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Essential Mac Tools: CloudApp

Essential Mac Tools: CloudApp

CloudApp is one my essential mac tools. CloudApp allows me to share a screenshot or a record a video with a couple keysrokes. I just press [Apple]-[Shirt]-4 and click-and-hold to drag an a square area on my desktop.  When I release, that screenshot is instantly uploaded to the cloud and the URL to that cloud image is copied to my clipboard. Here is a screenshot of my twitter feed that took Read the article >>
Essential Mac Tools: SpiderOak ONE

Essential Mac Tools: SpiderOak ONE

SpiderOak One is one of my favorite tools for Mac OS X. SpiderOak One is like Dropbox, but they care about your privacy.  Their systems have *zero knowledge* of what's in your data.   All of the data on their servers (it can also be hosted on your own servers) is encrypted and SpiderOak does *not* have the keys. Plus, its as easy to use as Dropbox.  There is a mac application you download Read the article >>
Essential Mac Tools: Captio for iPhone

Essential Mac Tools: Captio for iPhone

Captio has become one of my favorite apps for iOS. It does one thing, and does it very well.  Open Captio and start typing.  Press send and the note is delivered to your inbox. Why is Captio a great tool?  Because using it, I have tamed my inbox with Gmail GTD.  Now, I can capture ideas generated when I am on: bus rides long runs bike rides the bathroom in bed and evaluate Read the article >>
How to free up space on a Mac Hard Drive

How to free up space on a Mac Hard Drive

A mac's performance can slow a whole lot when there is too much on it's hard drives.  There is an app called DaisyDisk that I like to use when I am out of disk space -- It makes the practice of cleaning up your hard drive a whole lot easier.  You can get it here. 1. Run a scan on the primary disk 2. Drill down on largest items   You can drill down on the largest items by clicking Read the article >>
Six Mac Productivity Tools To Try

Six Mac Productivity Tools To Try

SpiderOak -- Dropbox for a post-Snowden world. Seamlessly sync your  *encrypted* files between your computers.  SpiderOak's servers never know the plaintext contents of the data being stored.   CloudApp -- Easily upload and share screenshots (or other documents).  Comes with a handy  menubar app that auto-copies a link to the uploaded contents.   Boomerang for Gmail -- Read the article >>