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1. #BEST MAC APPS FOR 2017 HOW TO#
2. #BEST MAC APPS FOR 2017 PRO#
3. #BEST MAC APPS FOR 2017 SOFTWARE#
4. #BEST MAC APPS FOR 2017 SERIES#

Later, when I’m ready to go from note-taking to actual writing, I can send a Markdown version of a note from Bear to Ulysses, which will keep all formatting and attachments intact. This is why I came back to Bear: I can start outlining a story by adding links and a few images while I’m still taking notes about a topic. While Apple Notes is my general purpose note-taking app, I realized a few months ago that I was missing a Markdown app that could hold my thoughts and reference material before turning them into drafts for Ulysses. Ulysses truly is one of a kind: thoughtful and minimalistic, yet powerful and extensible. None of this could be done with other iOS text editors, and it’s saved the entire MacStories team several hours this past year. Ulysses plays an essential role in the creation of Club MacStories content: thanks to its advanced URL schemes, we’ve come up with workflows that extract cards via the Trello API and turn them into sections in Ulysses sheets. I love writing and editing longform stories in Ulysses: the app simplifies management of elements such as footnotes and links with dedicated menus that abstract Markdown’s syntax in addition, I can use my custom theme and the typeface I prefer (currently, I’m editing with IBM Plex Mono). Ulysses offers a combination of two unique features that no other text editor has: a beautiful reinvention of inline Markdown editing and powerful x-callback-url automation.

I moved to Ulysses last year, and, even after considering dozens of other options, I always come back to this app. These include my App of the Year and Runners-Up this year, I also picked winners for Feature, Redesign, Update, and Debut of the Year.

#BEST MAC APPS FOR 2017 SERIES#

Apps are organized by category and, whenever possible, include links to past coverage on MacStories.Īs in previous years, you’ll find a series of personal awards at the end of the story. In the collection below, you’ll find the 75 apps I consider my must-haves – no web services, just apps for iPhone and iPad. Thus, I’m going back to basics for my annual roundup this year. Even though my experiments didn’t always lead to switching to a different app, they made me appreciate the state of the iOS ecosystem and helped me understand my app preferences in 2017.

#BEST MAC APPS FOR 2017 SOFTWARE#

My job is predicated upon writing about software and having a sense of where our industry is going while finding something that works and using it for years is great, I don’t want to become the kind of tech writer who’s stuck in his ways and doesn’t consider the possibility that better software might exist and is worth writing about. There has been a recurring theme that has characterized my relationship with iOS in 2017: I’ve made a conscious effort to try as many new apps and services as possible, ensuring I would have a basic knowledge of all the available options on the market for different categories.Īs I was settling on a routine and set of apps that worked well for me, I realized that I didn’t want to lose the spark of excitement I used to feel when trying new apps in previous years.

#BEST MAC APPS FOR 2017 HOW TO#

Learning how to balance the multifaceted nature of my job with my hobbies and personal life (which got busier thanks to two puppies we adopted in April) has been an interesting challenge this year, and one that taught me a lot about allocating my time and attention, as well as the kind of writer I am and aspire to be. For this reason, I spent the better part of 2017 covering iOS 11 (first with my wish list, then with an in-depth review), discussing the details of iPad productivity, and creating advanced workflows for Club MacStories.Īs much as I like to write in isolation, MacStories is also a team that requires a direction and a business that begets further responsibilities. While part of me misses arguing in favor of the iPad against widespread skepticism, I felt it was time to move on from explaining the “why” of the iPad to helping others get the most out of the device.

#BEST MAC APPS FOR 2017 PRO#

In many ways, that’s a closed chapter of my career: the iPad Pro has convinced millions of people that it can be a suitable replacement for or addition to a Mac with iOS 11 and its productivity features, Apple only cemented that belief. With the transition to iPad Pro as my primary computer fully achieved in 2016 and not surprising anymore, in 2017 I turned my attention to three other key areas of my life: working with the MacStories team, managing my time, and finding my favorite apps among many competing alternatives.įor the first time in several years, I didn’t publish a story documenting my journey towards the iPad and iOS in 2017.