Old and New

I wanted to share how the Minimal philosophy has impacted my work. I work from my home office. About 18 months ago I was using PC’s and you can see the setup as it was.

Then I switched - and everything changed. I’m now far more productive than I ever was. More organized. And my home office is a pleasure to work in.

Also included is a screenshot of my main workspace - the desktop of my Mac Pro on my 30” HD Cinema Display. (The other 30” HD CD is identical save for the wallpaper which reads MacBook Pro instead.)

I keep the dock hidden. I’m not so concerned with reducing the number of items in my menu bar, but that’s probably because I use such a large monitor with a very high resolution (2560x1600)

Even on this huge screen, I use Spaces to keep different types of app in groups - Productivity, Communication, Audio/Visual Media, Web browsing…

The only items on the desktop are Dateline and a single folder I use as a catch-all location for images, files and other stuff that accumulates during the day. It stays in that folder until I’m done with it, and I can delete or archive it properly.

I love Minimal Mac, read it every day and (as you can see) have been inspired greatly. Thanks for all you do!

(Submitted by Liam Cassidy)

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