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McElfresh writes, “What’s the most simple organizing tool on your Mac? iCal? Please. Don’t humor me.”
MacDailyNews Take: Ron, you’ve just been iCal’ed. 
McElfresh continues, “It’s Stickies. Apple’s version of the still popular Post-it Notes. Stickies is already on your Mac and you already know how to use it. Just add Switchies and your organizing power increases ten fold (give or take an order). Think of what happens when Stickies gets a super power… Switchies gives you multiple categories of Stickies. It’s like having Stickies multiplied but according to your need for different sets. Create a set for business, a set for home, a set for personal items.”
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Stickies are freaking stupid. Who uses these things???
I bet this douche has fifty pink sticky notes all over his monitor dating back ten years.
Sticky notes are not a good way to stay “organized”
But it isn’t “free.” It costs $12.
R u serious??
But then again the fantastic fabulous Microsoft has beaten you to the punch. Outlook for Mac – the Swiss knife of organizers.
Wrong. A piece of coal and any wall you can scribble on works the best. Works on all surfaces.
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I am incapable of being organized. Resistance is Not futile!
I actually use Stickies everyday on my iMac at work. It’s perfect for categorizing all the different project numbers I’m working on as well as the phone extensions for my co-workers. I also use them for random bits of information that I don’t want to loose (product specs, coupon codes, etc).
I think text wrangler and the Action Focus System is best.
guess where my stickies.app is? it’s been trashed. however, I will say that the sticky note dashboard widget is awesome, and I use it all the time for urgent things (like: Urgent, call mom)
For my school assignments, I’ve created iCal calendars (separate ones for each class) that are color coded. My assignments go there 😀
Evernote is also free. But unlike Stickies, it actually syncs with all my Macs, iPhones, iPads, and it’s on the web as well.
By the way, iCal really is a joke. The only good calendar program for the Mac is BusyCal.
That’s clever. Not sure worth needing a piece of software to manage it, but I had never really messed with stickies before…I can see where it could be handy.
Personally organizing requires a more robust filing system, however.
Stickies is great and invaluable, but the best “built in” personalmorganizer is surely- The Finder.
Is there an app that Eliminates inadvertently pressed (word joining) characters when pressing the spacebar on an iPad?
Oh Noooo. The forest of rainbow post-it notes cascading down multiple conference room walls; as a Machiavellian revolt to electronic project management.
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MDN, please refrain from reposting the Mac OS 8-era articles churned out by Mac360. It’s such an incredibly lame site. Want proof? Just check out the graphics.
A few months ago, there was an article singing the praises of DragThing. Sure, it was amazing in 1995 (I had a license way back whenever), but seriously, in 2010?!?!?!! Jeez, we may as well bring back the ControlStrip and MultiFinder and ATM! These people probably pine for the Font/DA Mover. (Although, I personally miss ResEdit some days.
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So, when I mentioned DragThing’s throwback kludge-iness vs. the speed and near-zero set-up of LaunchBar, QuickSilver and even Spotlight, I was virtually drawn and quartered.
I mean, really. Stickies?
@MacBill, you’re right on about Evernote. It, along with Dropbox are the absolute best apps available now.
Look! On the right side of MDN’s website… It’s an Apple ad for a 2010 iMac. What’s that on the picture of the iMac? Why a picture of a STICKY NOTE!
So, to answer your question, “Who uses those things?”. Well apparently, Apple does!
This dumbass has had one too many egg nogs.
@BMWTwisty,
And DropCopy.
Some people use paper stickies to organize via a GTD system.
@Mr. Reeee
Certainly you don’t think MDN’s graphics are incredible?
Mr Reeee must be a Linux troll; certainly not an average Mac user. What is with your Mac OS 8 fetish, anyway? LaunchBar? Quicksilver? Both have Geek Alert Warnings; certainly not for the average Mac user. DragThing? Love it. Use it. Stickies? They have a purpose, for sure. I see them on dozens of Macs in the office. It’s a poor man’s GTD system. ResEdit? Puhleeze. That is so 1986. It died in 1994, dude. Along with your imagination and tolerance. BTW, Mr. Reeeeeee, show us some of your graphics and web site design. I’m sure yours is on this list. Instead of whining and pining, show us a Mac site with great graphics. Guess where I found out about Evernote, DropCopy, LaunchBar, QuickSilver, Printopia, MagicPrefs, 1Password, Bean, SuperDuper!, Undercover, Pixelator, and a dozen Quicken alternatives? Yeah!
The problem with the free Stickies app Apple provides is the notes don’t stay “stuck” where they are dragged on the screen if you shut down and restart later. I have to since my Mac Pro won’t go to sleep thanks to installed RAID and Black Magic cards.
@ K MacK ,
Easy om ” Mr. Reeee”
Half of what he wrote was tongue & cheek.
My favorite personal organizer?
MacPaint!
I use Stickies. When I have something important, I add it as a log in item so that it opens a really big Sticky note telling me whatever it is I want to remember immediately. Why do so many people hate these things? What’s the deal? They’re just little Sticky notes!