Amazon hasn’t launched any new Kindles for a while, but it does have a deal that changes which is the best for us to buy. Not to save you watching the video, but it’s the Kindle Paperwhite Kids edition. Join the Writer’s Mailing list too: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT and also, read my book on how any writer can get more done: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
LINKS:
Kindle Paperwhite Kids: https://amzn.to/3dpLJMA
Previous 58keys on Kindle versus iPad: https://youtu.be/afAS1MnMBIY
Bunch is the simplest Mac app with the most enormous impact: this will change how you switch between writing apps and tasks.
LINKS:
Bunch for Mac: bunchapp.co
The best, no, okay, latest, no, alright, fuzziest and most man-COVID-full explanation of Regular Expressions – the writing tool that makes normal Find and Replace look feeble.
LINKS:
How to really learn RegEx:https://www.regextutorial.org
My RexEx code for rewriting that paragraph of names into a list:
\((.*?)\)
Well, okay, I wanted it… but this is the £200 ($200) Extended Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and it’s hard to justify that cost. Let me have a go anyway.
LINK:
Apple’s extended Magic Keyboard with Touch ID on Amazon – note that the deal I got is currently over; also watch that you get the right country layout. I bought the UK English one here: https://amzn.to/3lZRNwh
Apple’s keyboard from Apple itself – this time still check you’re getting the right country version, but also note that there is a $179 version in white: https://apple.co/3GM7pND
Call it a useful tool for when you need to concentrate, or a handy way to put off doing any writing, but here’s how to make a cheap On Air light you remotely control from your Mac, iPhone or iPad.
LINKS:
Palodone On Air Light from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Gxhk9l
Stream Deck from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3M75oww
9.75 meter USB extension cable from Amazon: https://amzn.to/38SUI78
Assorted HomeKit smart plugs on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3GyKt3X
Buying through these Amazon links may get me some money, though frankly it hasn’t happened yet so I suspect I’ve missed a button.
Hazel is the Mac app you don’t realise you need, and then when you’ve got it, you forget it’s there. But here’s how it is always working for you, always sorting out your documents and always saving you time.
LINKS:
Hazel for Mac: https://www.noodlesoft.com
It’s the big, splashy new Mac and iPad feature that will change your writing work in a very small, but very significant way.
It’s Apple Pages: The Movie. For the two-year anniversary of 58keys, here’s a complete guide to Apple Pages on the Mac.
LINKS AND INDEX
Apple’s support note about Collaboration: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT206181
Paul Reiser’s Couplehood on Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/35CHjhf
Paul Reiser’s Couplehood on Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/3rj6kGS
Pixelmator Pro: https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/
Proof that Apple really makes Macs for writers: there’s a superb dictionary hidden away in them.
Put down the pen, step away from the keyboard, get your backside off the chair, it’s time for Apple Fitness+.
LINKS:
Apple Fitness+: https://www.apple.com/shop/go/apple_fitness_plus/
AppleInsider exercise bike/desk review: https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/03/flexispot-deskcise-pro-v9-review-an-addictive-exercise-workstation
Flexispot Deskcise USA: https://amzn.to/3H9nYTc
Flexispot Deskcise UK: https://amzn.to/3c3CehV
Amazon links are affiliate ones, by the way.