According to The Iconfactory’s twitter, Tot for iOS will be on sale for $9.99 until June 11
The Daring Fireball blog entry on Tot mentions that it’s like the Note Pad desk accessory on earlier Macs. 
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I don’t understand the use case of tot. It seems like drafts could do the same thing and more. What am I missing?
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I’m looking at cloudmounter and mail archiver x
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I picked up Mail Archiver X.
For that price it’s worth a shot.
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If it doesn’t work for you then get to save some $ 
. Have Draft subscription and still paid for Tot because for some use cases, float which to me is better than Draft’s version, looks nicer and only 7 dots which forces me to execute & clear those important notes. Then again, I have tonnes of similar applications, bad habit of constantly buying software and hardware.
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There’s a good discussion on using Tot (also mentions alternatives) here
SteveNY had a good comment
Some might need Drafts and there currently is a free version. Drafts Pro is currently $29.99/year and has more features (like dark theme) of course.
There’s also the new Quick Note feature on iPadOS 15 which might be an alternative.
Notes goes systemwide with Quick Note, a fast and easy way to take notes anywhere across the system. Whether browsing in Safari or finding a restaurant on Yelp, users can bring up Quick Note anywhere to jot down a thought and add links, providing an easy way to get back to exactly what they were looking at.
I use Drafts and plan to try Tot. Maybe I need a glider and not a 747?
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My “glider” of choice is Unclutter or a non-affiliate link if you care. It doesn’t sync to iOS, which is actually exactly what I want—and it integrated with a clipboard manager and a “holding place” for files as you move them. Three actually go quite well together. Used it for years and love it.
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Katy Floyd pointed me in the direction of Unclutter, and use it numerous times per day. Love how it disappears until needed.
Just a point about syncing to iOS: There were times that I was out and about, and wished I had access to some notes in Unclutter back on my Mac. So I simply changed the location of where the Unclutter notes are being stored, to my Box synced folder on my Mac. That way, if needed, I can use the Box app on iOS to get access to them, and run a search.
Thanks for reminding! Bought that on sale a while back and totally forgotten to install on new M1 machine. Not sure why I stopped using it. Need to try it again
Great suggestion. For me, lack of sync is a feature and not a bug—I sync via Apple Notes or Drafts—because it’s a temporary holding space for text. But that’s a great idea; doesn’t hurt anything and it gives access “just in case” I’d ever need it.
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Unclutter is such a nice find, thanks!
Same sort of boat, oddly enough - although I didn’t reinstall it a couple OS revisions back. I remember thinking it was more of a “digital junk drawer”, so I abandoned it to try and make myself not rely on it.
But since then I’ve replaced it with other apps that do each of its functions, and (by memory) not as nicely for my use cases as Unclutter used to.
This thread is a good reminder to me that I should probably reinstall it and play around. 
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Kindle edition for $2.99 expired
After installing unclutter again, I remember why didn’t like it. Doesn’t have option to automatically clear memory/storage after say 24 hours like Alfred. Sometimes there are sensitive information like customer quotations, terms & conditions etc; preference is for auto clear after set period of time.
But that data is completely “on-device”, unless I have missed something? So only you would have access to it in any event? Would that still be a problem?
That said, in preferences, you can set it to only “hold” 10 items – and thus, any sensitive data would drop off the clipboard history pretty quickly. Whilst I do have the clipboard history pane, I really only use it in those instances where I am manipulating data inside Unclutter – where, for instance, I am copying/changing text from the Notes section of Unclutter. I too use Alfred as my “default” clipboard manager.
Lastly, whilst this might not work – note that you can also exclude certain apps, if those apps would typically be where the sensitive data arises from.
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Thanks. I’m aware of all those features . Have 2 Macs and I sync data via storage on iCloud. Doesn’t matter if it’s 10 or whatever number if app doesn’t auto clear; Alfred has this ability. It’s just peace of mind to ensure data is cleared. Copied data comes from excel, word etc so won’t be excluding those. Unfortunately Unclutter doesn’t work for me.
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Fantastic book. Highly recommend.
Just wanted to post here about how much I’m loving a new app I discovered, called TextSniper (link here or non-affiliate link if you prefer those).
TextSniper does one thing and does it super well: you take a screenshot of text, TextSniper OCRS it, and places the text on your clipboard. It is so smooth and nifty and works like a charm, saving me tons of time each time I have non-selectable text. Just used it the other day and it reminded me of how great it was, so I wanted to share it with y’all while it’s one sale–just $4 over at Stacksocial.
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Best Buy has the Magic Keyboard for the 12.9" iPad for $199 (normal price $349, save $150).
(They also currently have an “Open Box - Excellent Condition” one for $182.99.)
Apple Magic Keyboard for 12.9-inch iPad Pro (3rd Generation 2018) (4th Generation) MXQU2LL/A
Update: that deal seems to be “Today Only” (expires at midnight on June 19th, US/Eastern time).
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TextSniper is great, but if you have Keyboard Maestro you can get this “for free” by using either one of these Keyboard Maestro macros:
This is one I wrote:
This was written by another prolific member of the Keyboard Maestro community, and may have more features (I only learned about it after I had written mine):
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