We’ll let that slide! 
tjluoma
I haven’t either. If anything I am dropping and quittting apps, even uninstalling quite a few. I dropped Scrivener, EndNote, Mellel and several other writing and note taking apps including some I really like but don’t really need now including Brett Terpstras which I love.
I have LaunchBar and KeyCue. For writing and storage for my files etc. I use Devonthink and Ulysses for everything now. I have Keyboard Maestro and that does a lot for me now, I use it for expansions too with no problems and will probably drop text expander when its renewal comes up, I don’t have a lot of expansions anyway and KeyCue shows me them in KM which is its main use for me now.
I have the LaTeX suite for Mac and Texpad, I have used it for months though other than the bibliography which I use now instead of EndNote, I haven’t had any need to write a paper in LaTeX for some time: I am really retired, well semi-retired I like to say! 
I have a working version of Mellel I would use if I needed too. Or I could manage with Pages. I have open office loaded in case I ever need again to put something into Word. That would be something pushed onto me by outside forces though of course.
I feel I have over the last year or so entered into a new space. I don’t know if it is me or Mac or the Developers? I really feel I have everything I need already. Sounds like you the same?. What do you think the reason is? I believe you are now a big iPad user. I am not, I use the iPhone a lot though, a lot more than I expected when I got it. I have Devonthink on that and it is enough for my needs. Ulysses too of course and again enough for the occasional note or note/photo. That is what I use photos for nearly exclusively by the way.
I completely agree. We’re been here for a little while, but it started as a rather slow tapering-off and then seems to have been a deep dive to where we are now.
Stability is good. Stagnation is bad. Which we have right now might be a matter of perspective. I’m not sure which I think is the right word for where we are.
I don’t find myself often thinking “I wish I had an app that did X” other than “I wish this iOS app had a Mac version”. Then again, would I have known to ask for Audio Hijack if I didn’t have it? No. So we do need developers who sometimes see what we need before we know we need it.
I believe that the influx of apps that we hope will come from iOS via Catalyst means that we will enter a new generation of new ideas and new apps in new ways, and that might spur some new innovation in ways that we can’t foresee yet. But I could be wrong. I’m sure there will be a rough patch of some bad apps. but I don’t think that will be all of it.
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Really interesting remark; the stability v stagnation point I liked too.
Honestly tj I am in a quite ‘down’ phase with IT this week for some reason: well the way things turned out on the web as compared to the ‘dream years’ we all shared in? 
I have really narrowed my own focus a bit recently onto what I am really here to do: I find I need a lot less than I thought I did. I don’t podcast, have any have any data grinding, vid or sound editing, large mail outs or run a web page or business. I will open a new post with a question too, I would really like to know your thoughts, look out for it?
Again the bar has shifted from when producing a simple text doc was laborious and needed, if my memory is right, some considerable skill? I probably should concentrate on improving my ios skills, that seems the nugget hidden in your reply? My wife nearly runs a business from her iPhone!
Year is nearly over. How did this work out?
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There is a big difference in the way the speedup is processed! In Overcast somehow the speed up never messes with the pitch of the voices so that it is less noticeable. An amazing feat I wouldn’t want to be without!
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I think it’s an interesting idea! I also tried the Apps Apple.
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Recent discussions/articles about digital surveillance have motivated me to be far more judicious about what apps I install. Until developers provide very solid confirmation about what they do with my information and how they protect it I will minimize what apps I install and or explore.
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