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Working on a Mac with many web apps open, without losing your place.
Free split screen app for Mac: what to check before you download
Looking for split screen for Mac free download? Check what macOS already does, then compare the free apps by licence, macOS version and what each one asks for.
Free window manager for Mac: where the free ones stop being enough
A free window manager for Mac now competes with macOS itself. What Rectangle, Loop and AeroSpace each cover for nothing, and the four gaps that stay paid.
Gmail pop up notifications: keeping new mail from taking over
Gmail pop up notifications on a Mac run through three separate switches. Where each one lives, why the alerts go quiet, and how to keep accounts apart.
Google Tasks desktop notifications: reminders that reach your Mac
Google Tasks desktop notifications come from Calendar, not from a Tasks app. What has to be true for a reminder to reach a Mac, and where the chain breaks.
Multitasking on a Mac with the tools that ship with macOS
Mac multitasking is four separate problems: keeping jobs apart, reaching things fast, seeing two at once, and getting things out of the way. Here is each tool.
Getting Notification Center on the Mac under control
How Mac Notification Center works, the per-app settings that decide what interrupts and what only gets listed, and how to stop a browser full of web apps from flooding it.
Using a personal and a work GitHub account side by side
Running github multiple accounts on one Mac: what GitHub's terms allow, how to split credentials and commit identity, and how to stop wrong-account pushes.
Turning on Gmail desktop notifications and making them reliable
How to turn on Gmail desktop notifications on a Mac, why they stop arriving, and the three separate permission layers that all have to agree before mail alerts show up.