Questions tagged [productivity]
We define productivity as something that helps us as humans use our technology better, especially if it involves automation or integration of stand alone tools.
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Does Apple's new Password Manager work with 2FA QR codes? [closed]
Today I use Dashlane's family plan, which suits me well, but it comes with a cost.
I read in the announcement that Apple's password manager supports QR codes, which makes me understand that it's ...
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How do I remove this redundant icon in my app switcher forever?
For some unknown reason, I sometimes have two Firefox icons in my app switcher, one is always stuck on the left, slowing or confusing me when I try to switch between apps:
It slows me down enormously ...
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Is there an app I can use to track screen time for each desktop on my MacBook? [duplicate]
In general I work on a specific desktop and I do other stuff on the other ones. So I would like to track the screen time of that specific desktop in order to know for how long I have been working. How ...
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Solution to switch quickly between different group of windows by keeping their state (position) on macOS
I am using macos/osx now for more than 15 years and I always try to figure out a good way to group windows and persist their position and state so that I can quickly switch between those groups (...
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How to close all windows in one swoop? [duplicate]
I have a lot of open windows.
how do I close them in one fell swoop?
I'm on mojave 10.14.5
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Cannot find the option "Allow different input source for each document"
I need to have my keyboard layout settings stick to the applications where I set them. So when I go to chats (say in the Telegram app), I want the language to be German or whatever else I left off ...
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Keyboard shortcut to make window fill up screen
Is there a keyboard shortcut or a way of setting one to fill the window to the whole screen size, without actually being full screened.
There is a way by holding shift and clicking the green plus icon,...
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"Enable Mouse Keys" option in Accessibility not working
I am trying to control the trackpad of my macbook via keyboard but the "Enable Mouse Keys" option in Accessibility does not enable the mouse control which should be the 789UIOJKL keys.
What ...
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Is it possible to make iOS Calendar alerts selectively make noise while in silent mode?
I usually leave my cell phone on silent mode.
The only thing that breaks the silence are the alarms.
Ideally I'd be able to selectively set some, or all, calendar alerts to make noise in silent mode.
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Is there a shortcut for selecting the desktop?
I use the Show Desktop feature quite often, but I find it a bit annoying that I always have to click on the blank space on the desktop before being able to control it with my keyboard (i.e. finding a ...
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Open link in new private window on iPad with safari
In order to avoid cluttering my history and such I often want to quickly open links in a private window. This is in the middle of a non private session.
How I do this in Chrome:
Long press link
Open ...
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iPhone productivity app that tracks hours worked with an efficiency parameter
I'm looking for an iPhone app that tracks "effective" hours worked over time.
Say I feel half efficient. Then two hours 'effort' amounts to 1 hour of 'actual' work done. If I'm at say 33% ...
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Open source 4-way split screen on macOS? [duplicate]
macOS's split view allows a screen to be divided into two, with an application in each part.
Is there any open source / free way to do a 4-way split screen (e.g. a screen split into quarters)?
I ...
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Solution to keep complete projects completely separate with same user and multiple displays on macOS?
I'm trying to figure out a simple way one can work on multiple complex projects simultaneously and switch between them elegantly and quickly, without the need to close down applications from one ...
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How can I downgrade from keynote 10.1 to 10.0?
Well, I updated to Keynote 10.1 and it hangs when starting the slideshow of the presentation. All of them went well on v10.0, but they don´t in v10.1.
Any advice or suggestion. (Running in macOS 10.15....
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How to make the colors of the Mac more dull/faded?
For more than a year I've had my phone in black & white mode and I find it greatly helps reduce the stimulating effect of using the phone, and makes me naturally use the phone less (and it's more ...
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Can't tab between dialog options on Finder's Replace File dialog
Despite enabling Full Keyboard Access for All Controls in the Keyboard settings, I can't tab between dialog options on Finder's Replace File dialog.
This worked fine in previous versions of macOS – I ...
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Windows like Alt-Tab (Cmd Tab) [duplicate]
Is there a way to tab through all active windows in Mac OS (Mojave 10.14.5) like in Win 7,8,10? I would like to do this on my work computer, so a native solution would be appreciated; rather than one ...
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How to show application windows only for current Space in Exposé, and not aggregated from all Spaces
I just started using Spaces in 10.14 (I know I'm a little late to) and was excited at first until I encountered this scenario:
When I am in a Space and do Exposé to "Show me ALL Application Windows",...
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Is there a way to select text squarely or vertically (not just in Preview)?
I want to select text in the browser that is grouped in columns, it would be useful to be able to just select text (or objects) in a certain column, but selection is done horizontally only. I know ...
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How to tile floating windows
In the application I write in (Ableton Live), there are always several floating windows open. ("Floating" in the OSX sense: ^F6 toggles through them).
I use them so often that I need a way to tile ...
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Native way to speed up/remove desktop switching animations
I want a native (and therefore free) way to speed up a specific animation. My research covers these questions and links on this that have gone unsolved for High Sierra and no answers there cover this ...
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Is there an app that could create a daily checklist from a template?
I'm looking for an app that could automate some of my routines at work.
Each working day I start with checking emails, new issues in bugtrack, cup of coffee and etc.
Some of the work requires step ...
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How to name Safari windows?
I usually work with multiple Safari windows open. Each has multiple tabs. Each window is a particular theme. Is there a way to name these windows so I can easily navigate between them?
Or is there an ...
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How to copy one Photo to two folders in one copy operation?
I would like to achieve the following:
When I copy one photo into Folder A, I want to the same photo to be copied to folder B.
So what I want to do basically is to copy a photo to two folders with ...
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How can I efficiently use Web apps on my Mac?
I find that Web apps slow down my workflow a lot. If I leave browsers open I accumulate lots of unused tabs that slow things down a lot, and new tabs launch in old subject-specific browser windows. ...
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How to Backup Email on Apple Mail?
I am new to this Mac world and on the first day of my new job my boss gave me a tedious task to Backup Emails on Apple Mail. Basically, there are 3 email ids, and these are our support email database. ...
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Large text selection doesn't work
In macOS, one can select text quickly and precisely using shortcuts.
Pressing SHIFT and the arrow keys will select one character at a time (← →) or one line (↑, ↓) at a time. And pressing ALT and ...
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Stickies and Notifications center hybrid
The notifications center is always just a swipe away, but I never use it.
Stickies on the contrary I use them a lot, but I cannot easily have them on all desktops, hidden when I don't need them.
It ...
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Apple Mail - block incoming mail at certain hours
The question kind of speaks for itself. I want to find a handy way to block new mail from coming in, to avoid distractions.
I was thinking of creating a cronjob that enables and disables firewall ...
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Auto-completing words in any program
I am looking for a program running on Mac OS X that allows the user to auto-complete words in any program.
For example, if the user types soft, the program could suggest software or soften in a ...
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Terminal: map super/command key in stty
I want to remap terminal shortcuts (In particular, I want to remap INTR from CTRL+C to Command+C) in Terminal.
So these are my current stty bindings
$ stty -a
speed 38400 baud; 38 rows; 179 columns;
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Is there a way in Terminal to highlight the row under the cursor?
I need to read a long row of output in Terminal and was wondering if there is a way to have the whole row where the mouse cursor is positioned highlighted. Alternatively, would there be a way to ...
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is it possible on a mac to quicky see the desktop along with the last active window?
Many times, I feel the need to keep the current window open while having access to the desktop.
A good scenario to picture where this could be handy is this:
Say, you are on a web page and you want ...
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Selective Backup in Apple Mail Email Client
I have an IMAP Gmail account which I have logged in through Apple Mail email client on my Mac book pro. I have sorted out some important emails and made a separate folder for those emails. Is it ...
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Revert archived files to specified locations like Downloads, Documents and Desktop
I'm working on two projects, let's call them Project1 and Project2.
This week I'll be working on Project1.
The files of Project1 on which I'll be working are stored at different place on my PC - ...
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Alarm clock OS X with automator and password on wake up
As there is no built in alarm clock in OS X, like in IOS, is there any way to set alarm clock via automator (playlist in iTunes), when Mac is in sleep mode and login password is required?
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solution to easily embed skim notes doesn't work
My question is directly linked to the thread Make Skim save PDF's with embedded notes by default
What if the proposed solution (https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/166794/180243) doesn't help? As ...
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Creating whitelist of few websites from Terminal
I want to block all websites except one or two websites (white list) while working for 'productivity' purposes (when I am working only). I know how to block individual websites as shown here http://...
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PDF reader that refreshes at updates and stays put
I am looking for a pdf reader which refreshes when the pdf is updated, while staying (roughly) at the same page it was before the refresh.
Adobe and Foxit don't refresh. Preview does refresh, but ...
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Enabling/disabling applications based on a "profile" in Mac OS X?
Is there a tool built-in or third party that allows me to turn start up or shut down applications based on setting that I choose for a give time? For example, I usually run Dropbox, Google Drive, and ...
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How can I de-folderize the contents of a folder?
Is it possible - without any command line or programming being involved - to remove all folders within a folder, and just leave the files?
For example, if I processed this photo folder:
Then I would ...
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How can I "automatically" get a reminder that day is done?
I many times forget time and stay long hours in the office.
Is there any kind of app that would automatically set a reminder when computer starts + X hours passed?
Now I try to set a reminder (native ...
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Can you save a work session and reopen it later?
Imagine you are working on a book, for which you need 5 precise internet tabs/pages to be open at the same time, Apple Pages, Dictionary, and, I don't know, a classical music CD in iTunes that ...
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Unlock delay for iPhone 6
So I waste too much time on my phone. Checking Facebook and Twitter, browsing to read unproductive things, etc. I should just stop, but I'm curious if there is a technological deterrent to my habit.
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How to switch between multiple fullscreen windows of same application in OS X? [duplicate]
When I'm running several instances of the same app (might be Chrome separate windows, or several IntelliJ projects) in fullscreen mode, I can't navigate to concrete app using ⌘-Tab, it will just show ...
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Is there an Alfred Workflow to install and view Alfred workflows?
I want a workflow like the cask / brew workflow for Alfred workflows. Does this already exists?
e.g. auto completion, viewing and installing and removing right from alfred instead of searching google ...
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Step-by-step checklist for iOS
I am looking for an app that works on the Mac as well as on the iPad.
At work we have daily tasks that do not occur on a set schedule (aka they are on an as needed basis).
This app would allow us to ...
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How can I disable all stack exhange sites except stackoverflow.com?
How can I set SelfControl to only accept visits to stackoverflow.com, but none of the other sites on the stack exchange network? I want to become more productive, but the clickbait with abusive bosses,...
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RedQuits (or alternative) on Mac OS X 10.10
I have installed RedQuits on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite). Unfortunately, it is not working at all.
I have made sure that RedQuits has access to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy >...
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