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Tips, comparisons, and guides about sticky notes and productivity.
Better Stickies 1.5: Easier Editing, New Mac Menus, Native Wayland and a Windows Installer
Better Stickies 1.5 makes editing easier on every platform, adds menus and Dock features on the Mac, native Wayland on Linux and an installer on Windows.
Free Adobe and Office Alternatives (2026): PhotoCraft, GIMP and More
PhotoCraft and the Crafting Apps are free and open source, but alpha. The stable free swap for every Adobe and Office app, checked on each project's site.
The Post-it App Is Gone: Alternatives for Mac (2026)
3M retired the Post-it App on September 29, 2026. What replaces it on a Mac: boards, scanning paper notes, and sticky notes on the desktop.
Aesthetic Sticky Notes for Your Desktop: 7 Looks to Copy (2026)
Seven desktop sticky note looks with exact colors, fonts and opacity, contrast-checked for readability, and how to set them up on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Best Linux Apps for Students (2026): Office, Notes, Study and Exams
The Linux apps a student needs in 2026, one pick per job, checked on each project's own pages, plus what won't run on Linux: Teams, Office, some exams.
Best Sticky Notes Apps for Linux (2026): GNOME, KDE and Cinnamon
Sticky notes apps for Linux, checked in September 2026: picks for GNOME, KDE Plasma and Cinnamon, Wayland notes, and why KNotes is gone.
Better Stickies 1.4: A Notes Browser, Sound Clips, a Fresh Look, and macOS
Better Stickies 1.4 turns Search into a notes browser, adds lists, highlighting, colored code and sound clips, refreshes every window, and arrives on the Mac.
How to Organize Your Laptop for College: A 30-Minute Setup (2026)
Set up a college laptop in 30 minutes: a folder per course, file names that sort themselves, backups that survive a dead drive, and deadlines in sight.
How to Use Sticky Notes to Study: 7 Methods That Work (2026)
Seven ways to study with sticky notes, from question notes to blurting and spaced review piles, what the research says, and how to do it on a laptop.