These AI tools make my life much easier on the Mac
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The artificial intelligence tools mentioned in this article have significantly improved the author's workflow on their Mac. The author records five podcasts weekly and edits seven shows, handling various tasks such as publishing, episode descriptions, show notes, social media posts, and newsletter creation. They use MacWhisper, an AI-powered transcription tool, to review their episodes and provide useful information and timestamps for social media content.
They also use OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code, which write custom apps for specific needs like monitoring websites for newsworthy content. Recently, OpenAI merged ChatGPT with Codex, but the author continues to find these tools invaluable for improving their productivity and work. Additionally, there is a mention of Perplexity Computer, an agentic tool that can perform long-horizon tasks, but its cost is currently high, priced at $20 per month for Pro users and $200 per month for Max users.
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