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In the second part of this two-part series, Lee dives deeper into TickTick by looking at some of its advanced features. These include managing focus with the built-in Pomodoro Timer, prioritising tasks using the Eisenhower Matrix, and developing good habits with the habit tracker included in TickTick.

The market may be saturated with task management applications, however there is one that has been around for several years that is now beginning to gain some traction thanks to the number of features it offers. TickTick is a cross-platform application that doesn't just organise your tasks. It can store notes, has a built-in Pomodoro timer and even a habit tracking element that helps separate TickTick from competitors. In part one of this two-part series, Lee looks covers the basics of the application: setting up your tasks and lists, recurring tasks, as well as some light configuration options.

"The Lightning Network" is a solution to enable a global payment system that works instantaneously and for little or no cost. With this new technology and infrastructure, we finally have a working method of dealing with micropayments, which are payments of a fraction of a cent that can be sent anywhere around the globe using just the internet and a mobile device. For the first time, we can even stream money in real-time to pay for services as we use them. In the first of this two-part series, Don takes you through the background of this new technology and gives you two examples of the Lightning Network in action.

Read-it-Later services have been around for a long time. But few are providing any real innovation. Readwise aims to do so by offering a service that not only helps you get more out of what you read, and Readwise Reader provides a fresh take on RSS. Using his iPhone, Mike shows you how to set up both apps. He walks you through the Library and Feed options in Reader, shows you the various ways to send things to it (including YouTube videos), and how your highlights sync to Readwise automatically. This allows you to review information later and help it stick using a variety of tools.

OmniOutliner from the Omni Group is widely regarded as the premier outlining tool on both macOS and iPadOS/iOS. It is both easy to use but also offers advanced features for those who need a bit more power and flexibility. In this second video of a two-part series, Lee shows you how to style your documents to make them both easy to read and impressive to view. You also learn how to save a custom template to use as a starting point for future outlining documents, as well as OmniOutliner's flexible printing options.

The Omni Group's OmniOutliner is widely regarded as the premier outlining tool on both macOS, iPadOS and iOS. Currently on version 5, it is popular due to its impressive ability to be both easy to use, yet complex enough for those who need to get that bit more power and flexibility. In this first video in his two-part series, Lee covers the pricing model and compares the two versions of the application. Using the Mac, he then runs through building your first outline from an existing template, explains rows and columns and their many parameters, as well as how to use to toolbar effectively and search for content across your outline.

Tax season can be stressful and time-consuming for individuals and business owners alike, so it's good to have a tool that can relieve some of that burden. Receipts for macOS (included in Setapp) is one such software package. In this video, Lee shows you how to import your receipts and invoices, both manually and automatically, using a variety of techniques. He also goes over Receipts' text recognition ability, allowing information to be pulled from your imports. You also discover how to create detailed reports and export your receipts, making the end-of-the-year chore of preparing for taxes much smoother.

In this video, Lee takes a look at a really useful multi-platform unit conversion application, Morpho Converter. Using the iPhone as his device of choice, he shows you how to perform simple conversions and configure the home screen with quick access conversions of your choice. You also learn about accessing country-specific units and currency information to help with your travels, and much more.

After using his original Synology NAS for about 5 years, Don decided to upgrade it to a newer model when his unit started exhibiting some performance issues. There have been a lot of changes and improvements since we first covered Synology hardware back in 2017, so in this episode Don takes a fresh look at features that are part of the operating system. After going over the basics, you discover options like setting up Time Machine backups, as well as setting up Synology Drive on both Mac and iPad.

In this second of a new two-part series on Airtable, Don takes a look at some of the newer features that have made their way to this popular online database service. Automations allow you to set up triggers and actions to make your data work for you. Data-rich views of the data from your tables can be created using Interfaces. And finally, Extensions make it possible to add modules to enhance your Airtable experience.

In this video, Lee completes his 3-part deep dive into Numbers for Mac. If the idea of using charts to represent your data has seemed a little daunting in the past, this is the video for you. The first half is dedicated solely to charts, looking at the different types you can set up and the use cases behind them, as well as formatting them so they look their best. Lee also shows you how to find information on complex functions, and wraps up with additional features not covered in the previous two videos.

This week Darcy showcases an app that can assist you in visualising and organising you holidays on your device. With Tripsy you can enter all information related to your trip such as flights, accommodation and locations, into a single event which you can then view on an interactive map. Darcy demonstrates how to collect information from emails as well as import travel documents. You also learn about calendar sync and templates.

Airtable is one of the tools we use daily here at ScreenCastsOnline to assist us with our show creation and our post production workflows. It's been quite a while since we covered this indispensable service, so we decided to start from scratch.

In the first of this two-part series, Don goes over the basics of Base and Table creation, taking a look at some of the most commonly used fields. In addition, he also shows you how to link tables and configure a rollup fields. You also get familiar with the many views available in Airtable.

In the second video in this three-part series on Numbers for Mac, Lee focuses on organising the data contained in your various tables. When working on particularly complex spreadsheets, with many rows of data, finding the information you need can be tricky. In this video, you learn how to sort, filter and categorise your information so that you only see what is relevant. Lee also walks you through conditional formatting down to an individual cell and demonstrates how it can help you visually.

Every now and then, we like to take an application and perform a deep dive over a series of videos. When looking for potential candidates, Numbers was very clearly a favourite. In the first of a three-part series focusing on the Mac version, Lee walks you through the basics of how to set up a table, and goes over some simple table and cell-level styling to make your documents look their best.. You also have a first look at formulas and how Numbers handles them.

In this second 1Password 8 for Mac screencast, Don dives deeper into the new features that make this software the ultimate password manager, including Watchtower and Collections. You also learn about 1Password Families and how to share logins and other information using additional vaults.

1Password has long been revered as the ultimate password manager for Mac and iOS. Completely rewritten, 1Password 8 is the latest version of this leading app. With a beautiful new interface and lots of new features, it brings another level of productivity and functionality to the Mac. In the first of a two-part series, Don takes a look at some of the basics of 1Password 8 and introduces you to some of its new features, including the brand new Universal Autofill.

Managing your social media accounts individually can be tedious, as you jump back and forth between platforms. This week Darcy introduces you to Hootsuite for iPad, an app that brings many of them under one roof so you can comment, share and monitor your activity more efficiently.

In the second part of his Microsoft Outlook deep dive, Lee takes a look at the Calendar and Contact components on the Mac, with a few visits to the web app. You learn how to create both calendars and new events within them, schedule and invite others, as well as how to use categories to keep things organized.

With over 230 apps to choose from, Setapp is a no-brainer subscription service for Mac and iOS. In this show, Don gives a brief overview of 8 utilities that are offered in Setapp, and that he uses daily to enhance his computing experience.