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The Fantastic Five Mac OS X Utilities I Can’t Live Without

@maheshoneApril 13, 2016
Best Mac OS X Utilities I love tools. I really do, and some of them are the ones that I simply can't live (online) without. That's how I ended up publishing over a dozen listicles featuring the best productivity tools, blogging tools, marketing tools, social media tools, browser extensions, etc. Today, I have decided to show my gratitude to fantastic five Mac OS X utilities. I said, "Utilities" and not "Apps" since it's just a nifty list of tools that enables you to do certain things (or to enable additional functionalities) that are otherwise not possible on your Mac. First things first. As I have mentioned, it's just a tiny list of Mac utilities (or rather say utility apps) that are obviously available only on Mac OS X. All of them basically enables you to do one thing (and only one thing) that can't be done without using a third-party app on a Mac.

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The Fantastic 5 Mac OS X Utilities To Get (Some) Things Done

A quick reminder, these are my personal favorites and hence are not necessarily the best. However, it just works perfectly for me. And it's a list of free, freemium, and premium apps. So here you go.

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The Fantastic Ten Tools (Free) To Skyrocket Your Productivity

@maheshoneFebruary 10, 2016
The Fantastic Ten Productivity Tools As a student, a professional, a business person, or a freelancer --- you might want to remain productive all the time.  And, as you probably know, there are a bunch of tools and apps on the web that can make you super-productive. Of course, I've already published a handful of 101 listicles featuring productivity tools, marketing tools, social media tools, browser extensions, etc. but the problem is they are all huge lists. And I obviously haven't tried all of them personally as my goal was to find and list the best of the best tools (in each category). So today, I am sharing with you my favorite productivity tools and apparently they're the tools that I can't live without. And no, it doesn't include any social networks, or instant messengers, or messaging apps, or even any paid tools. Just ten free productivity tools --- and it's for anyone and everyone. That's it! And I'm calling it: "The Fantastic Ten".

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The 13 Best Google Chrome Extensions I Can’t Live Without (Plus 13 I Can Live Without)

@maheshoneOctober 9, 2015
Google Chrome Google Chrome is much more than just a browser and that's how it became the web's favorite internet browser. And it was perhaps the first cloud-integrated web browser. That is, everything you do inside Google Chrome was automatically synced across all your computers (and today mobile devices as well). And there are literally hundreds of thousands of Google Chrome extensions that can make this super-browser even more powerful.

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The good thing is, there must be an extension to make Chrome work the way you want. For instance, I often end up accidentally close a pinned tab. So, I can install an extension called Lock Tab to prevent it (I'm not using it though). The only problem with Chrome is that... it's so resource hungry that it eats up your computer's memory (RAM) in a big way. So make sure that you don't overload your browser with a ton of add-ons or extensions. It will not only slow down your computer but also make it a mess as most of the Chrome extensions can access your browsing history (or much more). So it's always a good idea to install only the trusted ones. Today, I have sorted some of the best Google Chrome extensions and apparently they are also my personal favorites.

13 Google Chrome Extensions I Can't Live Without

Here's a quick reminder. It's really impossible to come up with a definite list of Google Chrome extensions as its selection depends upon a person and his/her nature of work. For instance, if you are a gamer or a graphic designer then you may not find much helpful extensions. But if you are a blogger or even a writer then you would find at least few of them helpful. That's why this is a list of my favorite extensions. And I have divided the list into two: the first 13 are the ones that I can't live without and it's enabled all the time. And the next 13 are the ones that I activate on-demand --- that is, when I want to do something with it. If you're looking for a comprehensive list then check out: Top 50 Google Chrome Productivity Extensions and Top 30 Google Chrome SEO Extensions.

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11 Reasons Why I Love Dropbox — And You Should Too

@maheshoneMay 28, 2015
Dropbox Dropbox was never my favorite cloud storage service. In fact, I never even used it until 2013. My preferred cloud storage services were SkyDrive (now known as OneDrive) and Google Drive. I have always prefered everything Microsoft/Google as I didn't want to depend upon different companies for different products. My mistake!

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Back then, I relied a lot on Google --- Gmail (for email), Google Calendar (for calendar), Google Notebook (for note-taking), Google Tasks (for task management), Google Drive (for cloud storage), and Google Reader (for news reading). And, one fine day, I realized that it's not a good idea to rely on only one brand for "all things". How? Because Google discontinued Google Notebook and Google Reader (R.I.P.). And Google Tasks too is on the verge of discontinuation as they are no longer updating that service. In fact, they discontinued a lot of nice Google products. Today, I don't care about how many brands I'm relying on. Instead, I just try to make sure that they offer the best product in their category. So, I replaced Google Calendar with Sunrise, Google Notebook with Evernote, Google Tasks with Todoist, Google Drive with Dropbox, and Google Reader with Feedly.

Read: My Favorite Internet Tools, Software & Apps

All the above companies excel at what they are doing --- because it's their bread and butter. Today, I just wanted to share with you 11 reasons why I love Dropbox.

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Over 71 Gmail Tips & Tricks To Make You A “Gmail Ninja”

@maheshoneFebruary 18, 2015
Gmail Gmail is perhaps the web's favorite email service with over 500 million users. And I started using Gmail ever since they launched the service, back in 2004 and became very much obsessed with it. So today, I'm sharing over 71 Gmail tips and tricks (including some less known features, secrets, and settings) to enhance your Google Mail experience. I'm sure it might take a while for you to read through and get to the end. But once you do, there will be no looking back. You will change the way you used Gmail. All for the better. Guaranteed!

Gmail Tips & Tricks --- Click To Scroll

When Gmail was launched the key features that distinguished it from its rivals were --- Search (with an advanced function), 1 GB Free Storage (it was huge at that time because Hotmail was offering only 2 MB and Yahoo 4 MB), Conversation View, Labels, Archive feature, Auto-refresh, Auto-address Completion, Powerful Mail & Spam Filters, and a great user interface (thanks to AJAX) with no banner ads.

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Over 51 Evernote Tips & Tricks To Make You An “Evernote Ninja”

@maheshoneDecember 11, 2014
Evernote Evernote is one of the most popular productivity app today and it's getting more popular than ever. We can use Evernote the way we want and that's why they don't tell us how to use it.
“We don’t tell our users how to organize their notes in Evernote as everyone works differently: some prefer to throw everything into one notebook while others love to create lots of notebooks for various projects and work/life interests.”
It’s a must-have tool for bloggers, or entrepreneurs, or professionals, or home-makers, or almost anyone who spends a lot of time online. The best thing? It’s free and you can use it in a way that you’ve never imagined. Evernote is available on almost all platforms --- Windows (Desktop & Touch), Windows Phone, Mac OS X, iOS (iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch), Android, BlackBerry, and WebOS. Note:  After I published 30 Evernote Tips earlier this year, Evernote has added several new features to it. However, I never got a chance to update that blog post. There,  I had used Evernote for Windows to explain different features, tips, and tricks. Though the user interface of Evernote for Mac is totally different from its Windows version, the core features and functionality remains the same on all platforms. I have used Evernote for Mac  for this blog post, but it's good for both Mac OS X and Windows users. In fact, I have used some excerpts from the Windows version as this article is an adaptive work.

Read: Why Evernote Is My (And Probably Your) Perfect Blogging Companion

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About Mahesh (@maheshone)
Hey there, I’m Mahesh Mohan (@maheshone) — Your friendly neighborhood blogger and an organic marketing evangelist. I write about tech, marketing, and everything in between that excites me.

Outside of that, I love to work with small businesses to help them get the most out of the web. And I’m equally passionate about the financial markets. Oh yeah, I also spend A LOT of time doing random things (check out 181 random facts about me).
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