This article focuses on the most common productivity tools on the Mac, which may be exactly what you need or can make a big difference to your work. Without further ado, here are five common productivity tools.
Alfred
Alfred is the most powerful artifact in the world. Not only does it allow you to quickly open apps, open web addresses, use calculator, dictionary, clipboard enhancements, but it also allows you to extend functionality through the Workflow module, some of which are described below.
First, let’s define a shortcut to call up Alfred. In this case, I’ve set Command + Space to launch the input field.
In the input field we can enter the application we want to open or switch:
You can also enter the basic mathematical formula and calculate the result:
Or go to Google:
Run the Terminal command:
Configure custom open urls in Web Search:
To bring up the clipboard history, I set the shortcut to Option + Command + C:
The default return will either execute the first result, open the url, or copy the result to the clipboard, which can greatly improve the efficiency of our operation.
Of course, these default functions are not enough for us. You can also use Worklow to extend the productivity tool. Here is a productivity tool xyzUtils made by yourself:
Making address: https://github.com/noogel/Alfred-Workflow
Here I have done some commonly used data conversion functions in development, such as timestamp and time mutual conversion, Unicode code Chinese conversion, random string generation, IP query, Base64 encoding and decoding, MD5 generation, etc., and press Enter to copy the results to the clipboard, examples are as follows:
Netizens also offer more custom functions to let them know.
Jietu
This is a free screenshot tool provided by Tencent, which can be used for regional screenshots or screen recording functions, and can quickly edit screenshots. It is also a magic tool I often use. The configuration information is shown as follows:
The screenshot will be automatically placed on the clipboard, and can be directly pasted into the dialog box of wechat, QQ, Slack and other applications.
Hammerspoon
This widget has some overlap with Alfred, providing quick app launches, window resizing, and more. Through custom Lua scripts to achieve the required functions, these functions mainly through the binding of shortcut keys to achieve functions, of course, will also bind some system events trigger script functions.
At present, I have collected some basic functions on the Internet, such as adjusting the window proportion and connecting to the office area, such as automatic network mute function.
Time Out
This tool is primarily a long can help people with a computer every once in a while a break, I set here every 50 minutes pause for 3 minutes, it is at this 3 minutes time the software will pop up screen saver remind you take a break to work again, of course can be immediately cancelled during the period of suspension, suspension is like this.
Reeder
RSS reader is one of the most popular RSS readers on the Mac, with a clean look and easy operation that eliminates the need to go to a site to read articles. Combined with the Mac trackpad’s left and right swiping is handy.
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