6 Productivity Apps You (Probably) Haven't Heard Of - with Ali Abdaal

Summary by Krater

Thomas Frank and Ali Abdaal discuss six lesser-known productivity applications and tools for Mac and Windows, including keyboard text replacements, TabCopy, Alfred, Loom, AirRuppes, and AutoHotkey, demonstrating how each tool streamlines daily workflows.

From the video

Answers: What are some lesser-known productivity apps and tools to improve workflow?

• macOS productivity apps
• Windows productivity tools
• text replacement shortcuts
• browser tab management
• screen recording and sharing
• podcast quote saving
• keyboard macros

What it concludes

• Built-in keyboard text replacement across Apple devices allows users to type out shortcuts that automatically expand into longer text strings or links.
• TabCopy enables users to copy URLs of all open browser tabs at once into various formats for easy pasting into Notion.
• Alfred 4 acts as a faster, more powerful launcher for macOS than Spotlight, enabling quick app opening, web searches, file finding, and natural language calendar event creation.
• Loom allows quick screen recording and generation of shareable links with a direct integration in Notion for documenting workflows.
• AirRuppes is a podcast app for Android that lets users save audio clips as AirQuotes and transcribe them automatically.
• Readwise integrates with Notion to automatically sync Kindle and podcast highlights into a centralized library database.