When I finish a long report, the first thing I do is add automatic page numbers so people can reference exact pages instead of scrolling forever. Then I compress the file and index it so I can find it again by keyword instead of digging through folders months later.

Here's how I save my favorite moments as Live Photos even when I only have a video: I trim the clip down to the part I actually want, convert it into a Live Photo format, and drop it straight into my photo library where it belongs.

Here's how I avoid ever needing to "recover" files from an SD card: the moment I pull it out of my camera, I back it up to my Mac and a cloud drive before I touch anything else. I also keep a quick recovery tool on standby just in case a card still gets corrupted.

This is how I get a scanned document ready before it leaves my inbox: I turn the scan into searchable, editable text, stamp it with a watermark so its status is clear, and shrink the file so it's not a pain to send.

Here's how I avoid the constant "not enough storage" problem when backing up my iPhone.

Here's how I send quick visual feedback without typing out long explanations: I capture exactly what I'm looking at, draw on it to point out what matters, and have it ready to send before I even switch windows. It's cut down on a lot of back-and-forth messages with my team.

When someone only needs one section of a huge contract or report, I don't send the whole file. I find the relevant pages first, pull out just those, then shrink the new file so it's quick to send, while keeping the full original safely backed up.

With Marked's ability to "steal" your blog's styling and with all the writing tools it offers, it's a great companion to MarsEdit blogging.

This workflow allows you to brainstorm a writing project in a mind map, and preview it as a Markdown document while you work, ready to publish to just about any format.