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Lee has mentioned BetterTouchTool in a lot of videos recently, so it's finally time he dedicated a video series to showing you the many features this excellent Mac utility provides.

BetterTouchTool has come a long way since our last deep dive almost eight years ago. In the first of this two-part series, Lee walks you slowly through the interface, and demos some of the gestures you can trigger using the trackpad to execute actions on macOS. This includes launching apps and moving and resizing your windows. You also learn how to use keyboard shortcuts and key sequences as triggers, to automate almost any action you can think of on your Mac.

Join Lee on this exploration by following along in BetterTouchTool so you get the most out of this video.

When the news recently broke that MacUpdater was being sunsetted by its developers, a collective groan was heard throughout the Mac community. It was the go-to app for so many people for managing app updates through a variety of sources.

Updatest is a new indie application by Huge Ideas, that is looking to fill the gap — and it's making a splash. Originally designed by the developer for their own use, it's now been published and is a great utility for managing updates from the App Store, Homebrew, as well as Github. It can keep Electron apps and those that use the Sparkle framework updated, too.

In this screencast, Lee walks you through the basics of the Updatest app as well as looking at how to adopt an application so that it switches to Homebrew updates, rather than manual ones.

After winning the MacStories Mac App of the Year award for 2025, Lee decided he really needed to give Bloom a spin to see if the plaudits were well-earned. It's safe to say that when it comes to looking for a replacement for the macOS Finder, Bloom is a market leader. As well as configuring different layouts and saving them as workspaces, you can customise the inspector with custom one-click actions and show metadata information that is otherwise hidden.

On top of this, you can organise your files with custom workflows, rename them in bulk with a variety of parameters and regular expressions, and so much more. In this video, Lee walks you through Bloom in great detail.

The Health application can contain a lot of data, however, when it comes to extracting the data into a readable format, it can be found wanting. Activas is an application that attempts to resolve this shortfall by pulling the data from core Health categories and not only presenting them in a manner that's useful, it also uses on-device AI to offer solid recommendations on how you can maintain or improve your stats.

At the time of recording, it's a free application that solves a genuine problem and all information is processed on-device, meaning privacy concerns are maintained as well. So in this video, Lee walks through Activas end-to-end, starting with deciding what information you would like Activas to work with, through to using the AI to help make sense of it all.

Lazy is a macOS capture tool that lets you clip just about anything without context switching. Using a single keyboard shortcut, you can clip text, articles, tweets, videos, PDFs, and more into a central inbox and make connections with other notes (or cards) in your collection.

In this screencast, Mike demos how to use Lazy to clip things from various sources, how to make connections between your notes (or cards), how to use Lazy as a lightweight read-later app, and how to publish cards publicly to the web so you can share information with others.

ChatGPT is integrating with a lot more apps and services. One of the most recent, at the time of recording, is Apple Music. By leveraging its ability to query the Apple Music library of artists, albums and tracks, you can create some playlists that really work for you, whilst still being mindful of the privacy restrictions you would expect from Apple.

In this video. Lee walks through how to connect the services, and demonstrates some example prompts that you may draw inspiration from. You also see some of the differences between using Apple Music and Spotify with ChatGPT. The privacy considerations of one are very different from the other. We'll leave you to guess which one is more secure…

In last week's show we laid the groundwork for this week's video by looking at the basics of Reminders, Apple's built-in task manager.

In this episode, Lee dives in a little deeper and walks you through organising your various lists using Subtasks, Sections and tags. He also shows you some example scenarios for using Smart Lists that you may want to adopt. You also learn how Apple Intelligence can help populate your lists with reminders on the fly.

Lee wraps up the series by showing you some useful automations using Shortcuts that may give you some inspiration for upping your Reminders game even more.

Apple have spent a lot of time focusing their recent advertising campaigns on promoting the Sleep Score feature that has been added to Apple Health, however the ability to track your sleep quality with Apple Watch has slipped under the radar for many people.

In this Tip video, Lee looks at how to set up Sleep Tracking on your compatible devices, setup sleep goals, schedules, focus modes and more, to ensure you have the knowledge required to make the most of this important feature.

Reminders has undergone something of a renaissance in the last few years and is now a serious option for the majority of Apple users who want a tool for organising their tasks. For years, it was regarded as simplistic, however now there are features that are persuading some power users to make the switch from other task management apps.

In this first screencast of a two-part series, Lee walks through the basics of creating tasks directly in Reminders as well as externally. He also looks at strategies for creating groups and lists to keep your tasks organised. This lays the foundation for Part 2, where you will learn about Tags, Smart Lists and Reminders automation.

Many Tricks are most famous for Moom, the window management utility that holds a dear space in the hearts of Mac users around the globe. They actually have more apps in their locker and this one, Witch, takes the regular App Switcher and brings it to another level.

In this video, Lee shows you how to configure different actions that allow you to get to apps, windows, and more, far quicker than the built-in tools. It's an impressive app.

After covering Perplexity in show 1517, it was only a matter of time before their web browser, Comet, received Lee's attention. Comet attempts to take browsing to the next level by incorporating AI features to further improve the user experience, and it makes a solid fist of doing this.

This video is split into three distinct parts. In the first section, Lee looks at the regular web browsing features that warrant attention. It isn't a deep dive into how to use a browser, but rather a look at how Comet takes things like Tab Groups and makes them work differently to other products. In the second part, he show you the AI-agentic features such as summarising pages, ordering productions and looking at multiple tabs to get information. You may be surprised at some of the results! Lee then wraps up by looking at just a few of the settings that you may want to tweak to improve your experience. It's certainly a glimpse into the future of web browsing.

AirDrop has been around for a long time now, however Lee finds that when he talks to family and friends, whenever files or photos need to be shared between them, it never appears to be the first thing they think about using. It's a shame as when it's used properly, it is so much quicker than other methods of File Transfer.

In this video, Lee offers a refresher in how AirDrop can be used to share files between devices with the same iCloud account, as well as with others. He also goes over NameDrop, Proximity Sharing and SharePlay, more recent additions that can all be useful in the right context.

To use AirDrop you need iOS 7 or later, macOS 10.10 or later.

The NameDrop, Proximity Sharing, and SharePlay via AirDrop features all require iOS 17 or later.

Have you ever wished a web service had a dedicated Mac app instead of staying in the browser? With Unite, you can create your very own. With 90 pre-built apps from popular websites for social media, shopping, news sites, and more, you may find the one you want right away. But Unite lets you create them from scratch, and you can also make what Allison calls "Super Apps" with multiple web services as tabs in the same Mac app. Join Allison as she shows you the ins and outs of Unite, with lots of useful examples and tips.

Unite runs on macOS 12 (Monterey) or later, and is available as part of your Setapp subscription (as of this video's release).

When looking at options for password management, most of the discussions centre around 1Password vs Apple Passwords. There are, however, other options that are worthy of consideration. In this video, Lee takes a look at Strongbox which, if you have a Setapp subscription, is definitely worth a look. It's available on macOS, iOS and iPadOS and has lots of options for storing your database.

Local or cloud sync? Up to you. Encryption level? Up to you. It's got an awful lot going for it and Lee takes a look at some of the basic features Strongbox has to offer in the macOS app. You learn how to create new databases, items, look at tactics for grouping and tagging and also audit your passwords to ensure you are on top of your security game.

In this episode, we're completing our Kagi trilogy by exploring Orion Browser, the privacy-focused WebKit browser. Unlike most modern browsers that run on Google's Chromium, Orion is built on the same WebKit engine as Safari—giving you exceptional speed, energy efficiency, and battery life on Mac, while using half the memory of Safari and far less than Chrome.

Lee walks you through everything from vertical tabs and Focus Mode to profiles, web apps, and Kagi service integration, showing you how Orion delivers both simplicity for everyday users and powerful features for advanced workflows. He also dives into some truly unique capabilities that set Orion apart, including programmable buttons that let you automate browsing tasks, and the ability to turn any website into a standalone app.

Whether you're looking for a Safari alternative with more flexibility, want to escape the Chromium monoculture, or simply need a browser that respects your privacy while giving you complete control, Orion noe offers a compelling option.

The more you use macOS, the more you can grow frustrated with the amount of manual intervention you have to take when it comes to keeping your file system organised. Whether it's keeping your Downloads folder tidy, looking for screenshots (you remember taking one, you just can't remember when…) or going through a huge array of different files on your desktop, well, that's not what you enjoy doing on your Mac.

With macOS Tahoe, Shortcuts gained the ability to automate actions on folders. In this video, Lee walks you through three different examples that may have a quick-win style impact on your workflows. Example 1 will keep your Downloads folder organised while the second will automatically resize image files for you when they hit a specific folder. In the third automation trick, Lee will guide you as you level up your scripting skills and stop screenshots from building up on your desktop at the same time.

This video was created on macOS 26 Tahoe.

1Password is probably the premier password management tool available today. As well as ideally suited to individuals, 1Password for Families takes password management to another level. In this episode, Don takes you through the process of signing up and setting up a family of four. You learn about 1Password's flexible vault structure, how to import your existing password, and a lot more.

Don wraps up by taking a look at how you can export your 1Password data to an encrypted USB drive for offsite storage, as well as the new-and-improved recovery code process.

Just when he thought he knew lots about macOS, Lee discovered some functionality by accident when moving some windows. The small icon, to the left of the file name, can do a surprising amount if you take the time to build a workflow. In this video, Lee shows you how to drag and drop files, rename them, assign them tags as well as create a version control strategy all from the Title Bar of an application window. A genuine tip video!

There are a lot of apps you could use for your library of notes and ideas. But if you struggle actually making something of the things that you've collected, Sublime may be just what you need. Sublime is primarily a web & iOS app that is designed to help your curiosity fuel creation, not distraction. It helps you to capture what sparks your attention and provides related human-curated ideas to help you make something new out of the dots you've collected.

The Clipboard on macOS can be a source of frustration, when it doesn't do what you expect. However, with a little bit of finesse, it can do some great things. In this video, Lee walks you through some of the basics of using your Mac's Clipboard as well as some functionality that you may not have known was there, such as copying and pasting edits in Photos.

Lee wraps up with two quick automations using BetterTouchTool and Keyboard Maestro to help you access your Clipboard history faster.