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Basileia. By RQ creations.

Hey there,

I picked up a new iOS superpower this week. 🦸

Magnifying points of interest in a screenshot, like this:

This is super handy to highlight a portion of your captured screenshot before sending it to others.

It works so fantastically that you can even make product demos with this feature.

Here's how to do it:

Open a screenshot or a photo in edit mode and locate the + button beside the markup options:

Tap on it to reveal a popup menu like this:

Use the Magnifier and the Opacity options to highlight a portion of your screenshot or photo and dim the rest.

That's all you need.

Never imagined iOS to have a powerful functionality like this one in-built into the system. 🙏

Any other tricks I should know?

P.S.: Thanks to everyone who supported Hulry on Product Hunt. 🙌

Now, grab a coffee, sit tight, and enjoy this week's issue:

Book to Read

The Minimalist Entrepreneur

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Apps & Services

Bento ➔

The do less to-do app

Bento is a fresh take on to-do apps built up with the concept of Japanese bento boxes in mind. Unlike other to-do apps, the Bento method asks us to limit our tasks to three — large, medium, and small. Create a bento box for each area of your life and assign up to 3 tasks to get done. And then focus on a single task at a time with soothing music and a timer. Available on iOS for a one-time fee of $5.99.
Think in Colour ➔

Understand how you think

Think in Colour is a beautiful web app that helps you understand how you think by answering a set of 15 questions. As you answer each question, a floating 3D object morphs to represent your state of mind. It takes 5–8 minutes and is super fun.
Textomap ➔

Chart a travel map from a block of text

This is an app I'm definitely using to plan my next trip. Textomap lets you plot a travel map from a sentence or a paragraph containing references to real places. This is handy for visualising a travel route by highlighting a piece of text from travel blogs or a rough itinerary sent by a friend. Available for free as a web app and as a Chrome extension.
Mine ➔

Take back your personal data

Mine lets you identify a list of services you had signed up for in the past but no longer use and how to remove your personal information from those services. You can send a data removal notice to any service with a single click and track your requests within the app. Available as a web app and is free to use.

Taking the Shortcut

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Quickly duplicate the selected file in macOS.
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Interesting Reads

Your Camera Roll Contains a Masterpiece ➔

8 min read

How often do you go through the numerous photos you've clicked on your phone? Probably never. But, you might change your mind after reading this article. Because buried under thousands of photos will be a few that'll invoke new emotions and touch your soul.
Twenty-Five Useful Thinking Tools ➔

20 min read

This blog post gives you 25 hats to wear when trying to think of a solution to the problem at hand. Often, looking at a problem with a fresh perspective is all you need to solve it. Use these tools to do just that.
I Changed My Slack Notification Sound To Say 'Hummus,' And I Am Profoundly Less Stressed ➔

6 min read

I never knew that Slack has a notification tone saying "Hummus". While this might seem like an occasional party trick, the article goes deeper into why the default Slack notification tone triggers feelings of anxiety. Even if you're not interested in changing your Slack tone to Hummus, you might want to experiment with switching it to something else.
Mental time travel is a great decision-making tool ➔

9 min read

A not-so-secret technique that I've been using since forever to plan my future. Transporting yourself into the future you want and working backwards from there is an excellent trick to keep your present actions aligned with your future goals.
5 Things To Do With Lower Expected Returns Going Forward ➔

7 min read

Investing in the stock market always comes with a risk factor because you can't accurately predict what your returns are going to be 10 years from now. Learn how to adjust your expectations and your portfolio to weather an unexpected storm in the future.

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