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Focused Work Guides
- Guide The Best Deep Work Apps & Timers for Mac (2026)
- Guide The Best Focus Apps for ADHD on Mac (2026)
- Guide The Best Time Boxing Apps for Mac (2026)
File Management Guides
- Guide How to Batch Rename Files on a Mac (2026)
- Guide How to Change File and Photo Dates on a Mac (2026)
- Guide How to Fix Photo Sorting in the Mac Finder (2026)
- Guide How to Rename Files from a Spreadsheet or CSV on a Mac (2026)
- Guide How to Rename Photos with Sequence Numbers so They Sort Correctly (Mac, 2026)
2021
2019
2017
- May 6 Book Review: Ian McDonald’s Luna: Wolf Moon
- Apr 4 Quick Reaction to Mac Pro Leaks
- Jan 23 Re-Learning Touch Typing with the Workman Layout
- Jan 11 Long-Term Review: The Kinesis Advantage 2 Ergonomic Keyboard
2016
- Nov 2 Think of the MacBook Pro 2016 as the pro version of the MacBook
- Apr 6 Badminton Shuttlecock Spin & Aerodynamics
- Jan 26 Tools of the Trade: AppCode, a breath of fresh air from the Xcode monoculture.
2015
- Dec 8 The unbearable fragility of modern Mac OS X development
- Oct 22 A Better Finder Rename 10 beta auto-update broken on 10.11 El Capitan
- Sep 29 Tools of the trade: Monitor Arms
- Sep 10 iPad Pro: A professional tablet with a phone operating system and an everything for $1 store?
- Jul 22 A Better Finder Rename 10 on the horizon
- Jun 30 A Better Finder Rename & Regular Expressions
- Mar 10 The Changing Face of Apple
- Feb 16 MacBreakZ 5 web site redux
- Feb 10 How not to become an indie developer
- Feb 4 Some thoughts about Optionals in Swift
2014
- Mar 24 Image Capture Workflow Updated for A Better Finder Rename 9
- Mar 20 MacBook Pro Retina external display problems & resolution
2013
- Oct 23 All our software is Mac OS X Mavericks ready
- Jun 21 Why the Mac Pro is perfect for Mac and iOS developers.
- Apr 24 Vitamin-R 2.0 Upgrades & Mac App Store
2012
- Jun 26 Vitamin-R on the Mac App Store
- May 22 Vitamin-R & the Mac App Store Sandbox
- Feb 29 Announcing Version 9 of A Better Finder Rename
2010
- Sep 27 A Better Finder Rename reviewed by the Mid-Columbia Mac User Group
- Aug 4 Vitamin-R receives 4.5 out of 5 mice review from MacWorld
- Jul 1 Vitamin-R Progress Report
- Jun 14 twitter..
- May 7 Vitamin-R progress
- Mar 24 First beta of Vitamin-R available
- Jan 15 OrthoMouse Review
- Jan 15 MacDirectory Reviews A Better Finder Rename 8
2009
- Oct 21 Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch Review
- Oct 9 How to use Image Capture to import images to a specific folder and run A Better Finder Rename
- Oct 1 Tutorial: Using A Better Finder Rename to import image files from your camera with Snow Leopard
- Aug 28 Snow Leopard Update
- Aug 26 Snow Leopard Compatibility
- May 13 publicspace.net moves to its own server
- Apr 23 Manual Auto-Updating.. Sorry guys.
- Apr 17 Looking for Web Design Partner
- Apr 13 New Support Forums added
2008
- Jul 8 Quick! Looking for alpha testers for A Better Finder Rename v8!
- Apr 3 MacBook Air on Holiday: Awesome
- Feb 22 MacBook Air – My 5 cents
- Feb 11 What’s ahead in 2008
2007
- Nov 26 Big Mean File Processing
- Oct 31 A Better Finder Rename and Leopard
- Oct 30 Leopard has pounced
- Oct 11 Getting ready for Leopard
- Sep 21 Suite 101 reviews MacBreakZ & Ergonomix
- Sep 5 Big Mean Folder Machine nearing completion…
- Aug 24 Time Travelling..
- Jul 2 A Better Finder Launcher is set free
- Jun 20 No Big Bang for The Big Mean Folder Machine
- Mar 14 Portrait Mode is Back!
- Feb 19 Correcting Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) Information with A Better Finder Attributes
2006
- Dec 14 Tutorial: Using A Better Finder Rename to import image files from your camera
- Dec 5 Looking for Pentax and Kodak RAW sample files
- Nov 30 Ergotron LX Triple Display Lift Stand Review
- Nov 29 MacBreakZ 4 is shipping
- Nov 8 A Better Finder Rename 7.5 tidbits
- Oct 24 ATP Review A Better Finder Rename: Very Nice!
- Oct 22 Canon & the Mac: Lide 500F Scanner Review?
- Sep 17 Mac Pro First Impressions
- Sep 6 MacBreakZ 4: What’s planned for the remaining betas?
- Sep 6 MacBreakZ 4 Beta 1 Press Release
- Aug 30 MacBreakZ 4 Beta 1 Just Around the Corner
- Jul 12 Fun with regular expressions
- Jun 26 Progress Report on MacBreakZ 4
- Jun 7 Poll: Should the “Apply” button become the default button in A Better Finder Rename?
- May 31 Genius piece of shareware? Well thanks.
- May 27 TheMacNurse competition
- May 24 Changes ahead for the A Better Finder series in 2006
- May 18 Review of TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2030 Ergonomic Keyboard
- May 10 ergonomic stretch #2: lateral neck stretch
- May 3 Ergonomic Gear Review #1: Kensington Expert Mouse 7.0
- May 3 A Better Finder Rename 7.2.5 improves performance
- Apr 26 A Better Finder Rename 7.2.5 Performance Beta
- Apr 24 ergonomic stretch #1: Make yourself tall
- Apr 19 A Better Finder series updated: Rename 7.2.2, Attributes 4.0.3, Select 7.2.1, Creators & Types 3.2.6
- Apr 18 Ergonomic Tip #2: Take regular breaks
- Apr 12 A Scary Carpal Tunnel Story..
- Apr 12 MacBreakZ 4: Looking for alpha testers
- Apr 5 Version 2: Even fewer features..
- Mar 29 Backwards Compatibility v. Support for the Latest Features
- Mar 26 Birthday kid gets harder, better, faster, stronger server