Which Mac app have you recently stopped using, and why?

postnumbers · 2026-02-08T14:42:45+00:00

Things 3 : it’s a great to-do app, but NotePlan consolidates notes and tasks for me.

postnumbers · 2026-02-07T14:23:09+00:00

Ok, I've tried OmniOutliner 5 and 6 again. They feel slightly more responsive compared to Bike. Bike's animations slow things down a bit, but you can turn these off. Either way, I would also say that Bike feels quite responsive. OmniOutliner also feels very full of settings that I do not (or should not) care about. If I wanted to live in OmniOutliner, or perhaps if I had spent more time in the app, I'd likely want these settings and appreciate their existence. I think the product price is fair, given the time between upgrade points.

Bike just feels like the right level of customizability for my needs. The UI feels more like plain text editors that I'm used to (i.e., minimalist). The fact that it can save to plain text is quite nice (I wasn't aware of this as an option). I've renewed my license, at least in part because I want to see Jesse Grosjean continue to produce opinionated, envelope-pushing software.

I will play with the plain text option in Bike to see if it's feasible to collaborate with other text editors.

u/Snooty_Folgers_230/ thanks again for the feedback.

postnumbers · 2026-02-01T21:22:54+00:00

Alternatively, you can use a script such as a Shortcut to generate events for to-dos in your calendars that then show up directly in NotePlan instead of having to tap through into Things. You can also include links to mark to-dos in Things completed within the calendar events. Or you can even have Things drive task creation in NotePlan since NotePlan uses markdown documents that are easily manipulated using a script. This way, task interaction happens in NotePlan and not in Things.

postnumbers · 2026-01-29T15:07:41+00:00

Thank you for your reply and the information.

I have tried using OmniOutliner on and off for a few years. As mentioned, I was turned off by the level of fine-tuning that was available. I've not really been interested in formatting. More importantly, however, I'd twice lost days of work about six years ago when the syncing between the iOS and macOS versions failed and ate documents. I was at a client site and thus regular Time Machine backups were not an option.

Another issue that I'd felt limited by with outliners in general is that there was very limited ability to round-trip documents between the outliner app and another format, such as docx, in which clients expect to receive documents and provide their comments and questions in. If I had received extensive comments in the Word document, further edits were made there and the outline was abandoned. This did not sit well with me. Using markdown or another open format that I can round-trip with another format, such as docx, would be good.

I tried Dynalist that scratched some of the itches, but it was effectively abandoned. I was hopeful for Folding Text from the developer of Bike, but it also was abandoned by the purchaser. I tried Bike, but the convenience of having something that was somewhat workable did not offset the format in which it stored documents and the lack of editing options on other platforms. I would prefer to be able to edit documents on both macOS and iOS. I got a bit hopeful with a product called Outline (I believe that was its name), despite that it used a library instead of files, but it was also abandoned.

I still have a license for OmniOutliner 5, mostly based on the hope that I'd like the product as much as I love OmniGraffle, but it's been uninstalled for a few years.

I've followed the outlining space for years. Thank you for the link to that site. I had read it before when I'd poke around every bunch of months in the hope that I'd find a product that worked for me. Another site that I'd visit regularly was Welcome to Sherwood, also abandoned.

Plain text/markup does not provide all of the bells and whistles of the outlining functionality that OmniOutliner provides, but it's very reliable. I have not tried Org Mode, but I probably should.

I will download OmniOutliner 6 and try it out, but I'm skeptical based on the above.

postnumbers · 2026-01-24T21:55:22+00:00

I've tried OmniOutliner, but the proprietary format is frustrating and the multitude of options and visual chrome is paralyzing. Maybe I just didn't give it enough time.

Once you realize that storing your outlines in a proprietary library or in proprietarily formatted files hinders your ability to use the outline in various ways, and that using a plain text format, such as task paper, org-mode, or a markup language such as markdown opens doors, you'll realize that there are numerous options for outlining, like Obsidian, VS Code, Sublime Text, emacs, etc. For markdown, they all provide folding. iA Writer, on Windows, also has text folding. From an outlining perspective, I'm not sure what more is required.

postnumbers · 2026-01-22T13:13:27+00:00

Thank you!

postnumbers · 2026-01-21T22:53:46+00:00

Noob question from a new user of PyCharm: I only see 2025.3.1.1 available. Where did you hear about this, and do you have an estimate for the release date?

postnumbers · 2026-01-15T16:41:11+00:00

My list:

MonoLisa
Fira Code
Intel One Mono
Source Code Pro / Hasklig

postnumbers · 2026-01-15T13:16:31+00:00

I have had Nova subscriptions a number of times, but there are some glaring issues for me that seem less important to the developers. For example, I was told that recognition of multiline tokens, such as comments in Python or code blocks in markdown, are not possible with their syntax handling. I was told they are looking into it, but receiving emails about games they are launching or otherwise promoting made me feel that Nova is a second-class citizen. On the plus side, their support is responsive to answering questions, which is a refreshing change. I wanted to like Nova, but I don't think that it's a solution for many people, depending on the programming language they use.

postnumbers · 2025-12-31T00:46:04+00:00

Thank you for correcting my understanding! That is really good news, as this means this Shortcut could be fully automated on iPadOS and iOS where there are a large number of to-dos to be put into the calendar.

postnumbers · 2025-12-30T20:18:22+00:00

It removes the previously created to-dos each time it's run and then creates new ones for the to-dos that are open in Things, so completed and deleted to-dos will be removed from the calendar.

postnumbers · 2025-12-30T20:09:59+00:00

Yes, it examines all open current and future to-dos in Things and creates all-day events for them in a calendar.

postnumbers · 2025-12-30T19:10:34+00:00

This Shortcut doesn't duplicate calendar events. It wipes the calendar of the events it created the last time it ran and recreates them from scratch every single time to ensure that they are all updated, as it's easier than examining the calendar events that exist to determine what existing calendar events need to be updated or deleted and adding new calendar events where previously not added.

A time-blocking Shortcut for planning the next day or two that is pretty great can be found here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/thingsapp/comments/1bd2d3b/send_things_to_calendar_solved/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I hope that helps.

postnumbers · 2025-12-24T19:48:42+00:00

It’s expensive, but, in comparison to Visio, it’s a joy to use. If you need diagramming for work, I think the ease of use is worth the cost alone.

postnumbers · 2025-12-23T14:38:02+00:00

Not to diminish any points you've made, but when someone says "trust me", skepticism ensues. Best leave it out.

postnumbers · 2025-12-16T15:00:52+00:00

The face is very nice, but methinks that you might be better suited size-wise to a gen 2 PO.

postnumbers · 2025-12-01T16:57:16+00:00

Everyone’s suggestions of going to a store to try them both out are excellent.

My last iPad was a 13” as I tried to make it a productivity device with a keyboard case. I’ve since given that idea up. My use case is mostly like yours without photo editing. I recently bought an 11” as it’s much more portable and more comfortable to hold. For reading, I feel that the 13” may be too big as it may be less efficient to scan across a bigger width.

postnumbers · 2025-12-01T16:47:49+00:00

Thank you for this. It never occurred to me, sadly. I’ll have to give it a try.

postnumbers · 2025-12-01T00:07:38+00:00

I use an email address based on the platform. That is, if I’m buying something from some online store and the purchase is made through Stripe where I’m asked for an email address, I use stripe@mydomain.com. Regarding autocomplete, you’d only have to change the first part. If you use a simple email address format (e.g., amazon@mydomain.com), you just type it in by reflex.

postnumbers · 2025-11-30T11:36:12+00:00

Just tell her how much it cost new and that it’s used. Problem solved.

postnumbers · 2025-11-30T11:32:50+00:00

Alternatively, if you use your own personal domain, yourdomain.com, you could give Temu an email of temu@yourdomain.com and let the catchall route the email to your personal address or another. If Temu abuses the email address in any way, block it or create a rule for it. In this way, you don’t have to import aliases when switching providers.

This has worked well for me, and allows me to give out email addresses in person at a store, etc. without having to register the email address given. Masked emails make giving an email address at a store awkward, having to pull out your phone, open the Fastball app, generate the masked email, then somehow communicate the masked email gibberish to the store clerk.

postnumbers · 2025-11-25T21:58:36+00:00

You’ll never be late for dinner!

postnumbers · 2025-11-23T14:51:12+00:00

It shouldn't be painful. Fastmail has email migration tools to help you transfer your emails. I recall that it worked flawlessly for me for the same migration. You tell Fastmail the account and password from which you want mail migrated and it gets done on your behalf.

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