Connect Your Mac Apps with IFTTT

As a Mac automation fan, I make use of apps most people are familiar with, like Keyboard Maestro, Hazel and Better Touch Tool. Since 2010, however, I have also used a web service to connect a wide variety of websites (including Reddit) and Mac apps in a number of ways. That service is IFTTT (If This Then That) and it offers over 2000 integrations with apps and web services many of then Mac compatible.

Here are some of the ways I use IFTTT with Mac Apps

Create Day One Journal Entries

• Social media posts from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
• Liked YouTube videos
• Saved Pocket articles
• RSS feeds from Mastodon and my blogs
• A geofence around my office to record what time I get to work (requires iPhone)
• TV shows watched via Trakt
• Daily weather report

Inoreader

• Starred articles saved to Pocket
• Create new task in Things 3 to read starred articles

Reddit

• Saved posts copied to Dropbox as text files

Obsidian

-Emails forwarded to IFTTT email address get turned into text files in Dropbox, which then get converted to Markdown and moved to my Obsidian vault with Hazel

Google Sheets

• Save URLs of Pockets articles
• Save TV shows watched via Trakt
• Save URLs of Raindrop.io bookmarks
• Record arrivals and departures from office (Requires iPhone)

Raindrop.io

• Save Raindrop.io bookmarks to Notion

Apple Photos

• Save a copy of iOS screenshots to Google Drive

IFTTT is a subscription service. Billed annually, it is $3.33 a month. Billed monthly, the rate is $3.99.