Workflows
Evaluate Mac productivity setups and select utility combinations tailored to your everyday task requirements.
How to Keep Your Mac Desktop Clean: Stacks, Folders, and a Routine
Decide between a tidier view and a new file layout, then use Desktop Stacks, project folders and Dock shortcuts, plus a two-minute routine that keeps it clean.
How to Choose Mac Productivity Tools by Task (Most Are Built In)
Split a repeated task into finding, running steps, switching windows and grouping project files, then match each to Spotlight, Shortcuts, Mission Control or a group.
Open a File with a Specific App on Mac: Once, Per File, or by Type
Finder gives three scopes: Open With for once, Get Info for one file, Change All for a type. Otterdock Direct Pro adds a per-group opener that leaves defaults alone.
Run Mac Shortcuts from the Dock, Menu Bar or a Keyboard Shortcut
Put a Shortcut in the Dock, the menu bar or on a key combination; why Dock-launched shortcuts get no input and how to fix it; where Otterdock groups fit.
Open Multiple Apps at Once on Mac: Shortcuts, Login Items, or a Group
Three one-step ways to open a set of apps: a Shortcuts workflow, Login Items, or an Otterdock group that also opens files and links. Steps and limits.
How to Build Workflow Groups on the Mac Dock: Two Complete Examples
Turn a project into one Dock icon holding its apps, folders, files and links. Two worked setups, how to open everything at once, and how to keep groups current.
How to Launch Apps Faster on Mac: Spotlight, Dock, Groups, Launchers
Match the launch method to how you remember an app: by name (Spotlight), by place (Dock), by task (a group), or by key. Where each fails, and a combined setup.