176: Everyday Automation

Katie and David talk about the tips and tricks they use for automating their life. We discuss productivity through automation, the automated home and more.

Thanks to MPU listener Hay Oborn for assistance with the shownotes this week!

Katie and David talk about the tips and tricks they use for automating their life. We discuss productivity through automation, the automated home and more.

Thanks to MPU listener Hay Oborn for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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Mouse Trap (game)
Keyboard Maestro Work Faster with Macros for Mac OS X
Mac Power Users 145: Keyboard Maestro Turns 6
David and Katie take a look at the new version of Keyboard Maestro and discuss what it does, how you can use it to automate tasks on your Mac, when you should use Keyboard Maestro over other automation tools and choosing the right tool for the right job.

MPU 064: Keyboard Maestro
In this episode Katie and David get geeky with the automation and macro creation program Keyboard Maestro. For this episode, we’re joined special guest and Keyboard Maestro guru, Gabe Weatherhead aka MacDrifter.

Daily Journal - California's Largest Legal News Provider
OmniFocus
Mac Basics: Dictation
Microsoft Office for Mac
Pages for Mac
Keyboard Maestro 6: Macro Triggers
Drobo
Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanners
Automatically Activate ScanSnap Software with Keyboard Maestro — KatieFloyd.me
Automatically Copy Files To A Flash Drive Using Keyboard Maestro — KatieFloyd.me
Mac Basics: Automator
MPU 070: Working with Automator
Apple automation guru, Ben Waldie, joins David and Katie to discuss incorporating Automator and AppleScript into your Mac workflows.

Field Guides — MacSparky
Email is relentless and, at times, overwhelming. Learn how email works so you can fight back. This book includes an explanation of underlying email technologies, best practices, and recommendations for the best software and services to help you conquer email.

TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time
Type more with less effort! TextExpander saves your fingers and your keyboard, expanding custom keyboard shortcuts into frequently-used text and pictures...

TextExpander Snippets — MacSparky
Free Conference Call
BusyMac
BusyCal is the ultimate OS X calendar app — packed with powerful time-saving features in a friendly, easy-to-use package

Fitbit
Mynd - Smart Calendar & Meeting Scheduler
Mynd Calendar from Alminder Inc. is an intelligent mobile calendar

Hazel
Hazel watches whatever folders you tell it to, automatically organizing your files according to the rules you create.

Hazel Rules — MacSparky
Paperless — MacSparky
Paperless takes the mystery (and fear) out of going paperless with your Apple technology. The book includes 32 screencasts, 4 movies, over 26,000 words, and other rich-media assets to turn you into a paperless ninja.

PDFpen OCR Folder Action Script — MacSparky
Automatically OCR Documents with Hazel and PDFpen — KatieFloyd.me
WeMo Home Automation
IFTTT
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Put the internet to work for you.IFTTT lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement — if this then that.

Nest
Google Drive
Create new documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on your own or share and collaborate with others in real time.

Meet hue - Philips hue
Philips Hue on the App Store on iTunes
Meet the hue app. The amazing way to control every Philips hue bulb in your home.

Belkin WeMo Lightbulbs
Life & Smart Home Awesomation - Revolv
Finally, one simple solution to unify all your brand name “smart home” and lifestyle devices. It’s a single automated experience worth getting giddy over!

SmartThings
The SmartThings app and Hub will instantly connect to different sensors, locks, light switches, outlets, thermostats, and other compatible devices in your home.

The Wireless HiFi System from Sonos
Canary - Smart home security for everyone
Dropcam - Wi-Fi Video Monitoring with Cloud Recording
Review: Dropcam Pro — KatieFloyd.me

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