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The home screen widget for the application Habituator, which features four habits—focus, eat healthy, drink water, and no smoking. Each habit has a row of check boxes the user can tap.
Mobile Apps
Habituator for iOS Is a Beautiful Habits App With Great Widgets
 
It's a Mac menu bar, stylized to look glossy the way it did in the 90s.
Apple
This App Brings Back That Classic Mac Menu Bar Look
 
Windows login screen showing a guest account profile
Computing
Sharing a Computer Can Suck Less
 
The browser extension JumpCutter running in Chrome. There is a graph showing the volume at different points in a TED Talk, with the silent parts outlined in red. Those can be sped up.
Computing
Skip Through the Silent Parts of a Video With This Browser Extension
 
The application Clamshell is running in the menu bar. There's an option to launch the application at login and five options for what should happen when you close the display, which are outlined in the article.
Computing
Use This App to Change What Happens When You Close Your MacBook
 
Two versions of a cluttered Mac menu bar—one with the default spacing, one with the tighter spacing this applications allows. The application window is below this—it's just a slider.
Computing
This App Lets You Change the Spacing in Your Menu Bar
 
Image showing an emoji appearing by using a text shortcut
Computing
Four of the Weirdest Mac Apps That Are Actually Kinda Useful
 
Illustration of a person taking notes in front of a large grid of screens showing events from his life.
Self Improvement
How to Break Your 'Loops' and Form Better Habits
 
The Pearcleaner application is open to Day One, a journaling app I don't use. I can save 62 MB.
Apple
'Pearcleaner' for Mac Offers a Streamlined Way to Uninstall Apps
 
A macOS terminal instance running spotify-player. At the top is the currently playing information; below it is the trackless for Black to Gold, a 2015 album from Vancouver BC based synth duo Dear Rouge
Computing
You Can Use Spotify Entirely From the Command Line
 
Screenshot of custom RSS feed made from newsletters
Internet
You Can Make Your Own RSS Feed for Newsletters
 
Three iPhone screenshots of the app Strolly. The left one shows a loop over a map; the loop is red with arrows indicating where to go. The second shows the settings, which allow you to decide how long of walks you're interested in. The third shows you the ability to request new walks.
Mobile Apps
This App Will Create Unique Daily Walking Loops for You
 
screen time app on an iphone
Tech
Why You Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Your Screen Time
 
A screenshot of the right side of a Mac menu bar. The Online Check icon is clicked, showing that the device is online.
Apple
This App Alerts You As Soon As Your Mac Loses Internet
 
A screenshot of Hush, which is a Mac window explaining how the application works.
Apple
'Hush' Blocks Cookie and Newsletter Popups on Safari
 
A Mac screenshot. The mouse is hovered over the Safari icon in the dock—an overlay window shows a preview of an open window, which is open to the Lifehacker home page.
Apple
'DockDoor' Lets You Preview Windows on the Mac Dock
 
A minimalistic version of a popular post on r/holdmycatnip
Internet
This App Is the Best Way to Lurk on Reddit
 
An extremely simple screenshot of an app that asks you for a URL and lets you tap "Save".
Mobile Apps
This App Lets You Set a Homepage for Safari on Your iPhone or iPad
 
A screenshot of Habo
Mobile Apps
Habo Is a Simple (and Free) Habit Tracking App
 
person typing on keyboard
Tech
You Should Try Airdash to Share Files Across Platforms