Why almost no Mac app knows which document you have open
macOS tells an app which window is in front and what its title is, and almost nothing else. Here is what we ran into building notes that follow the exact tab, document, or conversation you are actually looking at.
Apple Notes vs sticky notes on the Mac
Apple Notes is a filing cabinet. Sticky notes are a bulletin board. They solve different problems, and using the wrong one is why your reminders keep getting missed.
How to choose the best sticky notes app for your Mac
Most Mac sticky note apps solve the wrong half of the problem. Here are the five things that actually matter, and an honest look at where each option lands.
Stick your notes to your work, not your desktop
Your desktop is the one surface you almost never look at, which is exactly where most notes end up. Here is what changes when a note is stuck to the work it belongs to instead.
One Week In
A week after launching: an honest update on what shipped, how the trial actually works, and what's coming next.
How to keep notes visible while editing in DaVinci Resolve on Mac
Resolve fills the whole screen, so your reminders get buried on the desktop. Here's how to pin a note to a specific project and page so it shows up exactly where the work is.
The problem with Apple Stickies (and what to use instead)
Stickies are great until the app you're working in goes full-screen and your note vanishes behind it. Here's why that happens, and a note that knows where it belongs.
Per-tab notes in Google Sheets: stop losing your place
A note that sticks to one sheet tab, not the whole document. Bind a reminder to a single Google Sheets tab so it appears only when you're on the rows it's about.