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Software developers, whether for desktop platforms, mobile devices, or web services, inherently need to use a lot of pieces of information as part of their daily routine.

These scraps might include IP addresses, server names, configuration strings, code snippets, and (I hate to bring this up considering the purpose of this article) passwords.

My typical approach used to be to store all of that in plain text files, since I can easily search for them using Spotlight, and it’s easy to create/edit them. The downside is that each time I need one, I need to open the text file, highlight the text, copy it, switch back to the application where I will use it, and paste the text. Sometimes I need multiple things from one text file, and sometimes I need multiple things from multiple files. It’s hard on the wrist!  Read more... (327 words, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)