mac os x

  • Connect Your Files Across Applications With Hook

    Connect Your Files Across Applications With Hook

    Mac: I’ve developed a lot of systems I use to keep files and projects connected on my Mac: Wiki-link services that connect notes to to-do items, Curio projects that connect emails to projects, and extensive tagging systems to keep all kinds of files together. Each one is, in one way or another, limited in scope…


  • Cardhop Gives You A Command Line For Contacts

    Cardhop Gives You A Command Line For Contacts

    Mac: Flexibits, creators of Lifehacker’s favourite calendar app Fantastical, has released its command-line approach to contacts with Cardhop. This new contacts app is oriented around actions rather than your contacts database; you mainly use it by writing commands, kind of like talking to Siri. It’s a potentially compelling interface — if you can remember to…


  • How To Upgrade Your Computer’s Login Screen

    The login screen greets you every single time you boot up your computer, but it’s often neglected when it comes to tweaking and customising your system. Here’s how to make changes to the login screen on macOS Sierra or Windows 10 so it’s very much your own.