mac – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Undelete on the Mac

2023-05-31

One way to possibly restore deleted files with a Mac. (No warranty.)
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Exporting macOS Podcasts

2022-05-07

Apple’s macOS doesn’t make it easy to export podcasts from its app, but there are ways.
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Chevrons on the Mac

2022-04-17

Just a short note on how to type « and » on the Mac, e.g., in Microsoft Word.
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Sharing an iPad or iPhone Screen when Using WebEx on the Mac

2021-08-03

Did not notice it before, but you can share an iPad/iPhone screen when you use WebEx on the Mac. Should be great for Usability testing.
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Recording Webbrowser Audio/Video on a Mac

2021-01-30

A short guide on how to record web-browser audio/video on the Mac.
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Looking at something different on your screen

2021-01-24

An idea for a time-out, when still sitting at the desk.
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Syspolicyd, Periodically High CPU Load, Reading Huge Amounts of Data, on Mac Big Sur (and likely Catalina as well)

2020-12-02

After installing Big Sur, I noticed a periodically high CPU load, and later found out that huge amounts of data (2.8 TB, yep, *T*B) were read from the HDD within a short amount of time. Turns out, it's very very likely some unsigned .pkg files from gog.com were to blame.
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OmniFocus and iCal for Realistic Tasks-for-Today Planning

2020-07-03

OmniFocus is pretty useful, but it lacks in support for a realistic planning of what you can accomplish during one day. However, iCal can help here.
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Mac: Using file icons to facilitate quick access to folders via the Dock

2018-07-11

Just a short tip about changing the design of folders you can drag onto the Mac OS X dock.
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Mac Tip: Moving and auto-hiding the Dock if you work with different screen setups

2017-08-13

If you work with different screen setups (e.g., only the notebook on the road and two external screens in the office) and you prefer a different dock position depending on the situation, you can quickly switch and move the dock with a small Apple Script.
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BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.