Sponsor: TextSniper - OCR Simplified⇢

TextSniper is a Mac OCR app that can extract text anywhere on your Mac’s screen and automatically save it to your clipboard so that you can paste it into a live document or anywhere you need it.

TextSniper is a bit like Live Text, but with fewer limitations. You can run it on any Mac starting from macOS Catalina today. It is application and file format agnostic; whatever you see on your screen in no time can be turned into editable text.

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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 S witch 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.

Switch to iPad

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Sponsor: TextExpander from Smile⇢

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: Coherence X4⇢

Coherence X4 allows you to turn any website into a chromium-powered app on your Mac. Simply pick a site, enter a name, and pick an icon, and Coherence will turn the app into an isolated application separate from your main browser.

Unlike resource hogging Electron apps, Coherence apps are fully powered and completely customizable. You can use the vast majority of Chrome extensions, customize app assets, and even use features like whitelisting to turn websites like Gmail into an email client that will bump links to your default browser.

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Sponsor: TextSniper - OCR Simplified⇢

TextSniper is a Mac OCR app that can extract text anywhere on your Mac’s screen and automatically save it to your clipboard so that you can paste it into a live document or anywhere you need it.

TextSniper is a bit like Live Text, but with less limitations. You can run it on Intel and M1 Macs starting from macOS Catalina today. It is application and file format agnostic; whatever you see on your screen in no time can be turned into editable text.

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MarsEdit⇢

My thanks to MarsEdit for sponsoring 512 Pixels this week. It’s the Mac app I use to blog here on the site. If you publish on the web from macOS, skip the browser and get your work done in style, with loads of Mac-native features. Check it out.

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Sponsor: MarsEdit⇢

MarsEdit is a Mac app for editing WordPress, Micro.blog and many other types of blogs.

Eliminate the friction of blogging with MarsEdit. Its native Mac interface makes writing, publishing, and editing your blog as delightful as everything else you do on your Mac.

MarsEdit supports editing posts in rich or plain text, and includes a preview window that updates instantly to show your writing exactly as it will appear on your blog. Are you a Markdown fan? MarsEdit can preview and automatically convert your Markdown to HTML as needed before publishing.

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Sponsor: TextExpander⇢

TextExpander removes the repetition out of work so you can focus on what matters most.

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.

It is better than copy and paste and better than scripts and templates; TextExpander 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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