How Setapp brings you 250+ Mac apps — and whether that’s worth it for us as writers.

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If you buy through my Amazon links, they may chuck me a penny or two. Or they won’t. Either way, it will never cost you anything extra. Same with Setap.

Setapp: https://setapp.sjv.io/c/4838316/34332…

Bartender
$16 or £15.67: https://www.macbartender.com

Mosaic
£29.99 to run on more than one Mac (£14.99 for just one) (No US price): https://www.lightpillar.com/mosaic.html

CleanShot X
$29 (or from $8/month and you get various benefits like unlimited cloud storage): https://cleanshot.com

Downie
£15.99 or $19.99: https://software.charliemonroe.net/do…

OpenIn
£11.99 or $11.99: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/openin-…

HookMark
£67.56 or $69.99 for Pro version (there is a $29.99 one, and even the free version is useful): https://hookproductivity.com

Timing
£9 or $11 per month (one user, two Macs) there is a £7/month or $9/month for one user one Mac): https://timingapp.com/?lang=en

CleanMyMac X
£34.95 (currently on sale for £29.95) for one year [$39.99, sale $34,99]: https://cleanmymac.com
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They can be frustrating and they can be altered behind your back, but PDFs are extraordinarily built into the Mac and there is so much we can do with them.

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If you buy through my Amazon links, they may chuck me a penny or two. Or they won’t. Either way, it will never cost you anything extra.

Adobe Acrobat: https://www.adobe.com/uk/acrobat.html
CleanShot X: https://cleanshot.com
PDF Expert: https://pdfexpert.com/downloads
Nitro (was PDFpen): https://www.gonitro.com

Five or so tips for how writers can get more out of Safari on the Mac.

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If you buy through my Amazon links, they may chuck me a penny or two. Or they won’t. Either way, it will never cost you anything extra.

Choosing between two ebook services, both alike in dignity. It’s Apple Books versus Amazon’s Kindle books.

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Ted Chiang books:
Stories of Your Life and Others: Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Sdfuke
Stories of Your Life and Others: Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/48Wd1l8
Exhalation: Amazon US: https://amzn.to/499sFd7
Exhalation: Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/495T9vT

If you buy through my Amazon links, they may chuck me a penny or two. Or they won’t. Either way, it will never cost you anything extra.

Special extra 58keys episode: Apple Vision Pro for writers. Now it can be ordered (in the US only), we’re being told more and there are promising elements for writers.

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If you buy through my Amazon links, they may chuck me a penny or two. Or they won’t. Either way, it will never cost you anything extra.

Apple’s Vision Pro tour video: https://youtu.be/Vb0dG-2huJE?si=xuuO21AuPUYiCg-K

Copy text from images, copy frames from videos, and you know Command-C and Command-V, but you didn’t know Control-K and Control-Y. Learn the unexpected extra benefits of good old Copy and Paste on a Mac.

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If you buy through my Amazon links, they may chuck me a penny or two. Or they won’t. Either way, it will never cost you anything extra.

Mac SE image used in episode is from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macintosh_SE_b.jpg

Clipboard Managers on 58keys: https://youtu.be/f62hQBE53I4
Alfred 5 on 58keys: https://youtu.be/EjbPxSqK6KE

Alfred 5: https://www.alfredapp.com

From new Macs to Journal via writing tools and updates, 2023 saw 58keys covering everything for writers who use Macs, iPhones and iPads. Here’s a sampler of the top ten most-watched editions.

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1. Dear Diary… using Apple’s Journal
2. Using Apple Pages in a Microsoft Word world
3. Gushing over the new OmniFocus 4
4. Apple’s macOS Sonoma for Writers
5. Apple’s Scary Fast event for writers
6. Kindle Scribe gets updates for writers and scribblers
– Kindle Scribe on Amazon US
– Kindle Scribe on Amazon UK
Previous 58keys on Kindle Scribe:
– Kindle Scribe is here and better than expected – ish
7. iOS 17 for writers and writing
8. Buy this Untitled Folder Wallet and try out Bear 2
Buy the Untitled Folder Wallet
9. New Macs for Writers
10. Yet More Mac Tips for Writers from October 2023
TextSoap for Mac

Apple’s new Journal app for writers — the paint isn’t dry yet and there are bits missing, but it’s very good.

As clocks have gone back in the UK but not anywhere else, this is being released at 18:00 UK time so that either you get it exactly when you expect, or it’s a bit early.

Anyway. This week’s Scary Fast event could have been an email instead of a video, but what has been released is all good for you and me as writers.

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If you buy through my Amazon links, they may chuck me a penny or two. Or they won’t. Either way, it will never cost you anything extra.

CREDITS:
The video contains many shots from Apple, but then also these two:
PowerBook G3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WallstreetII.jpg
BBC Television Centre: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BBC_Television_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3391376.jpg

Five tips that could speed up your Mac, giving you more time for writing. I can only apologise.

LINKS:
58keys Mac tips for writers playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCtk0vyOGM41bQa6fgl6JPVTmSxPqjZCb
TestSoap: https://textsoap.com/mac/index.html
TextSoap is also available on the Setapp subscription service: https://setapp.com

Photo of original Macintosh by: http://www.allaboutapple.com/