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Working on a Mac with many web apps open, without losing your place.

Clipboard history for Mac: getting back what you copied an hour ago

Clipboard history for Mac, from what Spotlight now keeps to what the paid apps add, with prices, limits and the one problem no clipboard tool solves.

A clipboard manager on Mac: moving text between web apps all day

A clipboard manager on Mac, judged by the job it actually does: moving text between Gmail, Notion, Slack and Figma without formatting or accounts going wrong.

How to Close a Tab on a Mac With the Keyboard: And What Closes With It

How to close a tab on a Mac with the keyboard, why Ctrl-W does nothing, what Command-W takes with it, and how to get back a tab that should not have gone.

CopyClip on a Mac: a small clipboard tool and where it stops

What CopyClip and CopyClip 2 do on a Mac, what each costs, which macOS they need, and the three jobs this small clipboard tool does not cover.

Create a Keyboard Shortcut on a Mac: Reaching the App You Open Most

How to create a keyboard shortcut on a Mac for a menu command, for a system function, and for a task macOS refuses to bind, without silent collisions.

A custom menu bar on a Mac: deciding what earns a spot up there

A custom menu bar on a Mac starts with what macOS already moves: the Menu Bar pane, Control Center, Command-drag, and where third-party managers actually help.

Dark Mode Reading on the Web: When It Helps and When It Hurts

Dark mode reading is not automatically easier on the eyes. What the research says, which contrast numbers matter, and how to set it per app on a Mac.

Dark Reader as a browser extension: reading at night on a Mac

The Dark Reader browser extension behaves differently in each browser on a Mac. The four rendering modes, the site list, the Safari price, and where it fails.