Thats really cool but I don't have a site. Is there another way to use it?
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I didn't know that happened. Thanks for the heads up.
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Five Interesting Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - August 2018
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Thats really cool but I don't have a site. Is there another way to use it?
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I’m a farmer and needless to say I check the weather multiple times a day. You seem to have an idea about weather apps. Which do find the most accurate? I previously used wunderground but they seem to have changed something and the forecasts don’t seem to be as good as they used to be.
https://www.forecastadvisor.com
Go here and enter your zip code to see what provider has the most accurate weather in your area. Then find an app you like that uses that provider. forecast.io is consistently low on that list where I live.
As I wrote in my post, you can use GeekTool. And then you can use the widget on your desktop.
Super nice, also for other things like calendar, clock and date, to-do's etc.
You can also just clip it into Dashboard
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Subscription pricing run amok. I'd pay $15 for this, MAX.
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Well, to use it for other locations perhaps, that I not use so often. Otherwise I prefer to use Geektool and have Darksky's weather report on all my desktops. Clearly visible all the time.
I found Spark mail to be the best desktop + IOS solution. No need for a paid service when you can have it all for free.
Focus is a great tool. If you‘re into pomodoro, this is by far the best app for it. It has a premium price tag but if you use it for your work everyday, it’s more than worth it. They also update it regularly and will support Dark Mode in Mojave on day one (at least that’s what they wrote on Twitter: @focusappio).
It became very inaccurate, constantly reporting there will be rain but I am constantly disappointed and have to turn on the sprinkler.
smcFanControl. Its free, very light weight, unobtrusive, and basically just does the one thing - show temps and fan speed (and lets you control them a bit). I own a few versions of iStat menu (bought in bundles) and just use smcFanControl instead cause of its all I need. Of course iStats can do a bazillion things more for those that need it.
If you click Manage, you get an actionable, comprehensive list of everything, sorted by size, separated by categories via sidebar.
Everyone should check out Franz. Best all in one messaging app I’ve ever used. Combines slack, Facebook messenger, WhatsApp, discord and many more in one handy app.
About $30 but it’s a small company and it’s absolutely fantastic.
About $30 but it’s a small company and it’s absolutely fantastic.
I was having problems with my 2016 iMac while it was still under Apple Care. My computer ran ok from a fresh boot but slowed waaaaaaaay down the longer I had the computer on. After trying a few other possible solutions the Apple tech recommended installing and running Dr Cleaner. It does restore performance back to fresh boot up levels.
As a side note about this service call, one of the first things the tech wanted to do was remote into my system so he could look at settings, programs running, etc. I told him I was ok with that but it probably wouldn’t work too well, as my internet speed wasn’t very good even as advertised and I seldom reached 1/4 of that speed. The opening dialogue/permission window took 4 or 5 minutes to open, I clicked on ‘ok’ for the permissions notice and then we waited. 5 minutes later he still had not connected, though from indications the program itself was running on my computer.
That’s when he recommended Dr Cleaner, and I spent a couple of hours downloading it. This is the reason I hate Apples move toward wireless and cloud storage while de-emphasizing downloading programs. Downloading takes a long time. Wireless or cloud computing never worked at all.
I since have had a speed upgrade, so it’s not as bad now, but you don’t have to travel very far from where I live to be back under those conditions. And other than satellite there are no other options for ISP’s.
- Focus can be obtained via Setapp, which is cheaper per year and gives you Focus along with 100 other apps.
- Why pay $11.99 for a snarky weather app when you could just go to Weather.com for free? Sure, it's not as snarky, but it's the weather.....
- CleanMyMac is far superior to Dr. Cleaner and comes with Setapp.
- Kiwi for Gmail is free and gives you the full webmail setup. It handles multiple accounts and you can add in various other services such as Drive, Calendar, Google Docs, etc. It takes up no space on the hard drive, as it interacts with Gmail as a webkit application. No emails are stored locally. Did I mention it is free and gives you the full Gmail web experience?
- All-In-One messengers can be found in the Mac App Store for free. And they work pretty well.
I didn’t say it solved everything, I said when I ran it I got back to the same performance levels as a fresh boot. I had called Apple several times before this particular incident because of how poorly the system ran, but I had already typed a short story on an iPhone using my fat fingers and my internet speed problem wasn’t relevant to the actual article.
Since you seem interested, the ultimate problem behind my computers slow performance, which is still true today, was that I used the upgrade computer feature to copy files and programs from my old iMac to my new one. My old iMac was (actually is, it still works) a 2008. Although I had kept the OS up to date I hadn’t done the same with most programs, so moving them to my new machine was probably a mistake. Another recommendation by several Apple techs was on a major OS upgrade do a fresh install and not just a system upgrade. I hadn’t done that before because I didn’t know what programs I could potentially lose, since I hadn’t stayed current with them, and the easy path seemed to be just performing an upgrade.
Since my connection speed is now actually in the 10-15 mb range with the new OS release I may do the fresh install if that is still an option. I don’t remember that question in the last few new OS systems released but I’m not as nervous about trying now that I have a fairly reliable speed.