Less-used things, or things that don’t need fiddling with: My most precious resource is my attention, so I’m very selective about who gets any. Notifications - those things that make you less productive and break your train of thought.I have my menu bar divided into two pages, the second to follow. The ellipsis (three dots) is for Bartender.Drives at home (4T, lots of history), and school (1T, less history). Time Machine - Dropbox and iCloud are copies, not backups.I also use their app installer just about every time, as it does a lot of the menial work of installing automatically. Dropbar - great place to stick stuff temporarily.It’s really nice having them a keystroke away, and that they will go away with the same keystroke. Shift+Butterfly for Bear, Ctrl+Butterfly for Ulysses. For example, the ‘butterfly’ key on my keyboard opens Agenda, or hides the window if it’s already open - that is, it acts like a toggle. Keyboard Maestro - I’ve created a lot of shortcuts and tool palettes to help me use applications more efficiently.Weekly reports, and goals for categories, like ‘less than two hours per day on social media’. Pops up a window asking what I’ve been doing if I’ve been away. Rescue Time - monitors what I’m doing on the computer.Also creates shortcut places at screen edges to resize windows. Shortcut keys allow you to move a window to the left half of the screen, left 1/3, lower half, etc. Magnet - a really awesome window manager.Hazel - waiting to move PDFs from Downloads to my Bookends import folder.Sharing preferences (blacked out, as everything is off).Also waiting to help clean up any files left behind when I delete an app. Clean My Mac - waiting to clean some disc space, also keeping an eye out for hung applications.Backs up my research data, cloud data (some of it anyway), and dropbox data to an external SSD. Carbon Copy Cloner - just hanging out waiting to back something up when I connect an external drive I’ve set up.Location Services - Calendar needs to know where I am for some reason.iStat Menus - overview of system activity etc.CleanMyDrive2 - can remove junk from external drives, allows quickly ejecting all drives.Copied - syncs clipboard material between macOS and iOS, allows saving clips as e.g.Workspaces - doesn’t play well with MATLAB, so probably will be removed.All rights reserved.Since folks seem to be interested in home screens, desktops, and the like, I thought I’d throw out the things I let live in my menubar. Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P.Offer good for verified college students only and does not extend to a Family Sharing group. Free Apple TV+ access for students ends when you no longer qualify or do not renew your Apple Music Student subscription. Limited-time offer offer may end at any time.Plan automatically renews after trial until cancelled. The Apple One free trial includes only services that you are not currently using through a free trial or a subscription.Plan automatically renews until cancelled. One subscription per Family Sharing group.Offer good for 3 months after eligible device activation. This offer is not available if you or your Family have previously accepted an Apple TV+ three months free or one year free offer. Only one offer per Apple ID and only one offer per family if you’re part of a Family Sharing group, regardless of the number of devices you or your family purchases. New and qualified returning subscribers only.Playback quality will depend on hardware and internet connection. Accessing Dolby Atmos features requires a Dolby Atmos‑capable system. 4K resolution requires a 4K‑capable device. Not all content is available in 4K or 4K HDR.
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