How to Automate Your Routine Workflows With Setapp

Learn how Setapp's productivity toolkit can help find easy solutions to all of your tasks.

Time is precious, and with increasingly-busier work schedules, more users are moving towards productivity suites and apps to help them make the most of their valuable time.

Using a good productivity platform not only allows you to clean up your workflows but also allows you to automate your routines. One particular app that does all of this easily on Macs and iPhones is Setapp. We've covered Setapp in detail below, so check it out!

How Does Setapp Work?

Setapp is a productivity toolkit offered by MacPaw that allows you to find solutions to your tasks. The app has loads of unique features that help users think tasks, not apps, and allows you to make the most of your workflows.

Whenever you have a problem, it's easier to directly search for a solution to that problem rather than scrolling through multiple apps to see what works. Setapp's smart search bar works on exactly this principle. Instead of searching for apps like we're normally used for, you can search for a specific task that you have.

Setapp will then offer you an app as a solution for your task. This saves you time wasted finding a good app for a task, as Setapp offers a recommendation automatically.

How can Setapp Help You Automate Your Routine?

Setapp can help you get things done through its Search-Solve-Automate approach. This saves time and allows you to automate your workflow routine.

Search for a Task

It's easier to improve your productivity if you start thinking about tasks instead of apps. Simply go to the Setapp search bar and type in your task. This can be anything from editing videos, turning on VPNs, tracking finance, task management and so on.

Setapp will recommend an app or set of apps according to the task you type in. You can then install the app (at no extra cost) and start using it to solve your task.

Alternatively, if you know the exact name of the app that you want to download and use, you can search for that by typing in the first two or three letters, and Setapp will update the search results as you type.

With the collection of over 230+ apps that it offers, Setapp covers nearly every problem you may think of. However, in the case that it doesn't, it'll also suggest worthwhile alternatives for you to use.

Solve Using An App

Once the app is installed, you'll see the Open button in Setapp. You can then use the app to solve the task that you had.

You can even choose to heart the app if you like it—it'll automatically show up in your Favorites collection. A major advantage of doing this is that in the case that you buy a new Mac or need to reinstall all your apps again after a fresh macOS installation, you can reinstall all your favorite apps together from Setapp.

Another way to improve your workflow routines is to use Setapp's Collections. A collection is a group of apps offered by Setapp to help you solve a common task. You can use collections to help you screen capture, a developer app collection, a collection of apps that helps securely update macOS, and more.

Automate Your Workflow

Once you find the perfect apps to help you solve your daily tasks, you can integrate them into your daily routine to help you improve your productivity and get things done quicker.

Connecting apps and using them in your daily workflows can save you valuable time and help you increase the amount of work you can get time in a limited time.

For example, using GetBackupPro can help you automate a weekly backup of your Mac. This will save you from worrying about keeping your data safe in case something were to happen to your Mac.

Another important app you can use is PDFPen, which gives you the ability to create, edit and sign PDFs. You can also use it to create and fill out forms on your Mac.

Similarly, ChronoSync Express allows you to sync your data across your Apple devices, allowing you to access it from wherever you want. Both of these apps are included for free in the Setapp subscription.

Why Not Use Separate Apps?

You can try purchasing and using separate apps for the same tasks, but the main advantage of using Setapp is that it's a single productivity toolkit where you'll find solutions for your tasks. It is much more cost and time-effective to use Setapp which searches for and purchases apps separately.

Setapp also offers a recommendation system that suggests tools based on your workflow. This will give recommendations for different apps that will further increase your productivity!

How to Get Setapp

Setapp is a subscription-based service available for a nominal price of $9.99 per month. If you want to try the app out before you purchase it, Setapp is offering an extended free trial of 14-days until June 20th rather than the normal 7-days. Download the app to get a feel for the productivity suite and see how it can improve your workflow.

Increase Your Productivity Using Setapp

There are multiple tools out there that can try to help you improve your productivity, but Setapp comes out at the top. With its extensive app collection, smart search bar, and nominal subscription price, it's a must-have for anyone who wants to improve their routine workflows and save time for more important tasks.