Matt Birchler
Designer, product manager, YouTuber and developer who has written about technology at Birchtree since 2010. He makes the Quick Reviews and Quick Notes apps and the A Better Computer YouTube channel.
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birchtree.meBlog His personal blog about technology and design, running since 2010.
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- Comfort Zone is coming back this month 4 Sept 2026
- Chill racist games hosted by the US government 4 Sept 2026
- The best iPhone lineup ever 4 Sept 2026
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- 180 merges in 135 days 4 Sept 2026
- Arc Raiders has faded away while I wasn't looking 4 Sept 2026
- NVIDIA is doing the iPhone thing 3 Sept 2026
- The tech Apple will use to make the crease (mostly?) go away in their folding iPhone 3 Sept 2026
- Designed in California 3 Sept 2026
- Silo…in your browser 2 Sept 2026
- Updates to Quick Reads, Reviews, and Subtitles for iOS 1 Sept 2026
- Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 are here 1 Sept 2026
- 1Password with an unbelievable own goal 1 Sept 2026
- You didn't write that, you're just a meat proxy 31 Aug 2026
- How my Mac mini turned into infrastructure for Quick Reads 31 Aug 2026
- Jason Snell's productivity picks 31 Aug 2026
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What they recommendrcmnd 17 things — each backed by an exact quote.
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Apple Mail Disliked
unlike Apple Mail, which seemingly uses shortcuts that made sense in 1995 and refuses to change.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Readwise Reader Loved
is my favorite way to save things to read later, to actually read them, and to sync my highlights wherever I want.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Petey Recommends
The app costs a few dollars up front and then has an optional subscription for unlimited requests, but I would recommend going directly to OpenAI’s developer dashboard, creating your own account, and copy/pasting your own API key into Petey.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
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Mimestream Loved
Mimestream feels like the Apple Mail app I’ve always wished Apple would make. It’s incredibly fast and fluid, it syncs instantly, and it supports all the keyboard shortcuts that you’d expect in a modern app
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
MacWhisper Loved
MacWhisper is a little app I just discovered that changed the game for me when it comes to creating high quality subtitles for my videos.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Keyboard Maestro Loved
There are a multitude of ways to automate things on your Mac, but Keyboard Maestro is an S-tier player in this space and I use it for everything I can.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Hazel Recommends
Hazel is one of those automation tools that you don’t really know you need until you install it and play around a bit.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Final Cut Pro Loved
Professional video editing has never been more accessible than it is today, and Final Cut Pro continues to be my app of choice here.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Fantastical Recommends
While Fantastical is probably the best calendar app for most people using Apple devices
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Cron Liked
Cron is completely free and only works with Google Calendar, but it’s super fast and reliable.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Arc Loved
I know it doesn’t click with everyone, but as someone who lives in their browser most of the day, I really need one that’s fast, reliable, and a joy to use, and Arc checks all those boxes for me.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Pastebot Uses
Reeder Uses
Reeder is how I follow all my RSS feeds (via Inoreader on the back end for syncing).
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Raycast Uses
1Password Loved
As someone who uses more than just Apple devices, 1Password really delivers here and remains my password manager of choice.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
Adobe Lightroom Loved
Adobe Lightroom is the king of photo editing, but I sync my photo collection with Apple Photos.
thesweetsetup.com 2023-05-09
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- Comfort Zone is coming back this month 4 Sept
- Chill racist games hosted by the US government 4 Sept
- The best iPhone lineup ever 4 Sept
- 180 merges in 135 days 4 Sept
- Arc Raiders has faded away while I wasn't looking 4 Sept
- NVIDIA is doing the iPhone thing 3 Sept
Show 24 more
- The tech Apple will use to make the crease (mostly?) go away in their folding iPhone 3 Sept
- Designed in California 3 Sept
- Silo…in your browser 2 Sept
- Updates to Quick Reads, Reviews, and Subtitles for iOS 1 Sept
- Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 are here 1 Sept
- 1Password with an unbelievable own goal 1 Sept
- You didn't write that, you're just a meat proxy 31 Aug
- How my Mac mini turned into infrastructure for Quick Reads 31 Aug
- Jason Snell's productivity picks 31 Aug
- Things 3 9 May 2023 Uses
- Adobe Lightroom 9 May 2023 Loved
- 1Password 9 May 2023 Loved
- Raycast 9 May 2023 Uses
- Reeder 9 May 2023 Uses
- Pastebot 9 May 2023 Uses
- Arc 9 May 2023 Loved
- Cron 9 May 2023 Liked
- Fantastical 9 May 2023 Recommends
- Final Cut Pro 9 May 2023 Loved
- Hazel 9 May 2023 Recommends
- Keyboard Maestro 9 May 2023 Loved
- MacWhisper 9 May 2023 Loved
- Mimestream 9 May 2023 Loved
- Petey 9 May 2023 Recommends