We’ve also made a handy table that lists all iPhone models. Just click on your model’s name and we’ll show you exactly how to force restart it. So, whether your iPhone is brand new or a bit older, we’ve got the fix for you.

iPhone Models

Look for your iPhone model in the table below. Then, click on the model name to learn the right way to force-restart your iPhone.

Method 1.

1. Press Home button + Sleep/Wake (top of the phone) for about 10 seconds until Apple logo appears.
2. Give it about 10-20 seconds until the Home Screen reappears.

This method works for the following iPhone models:

iPhone (2007), iPhone 3G (2008), iPhone 3GS (2009), iPhone 4 (2010), iPhone 4s (2011), iPhone 5 (2012), iPhone 5c (2013), iPhone 5S (2013), and iPhone SE (2016)

Method 2.

1. Press Home button + Sleep/Wake (right side of the phone) for 10 seconds until Apple logo appears.
2. Give it about 10-20 seconds until the Home Screen reappears.

This method works for the following iPhone models:

iPhone 6 (2014), iPhone 6 Plus (2014), iPhone 6s (2015), iPhone 6s Plus (2015), iPhone 7 (2016), iPhone 7 Plus (2016).

Method 3.

1. Quick-press volume up.
2. Quick-press volume down.
3. Press and hold Sleep/Wake
4. Release when Apple logo appears.

This method works for the following iPhone models:

iPhone 8 (2017), iPhone 8 Plus (2017), iPhone X (2017), iPhone XR (2018), iPhone XS (2018), iPhone XS Max (2018), iPhone XR (2018), iPhone 11 (2019), iPhone 11 Pro (2019), iPhone 11 Pro Max (2019), iPhone SE (2020), iPhone 12 (2020), iPhone 12 mini (2020), iPhone 12 Pro (2020), iPhone 12 Pro Max (2020), iPhone 13 Mini (2021), iPhone 13 (2021), iPhone 13 Pro (2021), iPhone 13 Pro Max (2021), iPhone SE (2022), iPhone 14 (2022), iPhone 14 Pro (2022).

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Setting it up is pretty straightforward. In this tutorial, I’m going to guide you through just that. So, let’s jump right in and get started.

Note: This works for Linux and Windows too.

Step 1. Get an OpenAI API key

First, we need to get a new OpenAI API key. Sign up for an OpenAI account if you don’t have one, else just log in to your account.

Look for the ‘USER’ section, then click on ‘API keys‘.

Next, create a new secret key by clicking ‘+ Create new secret key‘.

Keep a copy of this API key as we’ll need it later.

Step 2. Install Homebrew

Next, we will need to install Homebrew. Homebrew help makes installing other stuff we need in later stage easy.

To install Homebrew, head over to the Homebrew’s website. There, you’ll find a line of code under the section ‘Install Homebrew‘.

Or, you can also use the following code. Copy it, then go to your Terminal, paste it in, and hit Enter.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Note: Keep in mind, installing Homebrew may take a bit of time.

After everything is done, type the following command in the Terminal and hit Enter.

brew --version

This will show the version of Homebrew you’ve installed, confirming that the installation is complete.

Step 3. Install AIChat

After obtaining your API key and successfully installing Homebrew, our next step is to install AIChat.

On the same Terminal window, input the following command and hit Enter.

brew install airchat

This will begin the installation of AIChat on your Mac. The installation process should be pretty quick.

Step 4. Configure AIChat

With AIChat now installed, the next step is to configure it. Since we’re assuming this is your first time setting it up, you’ll need to provide the following, in sequence, for the configuration.

• Enter “y” to create a new config file
• Paste in your API key.
• Enter “y” if you don’t want to use Proxy. (You normally won’t need it.)
• Enter “y” if you want to save all chat messages, else, just hit “n”.

An editable version of the config file will be created and it can be found at the following location shall you want to make any changes later:

/Users/<your_username>/Library/Application Support/aichat/config.yaml

And that’s all there is to it. You can now start using ChatGPT right from your Mac’s terminal.

Step 5. Using AIChat

To start using AIChat, simply type in the following in Terminal and hit Enter.

aichat

That’s it! You can now type in your prompts and hit Enter. Wait for the responses just as you would when using ChatGPT online.

Bonus: Further Configuring AIChat

Earlier, I mentioned that a copy of your configuration is saved at this location: /Users/<your_username>/Library/Application Support/aichat/config.yaml.

When you open that file, you’ll see your API key. However, you can add more configurations to this file. For instance, you can specify a particular ChatGPT model to be used.

Let’s take a look at an example of the various settings you can define in your configuration file.

api_key: "<YOUR SECRET API KEY>"  # Request via https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys
organization_id: "org-xxx"        # optional, set organization id
model: "gpt-3.5-turbo"            # optional, choose a model
temperature: 1.0                  # optional, see https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create#chat/create-temperature
save: true                        # optional, If set true, aichat will save chat messages to message.md
highlight: true                   # optional, Set false to turn highlight
proxy: "socks5://127.0.0.1:1080"  # optional, set proxy server. e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8080 or socks5://127.0.0.1:1080
conversation_first: false         # optional, If set true, start a conversation immediately upon repl
light_theme: false                # optional, If set true, use light theme
connect_timeout: 10               # optional, Set a timeout in seconds for connect to gpt.

FAQs

To help enhance your experience using AIChat on your Mac’s terminal, here’s some additional information you might find useful.

1. How to start AIChat?

To start AIChat, type in the following in Termimal and hit Enter.

aichat

2. How to quit AIChat?

To quit AIChat, type in the follow in Terminal and hit Enter

.exit

How to stop AIChat from generating response?

If you need to immediately stop the response that ChatGPT is providing, use the following shortcut key:

Control + C

3. One-off request, vs. Conversation aware.

Just like regular ChatGPT, AIChat isn’t able to handle follow-up questions. So, if you ask it, ‘how many times has Germany won the World Cup?‘, it will give you an answer.

However, if you follow-up asking, ‘what was their score in 1954?‘, it won’t be able to provide a relevant response.

If you want to ask questions that are part of a conversation, or follow-up questions, just enter the following command and hit Enter.

.conversation

Then type in your questions, one at a time.

4. How to quit conversation mode?

To quit conversation mode, use this command:

.clear conversation

5. How to change ChatGPT model?

You can change it right in the Terminal itself. If you have access to GPT-4, simply type in the following command and hit Enter.

.model gpt-4.

Alternatively, you can refer to the "Further Configuring AIChat" section above, where you can edit the ChatGPT model version in the config file.

Ending

Aichat’ has more capabilities than you might initially see. You can type .info or .help to discover more features. Also, you can visit the AIChat’s GitHub page for more detailed information.

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This is great news for Photoshop users who are still on the waiting list for Adobe Firefly. In this guide, I will walk you through how to download and install the AI-powered Adobe Photoshop and give you an idea of what it is capable of doing.

Installing Photoshop with AI

Step 1

First, launch the Creative Cloud app and check for any updates. If an update is needed for the Creative Cloud app, complete it first.

Step 2

On the main page, you will likely see "Magically transform images with AI." Click on it.

Step 3

Next, you will see "Photoshop (Beta)." Click "Install." This process may take a while, depending on your internet connection speed.

Generative AI Art with Photoshop

Step 1

Once the installation is complete, a separate Photoshop (Beta) app will be available on your computer. Let’s start it up and see what it can do.

Step 2

Drag an image into the workspace and use the Lasso Tool to select an area, as shown below.

Step 3

Click "Generative Fill," type in a description (such as a prompt), and hit "Generate." If you don’t see this option for some reason, you can also find it by navigating to "Windows" > "Contextual Text Bar."

Step 4

Given the description or prompt of "big brown bear sitting down," here’s what we can create.

Step 5

The "Generative Fill" feature also functions without entering a description. Now, imagine you have an image with empty sides on both the left and right.

Step 6

Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool.

Step 7

Select the left area, as shown, and then click "Generative Fill" > "Generate" without providing a description.

Step 8

Photoshop will analyze the image and fill in the left side accordingly. Isn’t that cool?

We are merely scratching the surface here in terms of what the latest AI-powered Photoshop can do. Now, go have fun with it!

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However, if you haven’t been downloading all the previously created images, an important question arises: can you download all previous images created with Midjourney, and if so, where are they stored?

Fortunately, the answer is yes, you can.

Midjourney allows users to view all previously created images, including the prompts used to generate them. This means that even if you haven’t downloaded each image as it was created, you can still access and download them later.

Where are My Previous Midjourney Images?

To access your previously created Midjourney images on Discord, simply head to the platform and locate the Inbox Icon in the top right corner of the screen.

By clicking on this icon, you will be presented with a list of all the Midjourney images you have made in the past. To obtain the highest resolution version of any image, simply click on the desired image and proceed to download it.

Upscale and Create Variations of Previous Midjourney Images

But that’s not all. By clicking on the “jump” button associated with a specific prompt, you will be taken back to the 4:4 version of the generated images.

From there, you can upscale or create new variations of any of the images if you previously have not.

Frequency Asked Questions:

Can I use Midjourney without Discord?

Midjourney cannot be installed on a personal computer, nor is there a well-designed web application available. The sole method to utilize Midjourney is via Discord, a chat application.

Is Midjourney free?

Initially, you can create 25 images on Midjourney at no cost. However, you’ll likely want to create more than that! With a Basic Membership monthly subscription, you can generate up to 200 images.

Can I use the Midjourney-created images commercially?

Yes, images created using Midjourney can be commercially used by members who have paid for the service.

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Most importantly, this image editor is an online tool, meaning it can be used on any platform without any compatibility issues. All you need is a web browser, and there’s no need to install any software on your PC or Mac.

Enter IMGCandy.

What is IMGCandy?

IMGCandy is an online image editor designed to provide users with a simple and user-friendly interface, free from ads. It offers a wide range of features to help you edit and enhance your images with ease.

Here is a list of features it currently supports:

• Convert image to other formats
• Resize image
• Compress image
• Remove image background
• Convert image to PDF
• Rotate image
• Flip image
• Crop image
• Add text to image
• Add watermark to image
• Generate meme
• Convert HEIC to JPG
• Convert video to GIF

To give you a better understanding of the features of this tool, we are going to test out each and every feature using sample image(s) and show you the output. Let’s begin.

IMGCandy features:

Image converter

This feature allows you to easily convert images into various formats, including SVF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, and PDF. To use this feature, simply upload the image you wish to convert and select the desired format from the available options on the right side of the screen.

Resize image

Upload your image, select the desired size in terms of pixels or percentage, and click ‘Resize Image’.

Compress image

You can opt to compress the image to a size recommended by the system, or you may select maximum compression. Additionally, you can choose to convert the image to grayscale.

Remove background

Simply upload the image for which you want the background removed, and that’s it.

Image to PDF

Add all the images you want to convert, and the result will be a single .PDF file.

Rotate image

This feature supports both clockwise and counterclockwise rotation for the added image.

Flip image

This feature supports left-right, up-down, or both types of mirroring for your image.

Crop image

You can crop your image by dragging the guide on the image, or by entering the value on the right side.

Add text

With this feature, you will be provided with a simple WYSIWYG text editor where you can add the desired text, modify its font face and size, adjust the alignment and styles (bold or italic), and customize the font color and outline.

Watermark image

This feature is essentially the same as adding text, with an additional option to choose the text’s opacity. You can also add an image watermark instead of text.

Meme generator

With this meme generator, you can choose the meme ratio (1:1, 9:16, 16:9, or 5:4), text color (either white or black), meme’s font face, and text alignment.

HEIC to JPG

This feature is particularly useful when directly importing images in .HEIC format from your iOS devices.

Video to GIF

The feature supports both .MOV and .MP4 input video formats.

Conclusion

IMGcandy is a great tool for those who want to quickly modify their images without the need for complicated image editing software. The best part is that all images created with IMGcandy will be accessible for download on the server for 2 hours, allowing you to make changes and adjustments easily. Plus, it’s an online tool that’s completely free to use!

Visit IMGCandy

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Thankfully, the challenge has been significantly reduced, thanks to Aitrepreneur, a YouTuber who uses ChatGPT to train and generate Midjourney prompts. This greatly reduces the time needed to think and write the necessary prompts for the image you want to create.

How This Works?

To provide you with an idea of ChatGPT’s capabilities, imagine you want to generate an image of a French Bulldog in Midjourney, and you require an effective prompt.

You’d enter the following into ChatGPT:

"Give me an original prompt for a creative artistic image of a cute french bull dog."

And it will return you something like this:

"A whimsical, heartwarming digital painting of a French Bulldog wearing a beret and striped shirt. standina in a charmina Parisian cobblestone street. Colorful macarons and fresh croissants surround the dog, who has an adorable, mischievous grin. Inspired by the works of Mary Blair and Pascal Campion, the scene captures the essence of French culture with pastel tones and soft lighting. The illustration includes playful details like a tiny Eiffel Tower charm on the dog's collar and a bicycle with a baguette in the basket in the background. -ar 1:1 --V 5 --s 500 --g 2 --stylize 800"

Not too shabby, right? Now let’s see how to get this done.

Generate Midjourney Prompt with ChatGPT

First, you will need to use ChatGPT Plus or one featuring the GPT-4 Model.

Step 1.

Open this page created by Aitrepreneur in a browser, as it contains all the necessary prompts for ChatGPT to learn.

Step 2.

Copy everything from line 1 to line 100, then paste it into ChatGPT and press Enter.

Step 3.

ChatGPT will then respond with “READ,” indicating that it has understood what Midjourney is and what it should do.

Step 4.

Continue by copying the content from line 121 to line 177 and pasting it into ChatGPT. Then, press Enter.

Step 5.

ChatGPT will respond with, “Yes, I understand the prompting style of Midjourney…“, indicating that it now fully understands how to create prompts for you.

Step 6.

It’s now time to test if ChatGPT can truly create a MidJouMidjourneyrney prompt for us. Paste the following text into ChatGPT, followed by a few words of the image you want it to create. For the sake of this example, we want it to generate an image of a French bulldog.

So, here’s the prompt we give ChatGPT:

Great! Now give me an original prompt for a creative artistic image of cute french bull dog.

Here’s what ChatGPT gives:

A whimsical, heartwarming digital painting of a French Bulldog wearing a beret and striped shirt. standina in a charmina Parisian cobblestone street. Colorful macarons and fresh croissants surround the dog, who has an adorable, mischievous grin. Inspired by the works of Mary Blair and Pascal Campion, the scene captures the essence of French culture with pastel tones and soft lighting. The illustration includes playful details like a tiny Eiffel Tower charm on the dog's collar and a bicycle with a baguette in the basket in the background. -ar 1:1 --V 5 --s 500 --g 2 --stylize 800

Step 7.

Go ahead an enter this prompt into Midjourney:

And here’s what you’ll get as a result:

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Here is a step-by-step guide on how to achieve this.

Step 1

First, make sure you have checkboxes in your sheet. If not, you can add them by clicking the cell where you want a checkbox, then going to “Insert” in the top menu and selecting “Checkbox.”

Step 2

Once you have your checkboxes set up, you can create a new conditional formatting rule. To do this, click on “Format” in the top menu, then select “Conditional formatting.“

Step 3

In the conditional formatting panel that opens on the right side, under the “Format cells if” drop-down, select “Custom formula is.“

Step 4

In the field below, enter a formula that references the cell with the checkbox. If your checkbox is in column A and you want to apply this to the whole sheet, you would write =$A1=True. The dollar sign ($) before A makes the column absolute, so it won’t shift when applied to the whole row, and 1 should be the first row number of your data range.

Step 5

After entering the formula, select the formatting style you want to apply when the checkbox is checked. You can set the background color, text color, and more. In this case, we will change the background color to green, as an accomplished task is usually associated with the green color.

Step 6

Finally, under “Apply to range“, enter the range where you want this rule to apply.

If you want it to apply to the entire row, just click on the row number on the left and the entire row will be selected.

Step 7

Click “Done” to apply the rule. Here’s what it looks like when you click on the checkbox.

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There’s a vast array of tools designed by programmers and engineers to simplify the task of project management.

Working with international colleagues can often present logistical challenges. This is where project management apps, like the ones included in this list, become indispensable for your business.

Here are ten tools that are worth trying out if you’re looking for assistance in managing your upcoming projects.

Wrike

Wrike is more than just a project and task management tool. It integrates seamlessly with Google Apps, email, mobile devices, and spreadsheets for a streamlined experience.

It’s packed with numerous features like budgeting and task management, dynamic Gantt chart capabilities, and a variety of team collaboration tools to simplify your work.

The Wrike app is available for both iOS and Android. It offers a free tier that supports up to 5 users per team. For expanded features and storage, paid plans begin at $49 per month for five users and 5GB storage, and can go up to $199 per month for 50 users with 100GB storage.

Learn more about Wrike

Zoho Projects

Zoho Projects is a project management and planning tool that offers a user-friendly interface and a dashboard. This enables users to conveniently plan, monitor, and analyze the progress of their projects.

You can sync your Zoho Projects account with Dropbox, allowing you to access your files from any location. The platform also supports up to 16 languages.

For a comprehensive overview of your project, Zoho Projects includes a Gantt chart feature. This provides a complete visual representation and reports for your ongoing projects.

You can get started with a free trial for a single project. After that, the pricing plans range from $199 to $599 for annual plans, and $20 to $80 per month for monthly plans.

Learn more about Zoho Projects

ProProfs

Completing a client’s project on time and within budget can be a tough task. ProProfs is designed to help you stay on top of your time and budget, while offering a secure environment and user-friendly features for improved team management and collaboration.

ProProfs also offers an app for iPhone users and a mobile version for iPad and Android users, ensuring accessibility and convenience.

You can try ProProfs with a 15-day free trial. If it suits your needs, you can choose from three pricing packages: small ($24/month), medium ($49/month), or large ($99/month).

Learn more about ProProfs

BaseCamp

BaseCamp is a widely-used project management tool with nearly a decade of proven performance. It boasts a clean and efficient user interface, enabling you to view all your projects, tools, files, and team members on a single page.

BaseCamp helps you maintain a clutter-free workspace, ensures everything you need is within reach, keeps your schedules and calendars in sync, and allows you to stay connected with team members, no matter where they are in the world.

BaseCamp is available as an iPhone app in the App Store and also has a mobile version optimized for Android and iOS devices.

Pricing begins at $20 per month for ten projects and 3GB of storage. For those needing more, there’s an option for unlimited projects and 100GB of storage for $150 per month. Each plan includes daily online backups and data encryption.

Learn more about BaseCamp

Podio

Podio is a versatile tool designed to assist users in managing projects, tasks, events, and meetings. Additionally, it offers features for handling recruitment tasks for future team members within a dedicated workspace.

The user-friendly interface includes task management, instant messaging, and integration with OneDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox for easy access to your freelance projects.

Podio is also available on iOS and Android.

Unlike other tools that charge based on projects, Podio’s pricing is per-user. You can start with a team of 5 for free, or opt for the Podio Team pricing plan at $19 per user per month.

Learn more about Podio

Clarizen

Clarizen is a highly acclaimed project management tool that provides a suitable platform for collaborating with other freelancers. It’s equipped with unique features like project roadmap functionality, project monitoring, resource management tools, and ‘success kits’ to enhance the efficiency of project managers.

Additionally, Clarizen has its own marketplace with various add-ons and mobile apps to cater to diverse needs.

Clarizen supports both iPhone and Android devices.

You can take advantage of a 30-day trial before deciding on a paid plan.

Learn more about Clarizen

LiquidPlanner

LiquidPlanner is an online project management tool that offers robust features to manage projects efficiently.

It provides comprehensive access to your project’s different components, integrating them with various features on a single page. These include team planning tools, project scheduling options, project reporting, dynamic collaboration tools, drag-and-drop scheduling, and estimate cases.

LiquidPlanner is now also available on mobile platforms such as iOS and Android. It offers a 30-day free trial, and even its paid plans cost less than a dollar a day. Educational institutions can use it in the classroom for free, and there’s a 50% discount for nonprofit organizations.

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Created by various creative Midjourney users, these prompts are like a guide to help you kickstart your next design project. In this post, we’ve compiled some of the most useful Midjourney prompts for designers to use as a reference. While your design output may differ, these prompts provide a great starting point that you can tweak and experiment with to create something unique and fresh.

To view the image in a larger size, simply click on it.

#1 – Game assets sprite sheet

Prompt:

Cute rabbits handpainted, tabletop game props, full page grid sprite sheet, game assets, asset sheet, sprite sheet --v 5

[Source]

#2 – Ecommerce website template

Prompt:

ecommerce website with the color scheme of,
-shades of blue and gray
-shades of orange and teal
-shades of dark green and light green

[Source]

#3 – UI for kids’s website

Prompt:

screenshot. UI/UX design wireframe of dictionary site for kids "" product photography::-0.3 --ar 3:2 --stylize 1000 --v 5

[Source]

#4 – Coloring pages

Prompt:

2d outline, simple vector monochrome coloring page depicting three children jumping in puddles in a park scene, on white background - -ar
3:2 --V 5

[Source]

#5 – Flat landing page

Prompt:

flat website landing page template, ui ux --ar :3:2 --v 4

[Source]

#6 – Game logo design

Prompt:

Very Gaming Logo Design | Logo design inspiration branding, Game logo design, Sports logo design

[Source]

#7 – Sticker sheet

Prompt:

Kawaii Stickers, Valentines Stickers, Printable Stickers Sheet, Kawaii Stickers Sheet, Cute Stickers, Goodnotes Stickers, Cute Animals Boba,white background

[Source]

#8 – Flat icons

Prompt:

UI Flat Icons for electricity and natural gas. Simple. White back ground. Black stroke.

[Source]

#9 – Flat UI for app design

Prompt:

UI flat design app colors white, orange and purple

[Source]

#10 – Game icons

Prompt:

quest scroll icon set, game icon set

[Source]

#11 – Cute Iconset

Prompt:

kawaii icon set

[Source]

#12 – Ecommerce website presentation

Prompt:

ecoomerce website ui design, ui ux, ui design, modern, attractive

[Source]

#13 – Namecards

Prompt:

namecard,design,blue and white,for IT company

[Source]

#14 – Packaging design

Prompt:

https://s.mj.run/gNdLNjqxT68 use the image as the packaging reference, design a modern chamomile product label 

[Source]

#15 – Vintage website design

Prompt:

https://s.mj.run/yklBpoPB0IA mockup website about classic cars, selling page of cars (3 card per lines)

[Source]

#16 – UI/UX wireframe

Prompt:

best inventory UI/UX wireframe, design ideas.

[Source]

#17 – Mobile app presentation

Prompt:

polygon pixel app software UI UX Wireframe. --v 5 

[Source]

#18 – App and website mockup

Prompt:

Figma UI, e-learning, website, Mobile, 4k, Mockups 

[Source]

#19 – Pixel icons

Prompt:

spacejunk, icons ,checkpoints, sprites for SNES space game, atlas, spritesheet, spriteatlas pixelart SNES, --ar 16:9 --upbeta --v 5

[Source]

#20 – Stickers design

Prompt:

n, stylized, clear, simple, logo, sticker style,,make all kinds of faces,, avatar assets sheet, sprite sheet on white paper --v 4 --s 500 --q 2 --upbeta --upbeta --ar 3:2

[Source]

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Whether you’re a student, a professional, or just someone who likes to jot down ideas as they come, this article is for you. Here is a compilation of the 10 best free note-taking apps that we reckon will help you find the one that meets your need.

1. Notion

One of the simplest and most sophisticated note-taking apps on the market, Notion helps you better organize your personal and professional life. The app is your one-stop solution to streamline projects, collaborate with team members, and save and share notes and documents.

One of the most appealing features that I noticed about the app is it is a highly collaborative platform in which you can invite as many participants as you want. Moreover, your notes and tasks are organized in an array of categories that are displayed as a collapsible menu to one side.

Even though the app’s many templates can be quite useful, however, for a first-time user, Notion can be quite an intimidating tool. As soon as you open a new note, be ready to be bombarded with different types of templates that make it a confusing matter for the user.

Notion is free, with paid/subscription plans.

Download Notion for:

Windows Mac iOS Android

2. Evernote

Evernote is one of the most popular note-taking apps, and there’s a good reason for this. From simple note-taking and documentation to complex task management, the app offers many big and small features to its users.

What I find most useful in Evernote is the app integration and multi-device synchronization features. You can integrate different apps, like Gmail, Google Drive, Slack, MS Teams, etc., into your account and share your notes with and from these apps. Similarly, you can sync your notes on different devices that are in your use.

However, most of Evernote’s best features are limited to the paid version only. The free version gives users only a handful of features, too, with a monthly bandwidth limit. So if you need to avail the best of this app, you better have deeper pockets.

Evernote is free, with paid/subscription plans.

Download Evernote for:

Windows Mac iOS Android

3. OneNote

Note-taking app from Microsoft, OneNote is a simple app without many bells and whistles. You can manage your notes and documents in different categories or Notebooks and further arrange them into sections and pages (something we’re already familiar with). Other features include To-do tags, audio recording, single-click web content saving, and many more.

One-note is best for people who avoid too many complex or fancy features. Moreover, you can sync your notes on different devices and various other apps. You can also collaborate with your team, group, or students and share notes.

On one hand, as OneNote is simple and easy to use, it does come off as too basic for some of its features. There’s a lack of formatting features for the notes, several people cannot edit the same document simultaneously, and the spectrum of integrated apps is not very vast. If you can live with the absence of these features, then OneNote would be your best choice.

OneNote is free, with no paid/subscription plans.

Download OneNote for:

Windows Mac iOS Android

4. Apple Notes

Apple’s default system note-taking app Notes comes built-in with all iOS and macOS devices. At a glance, it does look too simple and basic. However, once you start using it and delve deeper into its features, you’ll realize the many benefits of the app.

The best thing about the Notes app is that it syncs at lightning speed across Apple devices and is very reliable with it. Surprisingly, it even syncs with Gmail which makes things even easier for a user. You can do simple formatting of your notes and even add checkboxes to your lists.

Apple Notes does, however, falls behind when it comes to data sharing with other apps. There’s also no option to tag a note so you can find it later with its tag name (a pretty basic feature missing). Notes is best if you’re an all-Apple person. Also, all the features are free – meaning no fancy premium and barebones free version.

Apple Notes is free, with no paid/subscription plans.

Download Apple Notes for:

iOS

5. Google Keep

Google Keep is just what the name says – to keep your notes, documents, and reminders, etc. saved for later use. It’s a simple cloud-based app by Google that allows you to jot down your thought process on the go or as a team.

With Google Keep, you can create an infinite number of notes and to-do lists, give them labels and color codes, share and collaborate the notes with others, and access them from any other device. You can even record voice memos and the app will transcribe and save it for you.

I did, however, feel a few things are lacking in the app as there is no desktop app, no text formatting feature, and no integration with other apps, which is a bit off-putting. Nevertheless, Google Keep is a great app if you’re requirement is basic note-taking without having to pay anything.

Google Keep is free, with no paid/subscription plans.

Download Google Keep for:

iOS Android

6. Standard Notes

If your work requires you to take notes that are a bit sensitive in nature, then Standard Notes would be an ideal note-taking app for you. It is an open-source app that saves encrypted notes that only you can decrypt and read.

Privacy of your notes is the main thing that the app boasts of. The notes that you create are end-to-end encrypted and even the people behind the app cannot read them. Its other best feature is multi-platform accessibility I.e., it works on Web, Mac, Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, and Linux.

Some of its best features are offered through powerful extensions. But unfortunately, these are available only in the premium version. So in the free version, there isn’t much, but you can still have simple text editing with complete encryption. If privacy is your only concern then I’d say you go for it.

Standard Notes is free, with paid/subscription plans.

Download Standard Notes for:

Windows Mac Linux iOS Android

7. Slite

A note-taking app with a focus on team collaboration, Slite allows teams of infinite numbers to share and collaborate on notes. Different members of a team or group can create spaces on the app for their shared notes that they can collectively edit or discuss.

Apart from the collaborative editing, commenting, and revision history among team members, Slite also allows you to create private notes for your personal use only. There are many templates to get started with, as well as the feature to import your documents from other apps and platforms.

As a team collaborative note-taking app, Slite does miss out on some important features like project or task management, calendar and video conferencing features. Other than that, it is a very useful app for well-coordinated team work.

Slite is free, with paid/subscription plans.

Download Slite for:

Windows Mac iOS Android

8. Typora

Typora is basically a markdown editor with a bundle of editing and annotation features. However, it can be equally useful as a note-taking app. It allows you to organize your files, sync your data with cloud services, import and export files in multiple formats, and use any of the cool themes for your notes.

Typora’s best feature is its intuitive formatting of text that allows you to see the word count, focus mode and typewriter mode of editing as well as code editor-type auto-pairing of brackets, quotes, and markdown symbols. The app also eliminates the need of a preview window and gives you a live preview instead.

As Typora is essentially a markdown app, there are not many advanced features of a note-taking tool like collaborative editing and direct sharing with a group or team. Also, I’d really like to see a mobile version for iOS and Android. Other than that, it is a perfect minimal editor that can double as a note-taking app.

Typora is free, with no paid/subscription plans.

Download Typora for:

Windows Mac Linux

9. Grammarly

Grammarly is hailed as one of the most useful tools for proofreading and grammar-checking. If you’re already using Grammarly for proofreading, you might as well use it for note-taking too. The app allows you to save notes in your account and even upload documents from your computer.

The notes that you save as displayed as tiles on your homepage from where you can either delete or download them. You can sync your account with five different devices, and there’s a huge 150K word limit for notes. Also, you can integrate it with mainstream browsers, native apps for Windows and macOS, Google Docs, and MS Word and Outlook.

Grammarly being essentially a proofreading app, it has no special features for note-taking. Though you can save notes and search them later by name, but that’s pretty much it in the basic account. The premium account does give you a little more room to play. Still, alongside its main usage as a proofreading tool, it can work as a simple note-taking app.

Grammarly is free, with paid/subscription plans.

Download Grammarly for:

Mac iOS Android

10. Paper

For those who are looking for pictorial or visual note-taking, here is Paper. It helps you in collecting your creative prompts as graphics or doodles and bring your ideas to life through interesting visuals.

Paper provides you with ease of use with so many features that even the ones who can’t draw can easily come up with colorful sketches. Apart from sketches, you can take textual notes and organize everything in journals. Moreover, the app syncs your notes seamlessly with other devices.

Paper is free, with paid/subscription plans.

Download Paper for:

iOS

Bonus: ProofHub

A powerful work management and team collaboration tool, ProofHub, offers a suite of advanced features like reports, recurring tasks, forms, custom fields and many more.

ProofHub also offers an easy-to-use inbuilt note-taking app that allows you to jot down, save, organize, and collaborate on your notes whenever needed. The mobile app of ProofHub allows you to manage your notes even on the go, which is crucial considering today’s fast-paced work environment.

ProofHub’s smart note-taking app offers you a range of features that you’d expect from such a top-rated software solution. Whether you work remotely or in-office, you can carry your notes anywhere you go as the app works across multiple devices. You can color-code your notes, a feature that I found very thoughtful as it makes it easy for users to categorize and differentiate notes from one another.

Collaborate seamlessly on your notes by subscribing to people, adding comments, and attaching files & docs. The best part is you get a note-making feature in ProofHub’s both pricing plans.

ProodHub is free, with paid/subscription plans.

Download ProofHub for:

iOS Android

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AUTOMATIC1111 (also known as A1111) Stable Diffusion WebUI is a more advanced graphical user interface (GUI) that gives you more control and customization options. In this guide, we’ll show you how to install and use AUTOMATIC1111 on your Mac.

So, open up your Terminal app and let’s begin.

Step 1 – Install Homebrew

Before we proceed, we need to install Homebrew on your Mac. If you haven’t installed it yet, you can do so by copying and pasting the following command into your Terminal and pressing enter. This will install Homebrew on your system.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Step 2 – Install Other Packages

Next, we need to install several other packages that are necessary for the installation process. These packages include cmake, protobuf, rust, python, git, and wget .

To install them all at once, type in the following command. If any of the packages have already been installed, they will be skipped during the installation process.

brew install cmake protobuf rust python@3.10 git wget

Step 3 – Clone AUTOMATIC1111

Now we’ll make a copy of AUTOMATIC1111 on your Mac, in the home directory. To do this, type cd in Terminal and hit Enter. This will take you back to the home folder.

In the home folder, use the following command to make a copy (git clone) of AUTOMATIC1111 in your home directory.

git clone https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui

Step 4 – Download Stable Diffusion Model File

To run Stable Difussion using AUTOMATIC1111, you’ll need a model as well. You can download the v1.5 model of Stable Diffusion by going to this page, or directly from the link below. Keep in mind that the file size of this model is over 4GB, so it may take some time to download.

Download v1-5-pruned-emaonly.ckpt

Step 5 – Move Model File to Directory

After downloading the model file, you need to place it in the folder named stable-diffusion-webui/models/Stable-diffusion. To navigate to this folder in the Terminal, type the following command:

cd stable-diffusion-webui/models/Stable-diffusion

Then, to open the folder in Finder, type in the following command and hit Enter.

open .

Drag and drop the downloaded file into the folder. After doing so, the folder should contain two files. You should see something similar to the screenshot below.

Step 6 – Run AUTOMATIC1111 in Terminal

To run AUTOMATIC1111, copy and paste the following command in Terminal. Keep in mind that this may take some time to run for the first time, as there are additional packages that need to be installed.

cd ~/stable-diffusion-webui;./webui.sh

When you see something like the screenshot below in your Terminal, it means AUTOMATIC1111 has been successfully launched.

Step 7 – Access Stable Diffusion on Browser

To access the AUTOMATIC1111 GUI, open a web browser and navigate to the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:7860/. Once you arrive at this page, you will be greeted with the AUTOMATIC1111 user interface.

Step 8 – Test It!

To test whether AUTOMATIC1111 is working properly, navigate to the “txt2img” tab on the GUI. From there, enter a prompt such as “cute french bulldog puppy” and click the “Generate” button.

Once you’ve clicked the “Generate” button, the image generation process will begin. You can monitor the progress of the image generation both in the GUI and in the terminal.

Troubleshooting

Although the installation process may not be entirely smooth, there are ways to fix any errors that may arise. In the following sections, I will outline some common errors that I encountered during my own installation process, along with the solutions I used to fix them.

If you encounter similar issues, I hope that these solutions will be helpful to you.

Error #1

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement torch==1.12.1 (from versions: 2.0.0)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for torch==1.12.1

This error occurs while the system is trying to install additional packages at the beginning stage of executing the cd ~/stable-diffusion-webui;./webui.sh command.

Solution:

When trying to run AUTOMATIC1111, you may encounter an error that indicates it requires Torch version 1.12.1 instead of the latest version 2.0.0. While it is possible to use an older version of Torch to resolve this issue, the process can be complicated. Instead, a simpler solution is to reinstall Python (which solves the problem for me). If you encounter this problem, you can try the following commands, in sequence:

brew uninstall python3
brew install python3

After completing the reinstallation of Python, run the same command again by typing it into the Terminal.

cd ~/stable-diffusion-webui;./webui.sh

Error #2

stderr: ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/us/local/dev. txt'
Consider using the - -user option or check the permissions

This is an error that you might encounter towards the end of executing the command: cd ~/stable-diffusion-webui;./webui.sh.

Solution:

Use the following command instead, and enter your Mac’s password when asked.

sudo cd ~/stable-diffusion-webui;./webui.sh

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These detectors use machine learning models like GPT and ChatGPT to analyze text and determine the likelihood of it being generated by AI. In this article, we’ll introduce you to five of the best (and free) AI content detectors available online. With just a simple copy and paste, these tools can identify whether humans wrote your content or has gotten some help from AI writting tools.

AI Text Classifier by OpenAI

The AI Text Classifier created by OpenAI is a specialized GPT model. Its purpose is to determine the probability that a piece of text was created using AI. This can include sources like ChatGPT. To utilize this tool, a minimum of 1,000 characters or around 150-250 words of text are required.

To begin, paste the content you want to analyze and press the “Submit” button. The AI Text Classifier will then provide information about the probability that the text was created by a human or generated by AI.

Detects: ChatGPT and other various AI generated text.

Detect AI Content with AI Text Classifier

GPT Detector by Writefull

If you are uncertain whether a piece of text is an original piece or an AI-generated version, then this tool will come in handy. Created by folks at Writefull, this tool is simple to use.

You just need to copy and paste the text into the tool and click the “Check” button. Afterward, it will provide you with a percentage that indicates the likelihood that the content was generated using GPT-3, GPT-4, or ChatGPT.

Detects: GPT-3, GPT-4, and ChatGPT

Detect AI Content with Writefull

AI Detector by Sapling

This AI detector is user-friendly. Simply copy and paste the content you want to check, and it will automatically examine whether it was written by a bot. The detector determines if the content is fake or not and highlights in red the parts that are likely to be fake, or in other words, written by a bot.

Detects: GPT-3.5, and ChatGPT

Detect AI Content with Sapling

AI Content Detector by Writer.com

This AI content detector is capable of verifying up to 1500 characters of text, and it is free of charge.

You can use it by either pasting in the content you want to analyze or providing a URL to it. After you have done this, all you need to do is click on the “Analyze text” button. The detector will then indicate whether the content was generated by a human or a bot.

Detects: Unstated.

Detect AI Content with Writer.com

ZeroGPT

ZeroGPT is a tool that can detect whether the text has been created by GPT-4, ChatGPT, or humans. It is trusted by professional writers, copywriters, and freelancers to determine whether AI tools or humans generated a text.

To use it, simply paste the content you want to analyze or upload a text file and click the ‘Detect Text’ button. The tool will then provide you with a percentage indicating the likelihood that generative AI created the content.

Detects: GPT-4, and ChatGPT

Detect AI Content with ZeroGPT

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What is a Text Expander?

If you’re unfamiliar with text-expanding tools, let me explain. In a nutshell, they are tools that let you make short abbreviations or shortcuts that will automatically expand into longer phrases or sentences as you type. This can be a huge time-saver and boost productivity since you don’t have to keep typing the same words or phrases over and over again.

Example:

If you set the shortcut /ty to be expanded into “Thank You,” every time you type /ty it will automatically be replaced with “Thank You.”

Text Blaze’s Features

Text Blaze is a text-expanding tool that comes with a range of features to help users save time and increase their productivity.

As of now, Text Blaze can be used either as a Windows application or as a Google Chrome extension.

Some of its key features include:

1. Smart fields

Text Blaze can automatically fill in fields with personalized information such as your name, email address, and date. This saves you the time and effort of having to enter this information manually.

Here’s an example of creating a shortcut that displays the current date in Text Blaze.

2. Dynamic content

With Text Blaze, you can create templates with placeholders that dynamically generate content based on user input. This is especially useful for tasks such as creating personalized emails or filling out forms.

3. Snippet sharing

You can share your Text Blaze snippets with others, allowing you to collaborate on web documents and templates easily.

4. Multi-language support

Text Blaze supports multiple languages, allowing users to create and expand text snippets in their preferred language.

5. Customizable settings

You can customize various settings in Text Blaze, such as the trigger for expanding a snippet and the text format of expanded text.

6. Gallery of Snippets

One of the standout features of Text Blaze is its library of pre-made snippets. The library – which they call the Gallery – contains a vast collection of snippets that are already prepared and organized into various categories. These categories include education, sales, recruiting, and more, making it easy to find and use relevant snippets.

7. Generative AI

If you can’t find what you are looking for in the gallery, how about creating one on your own with the help of generative AI? Text Blaze’s “Auto Write” feature allows you to enter a prompt and it will generate the template for you.

Example:

If you want to create an invitation to a birthday party but don’t know how to write it, you can click on the “Auto Write” button in Text Blaze, type in the prompt “Invitation to my birthday party,” and click “Write it!” It will then create a template for the invitation with placeholders that you can fill in right away.

Check out the video below to see how it works.

Text Blaze’s Price

Let’s discuss Text Blaze’s pricing. Four plans are available: Basic, Pro, Business, and Enterprise.

The free Basic plan enables you to create 20 snippets, with a limit of 2500 characters per snippet. This plan allows you to experiment with forms and other dynamic features without charge, giving you the opportunity to test the service before deciding to upgrade to the Pro plan or other available plans.

Let me explain the Pro and Business plans in more detail:

Pro plan:

• Costs $2.99 per month
• Allows you to create up to 1000 snippets
• Offers more options for sharing your snippets compared to the free plan
• Supports full-form functionality
• ets you include images in your snippets

Business plan:

• Costs $6.99 per month
• Allows you to create up to 4000 snippets
• Gives you unlimited options for sharing your snippets
• Supports full-form functionality
• Lets you include images in your snippets
• Allows you to create different versions of your snippets
• Offers team collaboration functionality.

Pros, Cons, and Final Thoughts

After using this tool for a while, I’d like to share my thoughts on it. But first, let me give you my opinion on some of its pros and cons.

PROS

CONS

Check out Text Blaze

It’s clear that this tool can save users a significant amount of time and effort in their daily workflow. With its intuitive interface and customizable features, Blaze makes it easy for users to automate repetitive tasks and increase their productivity.

The software’s cloud-syncing capability also makes it a great choice for remote teams and individuals who need to access their expanded text from anywhere.

Overall, Blaze is a powerful and user-friendly tool that can benefit anyone looking to streamline their workflow and boost their productivity. With its extensive range of features and affordable pricing, it’s a great choice for anyone in need of a text-expanding tool, especially when it comes to working on browser.

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Skeleton PHP

This is a PHP package that provides a simple and modern boilerplate codebase for building modern PHP applications. It follows PSR-4 naming conventions and includes basic configurations for development tools such as PHPStan and PHPUnit.

It also includes sample files and test cases to help developers get started quickly. The package can come in handy to get you up to speed with building PHP applications without spending a lot of time on setup and configuration.

Unlazy

Unlazy is a JavaScript library that provides a way to lazily load images using native browser APIs. It is designed to be used with the loading="lazy" attribute and supports (blurry) placeholder images using the BlurHash algorithm.

The library includes features such as automatic sizing calculation, multiple image tag support using <picture>, and SEO-friendly. It is built for modern browsers and is framework-agnostic that allows you to use it with or without a framework.

NaiveUI

NaiveUI is a UI library for Vue 3 that offers a wide range of highly customizable UI components such as buttons, forms, menus, and models, as well as utilities for layout and styling.

It supports internationalization with translations available in over 10 languages, dark mode, and accessibility with components designed to meet WCAG 2.0 standards. If you’re looking to build an app with Vue, it could be the perfect library to build the UI.

VSCode Settings

VSCode Settings is a repository containing a variety of opinionated settings and extensions in Visual Studio Code (VS Code), such as themes, fonts, indentation, and keyboard shortcuts.

However, you can still pick and choose the settings and extensions that best suit their needs. A good source of inspiration if you’d like to improve the development experience Visual Studio Code.

Read also: 8 Powerful VS Code Extensions for Front-End Developers

Build a MERN React Admin Dashboard

In this video, you will learn how to develop and deploy a stack admin dashboard using MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node) stack. The development involves a number of libraries and tools on the front end including Material UI, Material UI Data Grid, Nivo Charts, Redux Toolkit and Redux Toolkit Query.

While on the backend it involves using Node.js, Express, Mongoose, and MongoDB. It’s 7 hours long tutorial! A great source for anyone who wants to learn to be a full-stack developer.

WindmillUI

Windmill UI is a modern and free web UI library for building dashboards, admin areas, and other web applications. It includes a range of pre-built components and styles, such as tables, forms, modals, and alerts, that are fully responsive and customizable.

It is built with Tailwind CSS, a utility-first CSS framework, and includes easy integration with React. Windmill UI also offers ready-to-use templates for dashboards making it even easier to get started with building web applications.

cSpell

CSpell is a command-line tool and library for spellchecking on codes. It is designed to help catch common spelling mistakes and typos in programming and technical documentation and can be integrated into a developer’s workflow through editor extensions, build tools, and other integrations, and can be customized with a user-defined dictionary and configuration file.

It supports a variety of languages, including English, German, French, and Spanish. A useful resource for both developers and technical writers to avoid typos.

Falcon

Falcon is a WordPress plugin that provides a range of performance and user experience optimizations for WordPress. It includes options to disable certain features including include disabling Gutenberg, REST API, heartbeat, XML-RPC, emojis, embeds, revisions, and self-pings, among others.

It can also remove unnecessary assets and code from the site, and make various tweaks to the site’s header and administration areas. It’s an overall great plugin if you want some performance boost on your WordPress site.

UnoCSS

UnoCSS is a utility-first CSS framework that aims to provide an intuitive and flexible way of writing styles. It allows developers to write CSS directly in their markup, without worrying about the underlying structure or specificity, making it easier to maintain and refactor styles.

It also includes a flexible theming system and supports a wide range of CSS features out-of-the-box, such as pseudo-classes, media queries, and animations.

React Aria Components

React Aria Components is a collection of unstyled components built on top of React Aria hooks. It simplifies building custom-styled components and abstracts away the glue code necessary to connect the hooks together. It is currently in alpha and is being actively developed and maintained.

Next.js 13 Crash Course

A free Next.js course, created by Traversy Media. It provides an introduction to Next.js 13 and covers a range of topics in it, including walking through the new features, setting up a Next.js project, working with pages and components, styling with CSS modules, and deployment.

A great tutorial if you’re already familiar with React and want to learn how to build scalable web applications with Next.js.

Magicast

Magicast is a JavaScript and TypeScript code modification library that allows users to programmatically modify source code with an easy-to-use and familiar syntax. It uses the AST parsed by recast and babel and offers features such as exports/import manipulation, function argument manipulation, smart formatting, and improved code readability.

It might not be the library you use, but if you need to do low-level programming that involves code modification, this can be a very handy library to use.

SaasKit

SaasKit is a free, open-source, and modern template designed for typical Saas needs. It comes with a range of features, including a landing page, subscription billing via Stripe, a customer portal, user authentication, SEO-friendly, and mobile-friendly.

It is built on top of Fresh and Deno, two fast and reliable technologies that make web app development simple and offers a great developer experience.

ChatGPT Crash Course

Another great free course from Traversy Media. This course will show you 10 ways to utilize ChatGPT effectively as a developer such as how to use it to generate documentation, sample data, explain errors, etc. Not only that these can boost your productivity but could also improve your skill as a developer.

AsyncAPI

AsyncAPI is an open-source initiative that focuses on creating a standard for event-driven APIs. It provides a specification for defining the structure of asynchronous APIs in a format that can be easily shared, understood and implemented by different tools and platforms.

It helps to improve communication and collaboration between teams building the systems by promoting a standardized approach for designing, documenting, and testing APIs.

UA Parser JS

UA Parser JS is a JavaScript library that parses user agent strings to extract valuable information like browser, operating system, and device details. It supports a wide range of user agents and provides a simple, user-friendly API for developers to access the parsed information, and can be used both in the browser and in Node.js applications.

Homepage

The Homepage is a modern, customizable, and secure application dashboard with integrations for over 25 services and translations for more than 15 languages. It supports all Raspberry Pi’s, most SBCs, and Apple Silicon and is statically generated at build time, resulting in instant load times. It offers full i18n support with translations in multiple languages.

Additionally, it includes features such as service and web bookmarks, container status and statistics, and system stats widgets, among others.

Zed

Zed is a code editor designed to work with your computer’s hardware to provide instant feedback and keep you in the flow of coding. It lets you write code quickly and efficiently.

It has a lot of features including autocompletion, code navigation, diagnostics, and refactorings. Additionally, Zed includes an integrated terminal, Vim mode, and various themes.

Fleet

JetBrains Fleet is a text editor and IDE that’s quick and easy to use. It supports many programming languages and can automatically detect project configurations from the source code. This makes it easier to use and saves you time.

Fleet also has a consistent user experience for different types of projects, so you only need to use one IDE for all your programming needs.

Patterns Resources

This site offers a collection of design patterns and best practices for building web applications for various frameworks including React.js, Vue.js, and Angular. It includes resources such as articles, repositories, and code snippets covering various topics like architecture, testing, and security.

A perfect source gor architects or technical leads who are looking to improve their understanding of some of the popular patterns in development.

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Unlike the ChatGPT that we commonly use, where we submit one prompt at a time and receive a response before moving on to the next prompt, Auto-GPT operates differently. When given an assignment, it uses a combination of prompts to execute the task.

What Auto-GPT Does?

To provide a clearer perspective, let’s consider the scenario of organizing a birthday party for a child. With Auto-GPT, you can simply specify your requirements, such as the number of attendees (50 adults and children) and the distance from your location (within 5 kilometers), and it will generate a task list accordingly.

Auto-GPT will then search for suitable venues in the vicinity that are child-friendly, create a schedule, set a budget, and even generate a checklist to streamline the planning process. Its objective is to complete all the tasks on the list, adding new ones as each is completed.

In short, Auto-GPT takes care of all the details involved in planning the event, allowing you to review and proceed with the given information.

The current state of AI goes beyond simple question-and-answer prompts, as it now has the capability to handle complex tasks and adapt its task list based on prior interactions.

We have reached a stage where AI can be likened to a personal assistant, capable of managing intricate tasks and ensuring their successful completion.

Installing Auto-GPT on a Mac: A Step-by-Step Guide

1. Install Homebrew

First, you will need Homebrew. If you haven’t installed it on your Mac, here’s how to do it:

Go to the Homebrew website, copy the link provided under “Install Homebrew,” paste it into your Terminal, and press Enter.

This will display what will be installed. Press Enter again to proceed.

Note: The installation process is going to take a while.

After it’s finished, paste the following command into the Terminal and press enter. You should see something similar to the screenshot below, confirming that Homebrew is now installed.

brew --version

2. Install Git

Next, we need to install Git. Here’s how to do it:

In the Terminal, enter the following command and press Enter:

brew install git

Note: Alternatively, you can visit this page for additional methods of installing Git on your Mac.

After installing Git, paste in the following command.

git --version

If you see a Git version, it means Git has been successfully installed.

3. Install Python

Now, we need to install Python on your Mac. Follow the steps below to install Python:

In the Terminal, paste the following command and press enter:

brew install python

Once it’s finished, paste the following command into the Terminal and hit Enter.

python3 --version

If it returns a version of Python, it indicates a successful installation.

4. Install Auto-GPT

Now that everything is in place, it’s time to download and install Auto-GPT.

Head over to Auto-GPT’s github page, click the “Code” button and copy the HTTPS link.

Now, in the terminal, type git clone followed by the URL you just copied and press Enter. This will create a copy of Auto-GPT on your computer. The complete command should look something like this:

git clone https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/Auto-GPT.git

5. Configure Auto-GPT

Once Auto-GPT is downloaded, it’s time to configure it.

In your Terminal, type the following command and press Enter to navigate to the Auto-GPT folder:

cd Auto-GPT

Inside the folder, type the following command and press Enter. This will install all the necessary dependencies for Auto-GPT:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

6. Get an API from Open AI

While the installation is in progress, you can visit OpenAI’s website to obtain an API. However, in order to obtain an API, you must first create an account by signing up.

Go to https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys and then click on “Sign up“.

Once you have signed up, log in and click on “API keys” on the left sidebar.

Click on “+ Create a new secret key“, provide a name for it, and then click on “Create secret key“.

You will then be provided with a secret key. Click on “Copy” to copy the secret key to your clipboard.

7. Edit .env.template

Launch your favorite code editor and open the file named “.env.template” inside the Auto-GPT folder.

Look for the following line:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key

Replace your-openai-api-key with your API key, enclosed in double quotes (“”). It should look something like the following:

OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-nEk9wsnwnlcBxlzA2mT3BlbkFJBF4D1F9y3l0l"

Now, save the file as “.env“.

Note: You opened the .env.template file, but will now save it as .env.

8. Running Auto GPT

That’s it! Now, go back to the Terminal and make sure that you are still inside the Auto-GPT folder. Type in the following command and hit Enter to run Auto GPT on your Mac.

python3 -m Auto-GPT

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