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| July 6 · Issue #3 · View online |
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Hey guys, Welcome to another issue of Lifehack Labs Top Picks, where I share with you the best productivity apps that I could find. We want to hear what your favorite productivity books are! 👈 Wishing you a productive day, - Lior
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Autoping (Mac)
How often do you navigate to a website that’s extremely sluggish to load? Now, is it the website to blame, or maybe it’s your Internet connection? Autoping is a nice little tool for Mac that allows you to monitor your Internet connection. It sits in the menubar and shows an real-time indication of the latency of your Internet connection by frequently “pinging” a remote server of your choice (I use Google’s DNS: 8.8.8.8). Autoping also measures the reliability of your connection by showing how much Packet Loss you have. In addition, it can warn you when your Internet connection is unfortunately down. |
I Can't Wake Up! (Android)
Are you a heavy sleeper? Having trouble waking up in the morning?
This smart alarm clock app for Android comes to the rescue! It lets you choose from up to 8 “Wake Up” tasks, and it won’t let you turn the frickin’ alarm off until you successfully finish them! 😆Tasks include solving math equations, performing memory tasks, rewriting a random piece of text, shaking your phone, and even getting out of bed to scan a barcode you placed in another room! I speak from experience when I say it’s extremely difficult to solve 2nd grade math equations when you just wake up…
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FreeFileSync Backup (PC/Mac/Linux)
Although I’ve been backing up my computers to the cloud for a while now, I also like to keep another physical backup nearby as a fail-safe measure, and since it’s usually faster to access and restore.
I’ve tried about 5 different file backup programs, and this open source program (which works on PCs, Macs and Linux) is by far the best. It allows you to create various presets of backups, which include settings such as: source and destinations directories, which types/sizes of files to include or exclude and how to synchronize the directories (one way, two way, mirroring, etc.) You can use the “Compare” functionality to compare the source and destination directory and get a preview of which files will be copied, moved or deleted - even before your run the backup.
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Tabs Backup & Restore (Chrome)
Are you one of those people who work with 30 open tabs simultaneously? Well, I know I am…
Occasionally, everyone closes a browser window or tab by accident. While Chrome does have a “reopen closed window” functionality, it’s not a viable solution if you accidentally closed it an hour ago. This wonderful Chrome extension backs up your opened Chrome windows & tabs every few minutes, and allows you to later restore your complete browsing session - all opened windows and tabs. By default, it takes a snapshot every 5 minutes and saves up to 30 snapshots, but you can change those settings to suit your needs.
This extension been a real life saver for me and my wife several times in the past few months 🙏
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Your Kindle Highlights & Notes (Web)
If you’re reading Kindle e-books, you will like this one:Last month, Amazon introduced a new way to access the highlights and notes that you added to your Kindle books.
It has clean mobile-friendly design and allows you to easily navigate between your books.
You can highlight important concepts and write down action items while reading a book on your tablet, then you can quickly refer to those notes later on your computer or mobile phone.
Check it out: https://read.amazon.com/notebook
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