My 2023 Mac Apps of the Year

My list of the top five Mac apps I used in the past year that made my work easier.

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My App Defaults

I wasn’t going to do a post like this… But what the heck, all the cool kids are doing it this week, so why shouldn’t I, right?

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A Better AppleScript to Compress Files or Folders

I created an AppleScript that allows you to compress files and folders by simply dropping them onto the applet. A reader asked for a way to archive files and folders based off that post. This was my solution.

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iPhone Minimal Dockless Wallpaper for iOS

As someone who ascribes to a minimalist mindset and hates superfluous design, it’s always bugged me that Apple feels iOS needs a dock outline for icons at the bottom of the home screen. So, I decided to make a minimalist iPhone and iPad wallpaper that will cancel out the dock when using iOS dark mode.

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Seeing the Forest for the Trees

No matter how well-intentioned we are, sometimes we allow things to sneak into our lives under the guise of it being something important.

We ask “Who else can do this?” Or maybe we tell ourselves “No one else is qualified enough, so I’m the one who has to do it.

When we start thinking like this, it’s our ego calling the shots. Maybe we want to be the hero, or we worry those who needed us in the past no longer will and that we won’t be their go-to person anymore.

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