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Working with files, terminal and AI on a Mac.
Google Drive sync on a Mac: mirror the folder or stream it
Google Drive Mac sync has one setting that decides everything: stream or mirror. What each does to disk, offline access, shared drives and command-line tools.
Hazel, the Mac app that files things while you keep working
What the Hazel app for Mac does, what a license costs, where rules break in practice, and how automatic filing fits next to tools that read a file and decide.
Spotlight indexing: what the Mac reads while you wait
Spotlight indexing explained: what the Mac reads out of each file, why the first run takes hours, how to watch progress, and how to set the scope.
How to use Claude Code on a Mac, from the first request to a reviewed change
How to use Claude Code on a Mac as a working loop: pick the folder, let it read first, plan, apply a small change, review the diff, then commit or rewind it.
How to use Claude Code on a Mac: the first session, start to finish
How to use Claude Code on a Mac: which install to pick, what the first session looks like, which permission mode you start in, and what to write down.
How to use Cursor AI on a real project without losing control of the changes
How to use Cursor AI on an existing codebase: the settings to fix first, how to scope a task, when to use Plan and Ask modes, how checkpoints and reviews work, and what to do when an agent run goes wrong.
GitHub CLI in the terminal: what it saves over the website
What the GitHub CLI actually saves over the website: the commands worth learning first, where gh stops and git continues, and how to judge if the switch pays off.
GitHub Desktop on a Mac, beside the terminal you already use
GitHub Desktop on a Mac: what the download includes, which history work it covers without a shell, where the terminal takes over, and how to run both.