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Show HN: NotesOllama – I added local LLM support to Apple Notes (through Ollama)
Another option for hacking something like this together could be HammerSpoon. I’ve spent some time with it, but haven’t tried integrating with Apple Notes, I mostly did stuff at the file system level to keep it easy.
https://www.hammerspoon.org/
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Little macOS Apps That Make a Big Difference in 2024
For basic window tiling, I stumbled across Hammerspoon and the MiroWindowsManager spoon.
https://github.com/miromannino/miro-windows-manager
https://www.hammerspoon.org/
- Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS
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[Hammer Control] Hammerspoon + SelfControl = Scheduling SelfControl
I use hammerspoon a lot and it seemed like scheduling SelfControl could be done using it so I created Hammer Control. Check it out!
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A collection of useful Mac Apps
Hammerspoon - Price: Free Desktop automation tool for macOS that allows you to write Lua scripts to control your Mac.
- Needed: Automation extension that can repeat movements/clicks in a browser
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getting current desktop to show on lockscreen? (MacOS Ventura)
Assuming no one has a cut-and-dried solution that just works, would something like this be possible with say, AppleScript or another scripting tool like Hammerspoon? I've not used either of these tools before, but would be open to seeking out a scripting solution on my own if it's viable. Or am I going to run into insurmountable security restrictions?
- Ask HN: Scrolling Window Manager for macOS?
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Fastest way to open Messages?
Spark (not the email app). There are others like Hotkey and Hammerspoon.
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Window Management & Snapping
I have tried different tools for this including Rectangle, but I've finally settled with hammerspoon. It solves the problem of window-management but you can also use it to create custom keyboard shortcuts and much more.
Quicksilver
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The Largest Money-Printing Element Ever Made
Pretty sure it was Nicholas Jitkoff[1] and his team. He had done Quicksilver[2] a few years back which popularized this single input interface for osx desktop.
[1] https://nicholas.jitkoff.com/
[2] https://qsapp.com/
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Should I worry about using Raycast on MacOS?
There are these open source alternatives, I haven’t checked their privacy policies or their code Maybe try and report back? https://www.cerebroapp.com https://qsapp.com https://ueli.app https://github.com/ParthJadhav/Verve
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Keyboard tricks from a macOS app dev
I've used Quicksilver for clipboard history historically. There is a currently a bug that I've been meaning to delve into: https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues/2913 but still generally usable. Particularly handy combined with adding simple AppleScript or JXA actions to manipulate the content (I have several simple ones for example to run a regex, to clean extraneous content around a number, a phone number, strip whitespace, indent 4 spaces for pasting into a markdown codeblock on SO, etc etc).
The Shelf plug-in also very handy along similar lines.
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The best Mac Apps to unlock your max potential (recommended by users of r/MacOs )
Should add Quicksilver. It's the first app I install on my Macs
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Boomer Wants to Learn Mac
Spotlight-esque apps for enhanced keyboard driven productivity (pick one): Raycast Alfred Quicksilver
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Why is Spotlight garbage these days?
Quicksilver
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Resolving the Great Undo-Redo Quandary
For a browsable clipboard history on macOS, I recommend LaunchBar (https://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/; docs at https://www.obdev.at/resources/launchbar/help/ClipboardHisto...). I used to use the Clipboard Plugin of the free and open source app Quicksilver (https://qsapp.com/), which worked fine but was slightly less streamlined. Some people prefer Alfred (https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/clipboard/).
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Shortcat – Manipulate macOS masterfully, minus the mouse
This is great. Reminds me of QuickSilver[1]. I'm evaluating HomeRow[2] for a VIM driving the Mac OS, will try this as well.
I love how:
a. accessibility features are making the OS more accessible for everyone through automation
b. good the accessibility implementation is on the Mac that most applications are inherently compatible with solutions like this.
[1]: https://qsapp.com/
[2]: https://www.homerow.app/
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Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
Good to see something like this, don't forget there is already an open source alternative (pre-existing) for Alfred and Raycast. It's called Quicksilver - https://qsapp.com
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Albert – open-source keyboard launcher for Linux
Kupfer (gnome) - https://kupferlauncher.github.io
Quicksilver (macos): https://qsapp.com/
I still find myself using these and enjoy the 'wei wu wei' flow of them: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d4LkTstvUL4 (skip to 5 or 11 minutes in)
What are some alternatives?
AutoHotkey - AutoHotkey - macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows.
alfred-shortcuts
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
photon - ⚡ Rust/WebAssembly image processing library
skhd - Simple hotkey daemon for macOS
company-mode - Modular in-buffer completion framework for Emacs
Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
sol - MacOS launcher & command palette
alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS
KE-complex_modifications - Karabiner-Elements complex_modifications rules
ShockEmu - Keyboard support for Dualshock emulation for PS Remote Play (macOS)
murex - A smarter shell and scripting environment with advanced features designed for usability, safety and productivity (eg smarter DevOps tooling)