Sponsor: TextExpander⇢

TextExpander removes the repetition out of work so you can focus on what matters most. You can say goodbye to repetitive text entry, spelling and message errors, and trying to remember the right thing to say.

When you use TextExpander, you can say the right thing in just a few keystrokes. Snippets allow you to maximize your time by getting rid of the repetitive things you type while still customizing and personalizing your messages.

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Sponsor: Boom 3D: Volume Booster & EQ with 3D Surround Sound⇢

Boom 3D, the popular audio app for macOS & Windows, offers an enhanced audio experience system-wide, with all kinds of media like movies, music, games, and more. A zero-distortion volume boost, and instant enhancement of ordinary stereo to 3D Surround Sound, features that can be considered auditory marvels in sound engineering are just basics in Boom 3D. Unlike Apple’s spatialized audio, Boom 3D works with ANY stereo or surround sound content.

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Switch to iPad⇢

My thanks to Thord D. Hedengren and his newsletter, Switch to Glass, for sponsoring the site this week. Switch to iPad isn’t just for those who have made the switch from a traditional computer to a more versatile one. It’s a newsletter — and a website! — about getting the most out of your iPad.

Supporting Switch to iPad costs $5/month or $50/year, but 512 Pixels readers can try it free for 14 days, no strings attached, using this link. The site, however, is completely free, so do check that out too.

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Sponsor: Switch to iPad⇢

The iPad is a truly magical piece of glass. It’s the primary computer for many. That’s why Thord D. Hedengren started Switch to iPad, a weekly newsletter about making the switch to a better computing life.

Switch to iPad isn’t just for those who have made the switch from a traditional computer to a more versatile one. It’s a newsletter about getting the most out of your iPad.

It isn’t just a newsletter anymore either; Switch to iPad now has a new home on the web. The website is free and updated by Thord several times a week.

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Sponsor: Black Ink⇢

Black Ink celebrates the art of crosswords by offering a beautiful solving experience on your Mac. Download and solve right in the app, or print the puzzles with your preferred layout to solve with a pen or pencil.

You can download puzzles from a variety of sources, both free and subscription-based, right in the app. It also supports solving files in the ubiquitous “Across Lite” format which you can search for and download all over the web.

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Sponsor: TextExpander⇢

TextExpander removes the repetition out of work so you can focus on what matters most. You can say goodbye to repetitive text entry, spelling and message errors, and trying to remember the right thing to say.

When you use TextExpander, you can say the right thing in just a few keystrokes. Snippets allow you to maximize your time by getting rid of the repetitive things you type while still customizing and personalizing your messages.

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Loopback⇢

My thanks to Loopback for sponsoring 512 Pixels this week. Loopback creates virtual audio devices, which merge audio from multiple applications and input devices into a single source. These virtual devices appear on your Mac just like a real, physical device, and can be selected for use in any audio app on your Mac. It’s incredibly powerful.

Check out Loopback today, with a free trial. Through August 31, 512 Pixels readers can save 21% with coupon code HACK21.

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Sponsor: Loopback from Rogue Amoeba⇢

With Loopback, it’s trivial to pass audio from one application to another on your Mac. Need to play a recording into Zoom? Add sound effects into a podcast? Include music in a streamed event? Loopback gives you the power to do just that with just a few clicks. It’s like a high-end mixing board, right inside your Mac.

Loopback creates virtual audio devices, which merge audio from multiple applications and input devices into a single source. These virtual devices appear on your Mac just like a real, physical device, and can be selected for use in any audio app on your Mac. It’s incredibly powerful.

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