Sketchnoting is a powerful and visual way to take notes that helps you retain more of the information you hear. It’s an excellent way to capture ideas during meetings, workshops, conferences, and more. »

Moodnotes is a simple iOS app that helps you track and understand your emotional state. »

The new version is a substantial update and includes a new design that makes working with your PDF documents even easier. »

Keyboard Maestro by Stairways Software is a powerful automation program which allows you to create your own macros that automate certain actions on your Mac. With Keyboard Maestro (and a little bit of practice), you can use your Mac to automate virtually anything. Keyboard Maestro has been an essential Mac app for me for years. […] »

In this Mindfulness Monday post, we deconstruct the concept of a distraction-free phone. »

We've been listening to (and making) podcasts for a long time, and there have never been so many incredible options available to podcast listeners as there are currently today — no matter your interests — which means there are a ton of great tech podcasts out there for Apple enthusiasts like us. »

Journaling is one of the best habits you can create. It allows you to distance yourself from the emotion and business of the day by reflecting on the events that happened so you can achieve clarity on the situation and see things from the proper perspective. »

Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at apps that help facilitate a mindful approach to your technology. »

Bumpr is a Mac App Store utility that allows you to select a browser in which to open links when clicking them. It’s a handy little app that is great for anyone who occasionally has a need to open links in various browsers, and it recently received an upgrade to version 1.2 that adds several […] »

Email apps on iOS is an extremely competitive and volatile market in the App Store today, but there are a few trends that have us concerned. »

If you’re going to be coming to Macstock this weekend (July 27-28) in Woodstock, IL, be sure to stop by and say hi! Myself and Rosemary Orchard will be speaking from The Sweet Setup team, along with David Sparks, Brett Terpstra, Chuck Joiner, and a lot of other really smart people eager to teach you […] »

Day One (our favorite journaling app) just received a major update to version 4.0. There’s a couple big features in this release, but the big one is support for videos in your Day One entries. The ability to add video to Day One is a game changer for parents like myself who record small video […] »

This week, the popular email app Airmail made the switch from a standard paid app to a subscription-based app, angering many of its users. Before the change, Airmail was priced at $4.99 in the iOS App Store. Now, Airmail Premium (which allows you to use multiple accounts and enable push notifications) is $2.99/month or $9.99/year. […] »

We love the new innovations Overcast has pioneered like the Clip Sharing feature that allows you to create and share your favorite moments from your podcast episodes, and Castro has also made several large advances, making the decision even more difficult. »

The team behind Day One recently released a new version that allows you to email an entry directly to one of your Day One journals. »

The latest version of Agenda brings some new features to the table, as long as some additional refinements ahead of iOS 13. »

While there are a ton of features that factor into us selecting Alfred as our favorite app launcher for the Mac, one of our more whimsical favorites is the ability to change the appearance by creating a custom theme. This is a paid feature that is part of the Alfred Powerpack, a worthwhile upgrade that […] »

Here is how Day One helps you capture text, images, and audio snippets quickly and easily on all your devices. »

The latest version of Twitterrific allows you to create your own custom themes and use them inside the application on your iOS device. »

Twitterific 6 includes several enhancements to provide an outstanding Twitter experience on iOS that makes it a serious contender for taking the crown of the best Twitter client on iOS. »

This week, Apple unveiled a bunch of new features alongside their major operating system updates at WWDC. The keynote this year was jam-packed, and many major software updates only got a few moments of stage time. With so many things to cover, there were a couple that kind of flew under the radar that we […] »

Apple made a ton of announcements at their keynote presentation during WWDC earlier today in San Jose, and here are a few things we're really excited about. »

At first glance, it may not look like there’s a lot new here, but it’s a pretty substantial update that makes Alfred more powerful than ever. »

1Password 7.3 for Mac introduces a completely updated 1Password mini tool, along with over 150 new features, fixes, and updates. »

While Ulysses is a great place to do your writing, it’s not necessarily great for managing your writing tasks. For that, we recommend a dedicated task manager. Here's how to combine Things 3 and Ulysses to manage your writing tasks. »

Creating a slideshow for family and friends is a piece of cake with the Photos app. »

Setting up a shared photo album through iCloud is a great way to share photos and stay connected, and we show you to set one up. »

When writing for the web, Byword and Ulysses make it easy to copy or export your text as HTML for publishing. »

Sometimes it can be handy to see where a picture was taken by looking at the location metadata, but there are many other times you might not the entire internet to know where you took a particular photo. »

Todoist is a productivity app makes managing your tasks and projects easy. And because it’s web-based, it also allows you to access your to-do list from just about anywhere. »

Saving email messages as PDFs is a convenient way to create copies of messages that you want to keep. »

Day One makes logging important conversations, milestones, and special moments incredibly easy by allowing you to automatically create journal entries by connecting various services via IFTTT. »

One of the most powerful features a task manager like OmniFocus offers is the ability to filter your tasks and projects to show you only what you want to see at any given moment. »

Mail and Airmail both offer methods of copying individual message URLs so you can easily create references in action items, notes, and more. »