For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been playing with my desktop as a productivity tool and am wondering if there are any apps you like that I might use to extend the idea.
Like, for example, I’d love to be able to have every file named ○ ○ ○ for like, habit tracking, and then convert those ○ ○ ○ to ● ● ● as I do them. So, like the image below, but every day looks like that.
You can replace an icon in the Get Info field with Command + C and Command + V.
Copy the icon in the upper left corner (In the Finder Get Info of a file or app) with Command + C, then replace the icon on the second file by with Command + V.
Right clicking does not work. First click on the icon to select then copy or paste with the keyboard
I love these ideas! The biggest hurdle for me is that I almost never see my desktop, so maybe some of these ideas can inspire me to figure out how to make it work for me. I realized I never see my desktop after spending some time culling some 5K images to use as wallpaper, and then realizing a couple weeks later I barely saw them. I typically keep at least two windows on the screen, filling the entire screen, and I’m usually right into my work or play when I sit down, so I only see the desktop when starting up my computer.
In the same theme and probably just because I’m getting old and cantankerous, but does anyone know of an app (better a Finder extension) that implements the original Apple desktop concept that if you dragged a file from a folder onto your desktop, you could put it back with a single click?
That’s a great idea. So much of the time when I’m pausing or taking a break my work remains on screen glaring at me unless I’m able to get out of the office.
Rather than turning the screen off, I can perhaps swipe to something more beautiful/informational/relaxing.
I tried out Übersicht - the demo widget works but there seem to be issues with almost all of the sample widgets in the gallery. I get a sense that the JS/React required by the app is very specific to the particular monitor(s) configuration used and/or that many of the examples use a different/earlier version of JS/React.
@KVZ - Have you been able to get this to work well? What widget(s) in particular do you use?
Looks like it was a great project when started but much of the discussion is years old - perhaps it is not being actively maintained to keep up with current OS/JS versions?
Thanks. Unfortunately, I’m typically running between 3-5 desktops. Maybe I could make desktop #1 be the one with the widgets, etc., so it was easily accessible.
Not exactly like that, but you can ⌘⌥ drag the file (or a folder) to the desktop, which creates an alias. Then when you are done, just delete the alias (drag to trash or ⌘⌫)
This also works with file servers. I had users that would frequently create an alias to a sub-folder on a share. When clicked it would even prompt you for a username and password if you weren’t already authenticated.
