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My Raycast Setup: The Ultimate Spotlight Replacement

🔗 My Raycast Setup: The Ultimate Spotlight Replacement

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Let’s talk about Raycast. This is a Spotlight utility replacement for the Mac. It’s one of my favorite applications for macOS.

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Chapters Intro 00:00 What is Raycast 00:11 Extensions 01:41 First Party Extensions 02:10 Sponsor: Surfshark 04:56 More First Party Extensions 06:11 Third Party Extensions 11:40 Raycast Al 16:13 Wrap Up 17:43

April 26, 2025

Comfort Zone, Episode 46: Get Off My Turf, Lawley

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Matt finally found a new use for the action button, Niléane is here to fix your Finder, and Chris raises the bar in the challenge in a way no one saw coming.

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00:00 - Furious refreshing 01:45 - Trans women are women 04:56 - Listener feedback 09:41 - A streaming quiz 13:10 - This accessory is cursed 19:04 - A Zen Browser feature request 20:50 - Taking some action (button) 36:56 - Fix your Finder 51:13 - Chris’s keyboard/wallpaper automation 59:15 - Niléane’s network drive clean up 01:08:14 - Matt’s bloodbath 01:16:15 - Hold an election 01:19:00 - Absolute best headphones

April 24, 2025

Comfort Zone, Episode 45: Oh My Gosh, I Can Try the Horse Browser

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Niléane brings a spicy browser extension, Chris works through some iPad feelings, and Matt made the gang decide what app they consider “undefeated”.

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April 17, 2025

Getting Windows on an M Series Mac: Parallels Setup (Gaming, Productivity, and Coding)

🔗 Getting Windows on an M Series Mac: Parallels Setup (Gaming, Productivity, and Coding)

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Let’s talk about running Windows on and M series Mac and what it takes to set it up.

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April 14, 2025

Comfort Zone, Episode 44: You Did Not Put a Lot of Time into This

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Chris has an external drive faster than you’ve ever seen, Matt has a new email app he swears isn’t his new favorite cult, and the whole gang does their best to redesign iOS and iPadOS.

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00:00:00 - Switch 2 pre-orders delayed 😭 00:01:47 - 🔴 00:04:52 - Listener Feedback 00:06:48 - I still don’t get scrobbling 00:08:42 - Birechtree is on the fediverse 00:11:09 - An external drive faster than your Mac 00:32:00 - Rogue Amoeba 00:33:29 - Notion Mail: Matt’s next cult? 00:50:17 - Niléane’s frosted iOS 19 idea 00:57:05 - Matt reinvents Boot Camp 01:02:44 - Chris designs AppleOS 01:11:45 - What app is “undefeated”? 01:13:40 - Switch 2 hype segment

April 10, 2025

Changing my Relationship with the iPad

🔗 Changing my Relationship with the iPad

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Let’s talk about how my relationship with the iPad is changing and how the Mac is fitting into my workflow.

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Intro 00:00 The Issues 00:12 Sponsor: Scrintal 04:38 Updating My iPad Workflow 06:34 Conclusion 15:24

April 9, 2025