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Comfort Zone, Episode 43: Maybe I’m Scrobbling and Don’t Even Know It

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Matt has built an Obsidian plugin with a fun name, Niléane is keeping the scrobbling dream alive, and everyone tries to find a great new Raycast extension.

We want to hear from you! How would you have done our challenges? How would you answer the question at the end of the show? Let us know on Mastodon — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@comfortzone or Bluesky — https://bsky.app/profile/comfortzone.macstories.net

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Ghosty Posty — https://github.com/mattbirchler/ghosty-posty Last.fm — https://www.last.fm/ Other Things Discussed

The “meh key” — https://havn.blog/2025/01/14/the-beauty-of-being-able.html Nintendo Today is Chris’s new “calendar” — https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-today-mobile/ Ulysses — https://ulysses.app/ Sleeve — https://replay.software/sleeve Quanta — https://quantavinyl.app/ Doppler — https://brushedtype.co/doppler/ Obsidian Raycast extension — https://www.raycast.com/KevinBatdorf/obsidian Menubar Weather — https://www.raycast.com/koinzhang/menubar-weather Parcel — https://www.raycast.com/marcmagn1/parcel PopClip — https://www.popclip.app/ Lutron Aurora Smart Bulb Dimmer Switch — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RJ14FBS Follow the Hosts

Chris on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisLawley Matt on Birchtree — https://birchtree.me Niléane on Mastodon — https://nileane.fr/@nileane Comfort Zone on Mastodon — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@comfortzone Comfort Zone on Bluesky — https://bsky.app/profile/comfortzone.macstories.net

April 3, 2025

A Day Working from the M4 MacBook Air

🔗 A Day Working from the M4 MacBook Air

Sponsorship: Bitrix24 is an ultimate workspace to manage tasks, collaborate with your team and stay productive. Learn more and register free at https://www.bitrix24.com/~GEA6V

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Let’s talk about the NEW M4 MacBook Air and my workflow with it.

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Check out all my work here: https://chrislawley.me

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Hardware:

Apps:

Apple Script for Startup:

**tell** _application_ "System Events"

-- Check if Mission Control is enabled (Spaces are available)

**if** **not** (**exists** _process_ "Dock") **then**

**display dialog** "Dock process not found. Spaces functionality might be unavailable." buttons {"OK"} default button 1

**return**

**end** **if**

**end** **tell**

  

-- Space 1: Mail, Safari, Reminders, Calendar

**tell** _application_ "Mail" **to** **activate**

**tell** _application_ "Safari" **to** **activate**

**tell** _application_ "Reminders" **to** **activate**

**tell** _application_ "Calendar" **to** **activate**

  

  

-- Switch to Space 2

**tell** _application_ "System Events"

**key code** 124 using _control down_ -- Control + Right Arrow (Move to next space)

**delay** 0.5 -- Allow time for space switch

**end** **tell**

  

-- Space 2: Obsidian, Safari (new window)

**tell** _application_ "Obsidian" **to** **activate**

**tell** _application_ "Safari"

**make** new _document_ -- Open a new Safari window

**activate**

**end** **tell**

  

-- Switch to Space 3

**tell** _application_ "System Events"

**key code** 124 using _control down_ -- Control + Right Arrow (Move to next space)

**delay** 0.5 -- Allow time for space switch

**end** **tell**

  

-- Space 3: Messages, Bluesky, Ivory, Discord

**tell** _application_ "Messages" **to** **activate**

**try**

**tell** _application_ "Bluesky" **to** **activate**

**on** **error**

**display dialog** "Bluesky is not installed or could not be opened." buttons {"OK"} default button 1

**end** **try**

**try**

**tell** _application_ "Ivory" **to** **activate**

**on** **error**

**display dialog** "Ivory is not installed or could not be opened." buttons {"OK"} default button 1

**end** **try**

**tell** _application_ "Discord" **to** **activate**

**tell** _application_ "Lire" **to** **activate**

**tell** _application_ "Raindrop.io" **to** **activate**

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Chapters

Intro 00:00 Startup 00:24 Reading and research 02:55 AD: Bitrix24 03:41 Writing 05:32 Meetings 07:14 Video Editing 08:30 Photo Work 09:43 End of Day 10:27 Wrap Up 10:55

March 27, 2025

Comfort Zone, Episode 42: Should We Do a Conclave?

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Niléane insists she’s not bringing another task manager, Chris has a new e-ink toy he loves, and the whole crew finds interesting ways to add some more text expansion to their lives.

We want to hear from you! How would you have done our challenges? How would you answer the question at the end of the show? Let us know on Mastodon — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@comfortzone or Bluesky — https://bsky.app/profile/comfortzone.macstories.net

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Other Things Discussed

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March 27, 2025

Comfort Zone, Episode 41: I’m Holding It Wrong? Really?!

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Darth Chris makes an appearance, Niléane has an exclusive first look at…checks notes… the iPhone 16 Pro, Matt insists on talking about MacWhisper even more, and the crew actually all followed the rules in this week’s challenge (a miracle!).

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Other Things Discussed

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0:00 - Darth Chris 0:43 - Editing video on the M4 MacBook Air 3:02 - Defend your apps! 4:16 - Exclusive iPhone 16 Pro review 30:34 - MacWhisper 47:58 - The original dynamic wallpaper 55:14 - Weekend wallpaper 59:51 - GeekTool (but in Shortcuts, kinda) 1:07:05 - The new challenge

March 20, 2025

How I Use Apple Reminders to Be Productive

🔗 How I Use Apple Reminders to Be Productive

Sponsorship: Paperlike is one of my favorite iPad accessories. Check it and a lot of other iPad accessories here: http://paperlike.com/lawley/2503

Let’s talk about my Apple Reminders setup.

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Check out all my work here: https://chrislawley.me

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Intro 00:00 Why Switch? 00:12 Setting Up Reminders 01:50 Lists 02:39 Inbox 03:16 Sponsor: Paperlike 04:05 Smart Lists 05:16 Organizing Lists 07:57 Shared Lists 09:58 Kanban Board 10:53 Templates 12:31 Multiwindow 12:56 Managment 13:35 Creating Tasks 14:54 Third party Apps 16:22 Shortcuts 17:42 Calendar 19:48 Wrap Up 22:12

March 17, 2025

Comfort Zone, Episode 40: This Challenge Escalated Quickly!

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Matt and Chris have all the new Apple hardware, and Niléane takes the challenge to the next level.

Weekly Topics

iPhone 16e: https://www.apple.com/iphone-16e/ iPad Air M3: https://www.apple.com/ipad-air/ MacBook Air M4: https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/ Other Things Discussed

Niléane’s brilliant Touch ID setup: TP-Link Deco Wi-Fi 7 router: https://www.tp-link.com/us/deco-mesh-wifi/product-family/deco-be11000/ Goodbye for now?, Superhuman: https://superhuman.com/ Raycast: https://www.raycast.com/ Hazel: https://www.noodlesoft.com/ Keyboard Maestro: https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/ Doppler: https:/www.doppler.com https:/apps.apple.com/us/app/doppler-mp3-flac-player/id1468459747 Calendar 366 II: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/calendar-366-ii/id1265895169?mt=12 Follow the Hosts

Chris on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisLawley Matt on Birchtree: https://birchtree.me/ Niléane on Mastodon: https://nileane.fr/@nileane Comfort Zone on Mastodon: https://mastodon.macstories.net/@comfortzone Comfort Zone on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/comfortzone.macstories.net

March 13, 2025