | DEVONthink, professional document and information management for the Mac and iOS
  • iCloud Drive
  • Dropbox
  • Google Drive
  • OneDrive
  • 3-2-1-1-0 Backup Strategy
  • How long should I keep records?
  • Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
  • M-DISC – long-term data storage
  • M-DISC – Wikipedia – long-term data storage

News

  • Aerial – A free and open-source Mac Screen Saver
  • iPhone 14 Pro leaks show hole-punch and pill-shaped display cutouts
Category: Meeting Notes & Links, Topic Meetings

Reviewing the Past Year’s Topics – Notes & Links

December 21, 2021 by Pete Bockenhauer

Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – December 21, 2021

Reviewing the Past Year’s Topics

  • This Year’s Meeting Topics
  • Fantastical – calendar alternative
  • Plex
  • Fastmail
  • Masked Email – Fastmail
  • Masked Email from Fastmail and 1Password
  • 1Password – Password Manager for Families, Businesses, Teams
  • Dashlane – Password Manager App for Home, Mobile, Business
  • Use Focus on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch – Apple Support
  • Documents by Readdle – iOS file manager
  • Carbon Copy Cloner – Mac Backup Software
  • ChronoSync – Mac Backup and Sync App
  • Setapp – The best apps for Mac in one suite
  • Disk Drill on Setapp – Data recovery software for Mac
  • Disk Drill Data Recovery Software
  • Backblaze – Online Backup and Cloud Storage Services
  • Hover – Buy Domains
  • Spark – email client for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
  • Garmin Instinct Series – Privacy & security guide – Mozilla Foundation
  • Habit List
  • Pocket Casts – podcast app
  • Feedbin – RSS feed service/app
  • YouTube Embeds – Feedbin
  • Save Webpages to Read Later – Feedbin
  • Website Transition and New RSS Link – MacSparky
  • JMAP Open Standard for Email Moves Forward – Fastmail
  • We’re Making Email More Modern with JMAP – Fastmail
  • How to set up aliases – Fastmail
  • Use Back Tap on your iPhone – Apple Support

Databases

  • Tap Forms Organizer Database for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
  • Airtable
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